Journal profile · Medicine-Rehabilitation
Wearable Technologies
ISSN 2631-7176 · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom
Wearable Technologies: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 23 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,655; median 170 days to acceptance (65 articles, last 24 months); 55 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Wearable Technologies is published by Cambridge University Press 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 Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics, Muscle activation and electromyography studies and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, together about 47.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Wearable Technologies is the first journal dedicated to publishing original research, review articles and industrial developments related to wearable devices. Wearable technologies have a role in areas such as rehabilitation, industry, environment/exploration, injury prevention, military, diagnostics, animals, sport and leisure and this journal aims to connect research from all areas of wearable technologies.The focus of this journal is on the design, control and mechanics of wearable technologies. Topics include (but are not limited to), exoskeletons, exosuits, prosthetics, intelligent orthotics, soft wearable robotics, development of new wearable sensor technologies and wearable monitors, mechatronics, human-computer interaction, human in the loop optimization and physical human robot interactive controllers. Papers discussing the outcome of clinical trials are not suitable for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Rehabilitation
Editor-in-chief Sunil AgrawalPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsEngineering19.1%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering17.1%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine11.6%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine6.5%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions4.7%
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering4.7%
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition SystemsComputer Science4.1%
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science2.7%
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 | Rehabilitation | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Robotics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Robotics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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) 2025
- 23Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 261 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 198 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 188 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 350 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 367 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 786 |
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 PubMed · to
170 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 129 days – 246 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 36 days (65 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 243 days
- Sample
- 65 articles with submission and acceptance dates (79 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 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 34 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 3,655 / GBP 2,610 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,450 / GBP 2,320 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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
- Not considered
- clinical trial outcome papers
Article types accepted3
- editorialArticle types for Wearable Technologies are: Review Article* Research Article* Editorial**Length not stated
- research articleArticle types for Wearable Technologies are: Review Article* Research Article* Editorial**Length not stated
- review articleCollections Latest volume All volumes Open accessLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review Peer Review Process
The journal has a single blind peer review process. This means that the identity of the authors is known to the peer reviewers, but the identity of the peer reviewers is not known to the authors.
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
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2631-7176
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Wearable Technologies
What CAS zone is Wearable Technologies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Wearable Technologies is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Rehabilitation / Engineering, Biomedical / Robotics. 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 Wearable Technologies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 23 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Wearable Technologies?
Based on the dates recorded on 65 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 170 days (interquartile range 129–246 days); authors report an average review time of about 11 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.
Which databases index Wearable Technologies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Wearable Technologies is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Wearable Technologies open access, and what is the APC?
Wearable Technologies is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,655.
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: .