Journal profile · ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL
Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors
ISSN 2228-7477 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 700; median 118 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors is published by Wolters Kluwer Health and is in Zone 4 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, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques and Medical Image Segmentation Techniques, together about 25.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL
Editor-in-chief Hossein RabaniPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience10.9%
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy8.3%
- Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesComputer Science6.6%
- ECG Monitoring and AnalysisMedicine4.9%
- Retinal Imaging and AnalysisMedicine4.9%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering4.9%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine4.8%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL · rank 100/130
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 185OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 539 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 2 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 54 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 180 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 164 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 367 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 329 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
118 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 88 days – 170 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (53 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 33 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 34 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 700 | Yes | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | IRR 5,000,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | IRR 10,000,000 / USD 400 | Yes | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2228-7477
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors
What CAS zone is Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Biomedical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 118 days (interquartile range 88–170 days); authors report an average review time of about 33 weeks. 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL Q4 (100/130). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 700.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, 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: .