Journal profile · Engineering, Biomedical
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
ISSN 1534-4320 · eISSN 1558-0210 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2001
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.52; fully open access; APC about USD 2,160; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 446 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 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 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Muscle activation and electromyography studies and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, together about 46.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering focuses on the rehabilitative and neural aspects of biomedical engineering, including functional electrical stimulation, acoustic dynamics, human performance measurement and analysis, nerve stimulation, electromyography, motor control and stimulation; and hardware and software applications for rehabilitation engineering and assistive devices.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Biomedical
Editorial board by country: 34 in mainland China (about 26%); most named Mainland China 34, United States 19, United Kingdom 13, South Korea 10, Hong Kong, China 8 (129 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience19.7%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering17.4%
- Neuroscience and Neural EngineeringNeuroscience9.8%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine6.4%
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsEngineering5%
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience4.9%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions4%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience3.2%
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 | Rehabilitation | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
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 | Rehabilitation | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 6.52LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 11Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 121LetPub ·
- h-index
- 190OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,152OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 426LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,325 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 319 | 319 | 145 |
| 2025 | 446 | 446 | 2,184 |
| 2024 | 412 | 412 | 5,038 |
| 2023 | 436 | 436 | 9,508 |
| 2022 | 370 | 370 | 11,084 |
| 2021 | 262 | 262 | 9,101 |
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)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,160 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,075 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,995 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,995 / USD 2,075 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- IEEE
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprint
Article types accepted2
- regular full-length papersAuthors are encouraged to submit manuscripts as regular full-length papers reporting substantially novel methodology, technology, experimentation and high-quali…Length not stated
- review articlesReview articles can be up to 12 pages, not counting references.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Suggested Reviewers and Conflicts of Interest
TNSRE asks authors to suggest qualified reviewers for their manuscripts. There is no guarantee that the editors will use the suggested reviewers. To ensure that all manuscript reviews are fair, objective, and free from bias, do not suggest reviewers with whom you may have a conflict of interest. For TNSRE, the following situations are considered conflicts of interest: 1. Institutional Affiliation:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Human/animal research requires IRB/ethics statement with official name and protocol number. Model summary
Research involving human or animal subjects must include a statement in the Methods Section that the research was performed under the oversight of an institutional review board or ethics committee, including the official name of the IRB/ethics committee and also including the number of the protocol.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Electronic submission only via IEEE Author Portal. Model summary
Manuscripts will ONLY be accepted in electronic format through the IEEE Author Portal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Gold Open Access
IEEE TNSRE is a gold, fully open-access journal, which means that authors retain ownership of the copyright to their papers, and readers can access the full text and pdf on IEEE Xplore for free, but also that authors pay article processing charges, upon acceptance and before publication. IEEE’s explanation of OA and APCs.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Originality: must be previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
To qualify for publication, these must be previously unpublished and not be under consideration elsewhere.
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
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1534-4320
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-0210
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Rehabilitation / Engineering, Biomedical. 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 Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.52; CiteScore 11, h-index 190.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: IEEE; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering based?
Of the 129 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 34 (about 26%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (34), United States (19) and United Kingdom (13). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,160.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .