Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics
ISSN 1755-0653 · eISSN 1755-0661 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; 110 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Medical Image Segmentation Techniques and AI in cancer detection, together about 36.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Hospital information/medical record systems, data protection/privacy Disease modelling/analysis, evidence-based clinical modelling/studies Computer-based patient/disease management systems Clinical trials/studies, outcome-based studies/analysis Electronic patient monitoring systems Nanotechnology in medicine, medical applications Tissue engineering, artificial organs, biomaterials design Healthcare standards, service standardisation Controlled medical terminology/vocabularies Nursing informatics, systems integration Healthcare/hospital management, economics Medical technology, intelligent instrumentation, telemedicine Medical/molecular imaging, disease management Bioinformatics, human genome studies/analysisDrug design More on this journal... ObjectivesThe objectives of IJMEI are to develop, promote and establish effective channels of communication among academicians, researchers, health professionals, policy makers, government agencies, and research institutions in order to coordinate the research, development, practice and applications of computer technology in the areas related to medical engineering. IJMEI aims to help professionals working in the field, academic educators and policy-makers to contribute, to disseminate knowledge, and to learn from each other's work. The international dimension is emphasized in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological changes and exchanges in the global economy. IJMEI will provide an outstanding outlet that can shape a significant body of research in the field of medical engineering and informatics where results and new developments may be shared across institutions, governments, researchers and students, and also industry.ReadershipIJMEI will be of interest to physicians and surgeons, engineers and scientists, hospital administrators, and all personnel concerned with a practical approach to the application of technology to the field of medicine. In general, the readership will include those working in the fields of computing applied to the medical and life sciences, healthcare services, knowledge discovery, applied research, human genome, biotechnology, biomathematics, engineering and medicine.ContentsIJMEI publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Special Issues devoted to important topics pertaining medical engineering, clinical research, me
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareHealth Professions18.2%
- Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesComputer Science10%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science8.2%
- ECG Monitoring and AnalysisMedicine7.3%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience5.2%
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringEngineering4.7%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine4.2%
- Emotion and Mood RecognitionPsychology3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 241/466 | 48th |
| Health Informatics | Q3 | 110/168 | 34th |
| Biomedical Engineering | Q3 | 246/342 | 28th |
| Biomaterials | Q4 | 116/146 | 20th |
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECEmbaseCASDBLPPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,114 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 86 | 9 | 74 |
| 2025 | 110 | 10 | 168 |
| 2024 | 84 | 15 | 288 |
| 2023 | 102 | 0 | 344 |
| 2022 | 151 | 0 | 275 |
| 2021 | 113 | 2 | 247 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | EUR 1,700 | — | — |
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1755-0653
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-0661
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics
Which databases index International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, Embase, CAS and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .