Journal profile · Spectroscopy
NMR in Biomedicine
ISSN 0952-3480 · eISSN 1099-1492 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1988
NMR in Biomedicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.79; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,640; median 154 days to acceptance (118 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 250 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NMR in Biomedicine is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd 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 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications and Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications, together about 48.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
NMR in Biomedicine is a journal devoted to the publication of original full-length papers, rapid communications and review articles describing the development of magnetic resonance spectroscopy or imaging methods or their use to investigate physiological, biochemical, biophysical or medical problems. Topics for submitted papers should be in one of the following general categories: (a) development of methods and instrumentation for MR of biological systems; (b) studies of normal or diseased organs, tissues or cells; (c) diagnosis or treatment of disease. Reports may cover work on patients or healthy human subjects, in vivo animal experiments, studies of isolated organs or cultured cells, analysis of tissue extracts, NMR theory, experimental techniques, or instrumentation. The Journal will not accept any papers that deal solely with body fluids or with the routine application of established MR imaging and post-processing methods in clinical studies. NMR in Biomedicine will accept for review manuscripts that focus on the use of MRI contrast agents in practical applications, but not those that are primarily concerned with the development, synthesis or ex vivo testing of contrast agents.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Spectroscopy
Editor-in-chief John R GriffithsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United States 24, Germany 4, Netherlands 4, Mainland China 3, United Kingdom 2 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine30%
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine10.4%
- Advanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry8.4%
- MRI in cancer diagnosisMedicine8.1%
- Lanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesMaterials Science5.3%
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchPhysics and Astronomy4.7%
- Electron Spin Resonance StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- NMR spectroscopy and applicationsPhysics and Astronomy3.9%
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 | Spectroscopy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biophysics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biophysics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biophysics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedINSPECEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- Impact factor
- 2.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 104LetPub ·
- h-index
- 162OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,866OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 57.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 187LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 218Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 528,672Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,323 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 207 | 147 | 44 |
| 2025 | 250 | 182 | 456 |
| 2024 | 239 | 191 | 1,194 |
| 2023 | 207 | 162 | 1,724 |
| 2022 | 224 | 134 | 2,632 |
| 2021 | 230 | 123 | 3,078 |
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
154 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 106 days – 205 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (118 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 173 days
- Sample
- 118 articles with submission and acceptance dates (483 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 186 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 daysPublisher 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
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 3,640 / EUR 3,020 / GBP 2,440 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 8
- Reference style
- AMA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Data availability Expects Data Sharing
Data sharing encouraged; data accessibility statement required Model summary
NMR in Biomedicine encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper. Visit re3data.org or fairsharing.org to help identify regist…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication ethics
Wiley's position on the major ethical principles of academic publishing can found with the Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics here. Return to Top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement If the OnlineOpen option is not select…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Continuous publication model Model summary
Under a Continuous Publication model used at Wiley, journal articles are published directly into an online issue with their final citations as soon as they are ready.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening via detection system Model summary
The journal to which you are submitting your manuscript employs a plagiarism detection system.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1988
- ISSN
- 0952-3480
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-1492
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NMR in Biomedicine
What CAS zone is NMR in Biomedicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NMR in Biomedicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Spectroscopy / Biophysics / Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of NMR in Biomedicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.79; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 162.
How long does peer review take at NMR in Biomedicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 118 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 154 days (interquartile range 106–205 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18% (2025). 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 NMR in Biomedicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 8; Reference style: AMA. 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 NMR in Biomedicine based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (24), Germany (4) and Netherlands (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index NMR in Biomedicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NMR in Biomedicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC, Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is NMR in Biomedicine open access, and what is the APC?
NMR in Biomedicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,640.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .