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IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
ISSN 2576-3202 · IEEE
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,645; 191 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics is published by IEEE and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soft Robotics and Applications, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics and Muscle activation and electromyography studies, together about 46.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soft Robotics and ApplicationsEngineering20.6%
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsEngineering15.7%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering9.9%
- Surgical Simulation and TrainingMedicine7.2%
- Teleoperation and Haptic SystemsEngineering5.4%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine4.8%
- Robotic Mechanisms and DynamicsEngineering4.8%
- Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesComputer Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Robotics | 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 3 |
| Minor | Robotics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | Q1 | 17/198 | 91st |
| Computer Science Applications | Q2 | 266/1022 | 74th |
| Artificial Intelligence | Q2 | 167/570 | 70th |
| Biomedical Engineering | Q2 | 112/342 | 67th |
| Human-Computer Interaction | Q2 | 74/196 | 62nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 354OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 157LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,073 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 179 | 52 | 2,077 |
| 2025 | 191 | 71 | 3,073 |
| 2024 | 181 | 81 | 2,303 |
| 2023 | 135 | 66 | 1,767 |
| 2022 | 106 | 58 | 1,244 |
| 2021 | 108 | 58 | 678 |
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.
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 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
IEEE is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Model summary
IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- IEEE
- ISSN
- 2576-3202
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Biomedical / Robotics. 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.
Which databases index IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 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; 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: .