Journal profile · Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
Smart Materials in Medicine
ISSN 2590-1834 · KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. · China
Smart Materials in Medicine: fully open access; APC about USD 840; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Smart Materials in Medicine is published by KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Smart materials, conventionally referred to as intelligent or responsive materials, are substances capable of changing one or more of their properties when exposed to external or internal stimuli or different environments. These stimuli may include variations in stress, temperature, moisture, pH levels, electric or magnetic fields, light, or specific chemicals, among others. Following this fast-growing and interdisciplinary field, the concepts of ‘smart’ and ‘material’ have been largely extended to a much broader scope. Consequently, we also define “SMART” as “Smart Medicines And Regenerative Therapeutics.” Smart Materials in Medicine is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that focuses on all aspects of our broadly defined Smart materials and their derivatives, degradation products, or metabolites, with applications in biotechnology, medicine, and healthcare. It is an interdisciplinary journal, the home of choice for best-in-class Smart materials for biomedical applications, particularly in the following categories: • Intelligent or responsive materials for biomedical uses. • Smart Medicines And Regenerative Therapeutics (SMART). We welcome research papers, reviews, and perspectives that showcase original scientific and engineering discoveries related to the design, fabrication, processing, evaluation, and application of Smart materials, as well as their derivatives, degradation products, or metabolites. We also encourage contributions that advance our understanding by detailing the principles, philosophies, and strategies used in Smart material sciences and engineering. Examples of Smart materials covered by this journal include, but are not limited to: • Materials, substances, or molecules responsive to external or internal stimuli. • Materials, substances, or molecules with controlled degradation. • Bioactive or bioresorbable materials, substances, or molecules. • Bioactive and regenerative therapeutic materials, substances, or molecules. • Self-healing materials, substances, or molecules. • Shape-memory materials, substances, or molecules. • Catalytic materials, substances, or molecules. • Smart material derivatives, degradation products, or metabolites. • Molecular, supramolecular, nano/micro-materials. • Electrically conductive and mechano-sensitive materials. • Physiomimetic, biomimetic materials, and artificial cells. • Tools, devices, or technologies involving Smart materials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
Editor-in-chief Donghui ZhuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 27 in mainland China (about 41%); most named Mainland China 27, United States 16, Germany 4, France 4, United Kingdom 2 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryMaterials Science11.6%
- Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.6%
- Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsEngineering10.2%
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering9.2%
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineMedicine7.8%
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsMaterials Science5.7%
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine5%
- 3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchEngineering4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | Q1 | 15/342 | — |
| Biomaterials | Q1 | 10/146 | — |
| Bioengineering | Q1 | 13/168 | — |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ESCIPublisher 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
- 19.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 19.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 143OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 231 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 685 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 1,360 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 1,490 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 1,086 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 754 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 262 |
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)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 840 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 840 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 700 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted13
- case studiesOriginal research papers, comments, perspective, case studies, surveys, technical reports, industry practices.Length not stated
- case studyThis section describes the articles types for this journal. Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original res…Length not stated
- commentsOriginal research papers, comments, perspective, case studies, surveys, technical reports, industry practices.Length not stated
- industry practicesOriginal research papers, comments, perspective, case studies, surveys, technical reports, industry practices.Length not stated
- original research paperThis section describes the articles types for this journal. Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original res…Length not stated
- original research papersOriginal research papers, comments, perspective, case studies, surveys, technical reports, industry practices.Length not stated
- perspectiveThis section describes the articles types for this journal. Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original res…Length not stated
- perspectivesWe welcome research papers, reviews, and perspectivesLength not stated
- research papersWe welcome research papers, reviews, and perspectivesLength not stated
- reviewsWe welcome research papers, reviews, and perspectivesLength not stated
- surveyThis section describes the articles types for this journal. Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original res…Length not stated
- surveysOriginal research papers, comments, perspective, case studies, surveys, technical reports, industry practices.Length not stated
- technical reportsOriginal research papers, comments, perspective, case studies, surveys, technical reports, industry practices.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors is encouraged to declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance refers only to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process: Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and language of…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we encourage corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administratio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
From 2025, all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include: EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Adv…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
iThenticate CrossCheck plagiarism screening. Model summary
Submissions to KeAi journals are automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
For non-commercial purposes, lets others distribute and copy the article, and to include in a collective work (such as an anthology), as long as they credit the author(s) and provided they do not alter or modify the article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access journal. Model summary
This is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf e.g. by their research funder or institution. Permitted third party (re)use is defined by the following Creative …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single blind peer review process. Model summary
This journal operates a single blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's dec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint posting on SSRN
Free preprint posting service on SSRN. Model summary
In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service. Preprints provide early registration and dissemination of your research, which facilitates early citations and collaboration.<P>During submission to Editorial Manager, you can choose to release your manuscript publicly as a preprint on the preprint server SSRN once it enters peer-review with the journal. Y…
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
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2590-1834
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 Smart Materials in Medicine
How long does peer review take at Smart Materials in Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Smart Materials in Medicine based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 27 (about 41%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (27), United States (16) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Smart Materials in Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Smart Materials in Medicine is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ESCI; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Smart Materials in Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Smart Materials in Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 840.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .