Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
ISSN 1932-4545 · eISSN 1940-9990 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,645; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 87 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (TBioCAS) addresses areas at the crossroads of Circuits and Systems and Life Sciences. The main emphasis is on microelectronic issues in a wide range of applications found in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering. The primary goal of the journal is to bridge the unique scientific and technical activities of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society to a wide variety of related areas.General, theoretical, and application-oriented papers in the biomedical technical area with a Circuits and Systems perspective are encouraged for publication in TBioCAS. To be considered in scope, submissions to TBioCAS must demonstrate synergies between circuits and systems and medicine/biology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Editor-in-chief Pedram MohseniPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neuroscience and Neural EngineeringNeuroscience13.2%
- Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit DesignEngineering13.2%
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering8.3%
- Wireless Body Area NetworksEngineering6.2%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience6.2%
- Wireless Power Transfer SystemsEngineering4.9%
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesEngineering4.7%
- ECG Monitoring and AnalysisMedicine4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 10.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 121OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,381OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,514 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 5 | 45 |
| 2025 | 87 | 11 | 191 |
| 2024 | 166 | 56 | 1,220 |
| 2023 | 176 | 86 | 2,178 |
| 2022 | 156 | 68 | 2,950 |
| 2021 | 155 | 72 | 3,213 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,645 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,800 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1932-4545
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-9990
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Biomedical / Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.71; CiteScore 10.6, h-index 121.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,645.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .