Journal rankings · indicator year 2004
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Subfield ranking · 2004
Biomedical Engineering journal rankings 2004
114 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Biomedical Engineering has 114 ranked journals in 2004. The median OJR fell 0.06 on 2003 to 0.67, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.23. The top three are Lab on a Chip, Smart Materials and Structures, and Tissue Engineering.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2004. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Engineering (16)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering235
- Mechanical Engineering189
- Aerospace Engineering126
- Biomedical Engineering114
- Civil and Structural Engineering114
- Mechanics of Materials89
- Computational Mechanics74
- Control and Systems Engineering72
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering40
- Building and Construction35
- Ocean Engineering32
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality18
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114 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2003. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2001–2003 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2004. | Compare |
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1Lab on a ChipRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.07Q1 | 3.62 0.10 up from 2003 | 171 | 7% | — | ||
2Smart Materials and StructuresIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.53Q1 | 1.71 0.15 down from 2003 | 413 | 49% | $3,325 | ||
3Tissue EngineeringMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 2.31Q1 | 3.64 0.85 down from 2003 | 298 | 5% | — | ||
4BiomaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.19Q1 | 3.63 0.13 down from 2003 | 1,917 | 3% | $4,640 | ||
5Journal of Biomedical OpticsOASPIE · United States | 2.11Q1 | 3.49 0.14 up from 2003 | 216 | 96% | $1,675 | ||
6Journal of vibration and acousticsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers | 2.07Q1 | 0.95 0.08 down from 2003 | 194 | 11% | — | ||
7AIChE JournalWiley · United States | 1.98Q1 | 1.97 0.13 up from 2003 | 841 | 9% | $4,940 | ||
8Journal of Biomedical Materials ResearchWiley · United States | 1.96Q1 | 3.19 0.31 up from 2003 | 867 | 0% | — | ||
9Journal of Micromechanics and MicroengineeringIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 2.41 0.65 up from 2003 | 456 | 52% | $3,325 | ||
10Biomedical MicrodevicesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.86Q1 | 3.03 0.81 up from 2003 | 110 | 0% | $4,190 | ||
11Sensors and Actuators A PhysicalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.71Q1 | 1.85 0.21 up from 2003 | 1,099 | 4% | $3,750 | ||
12ElectrophoresisWiley · Germany | 1.63Q1 | 3.64 0.30 down from 2003 | 1,633 | 6% | $3,940 | ||
13Chemical Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 1.85 0.03 up from 2003 | 1,614 | 5% | $4,050 | ||
14Biomass and BioenergyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.52Q1 | 1.65 0.39 up from 2003 | 334 | 4% | $4,270 | ||
15Journal of Electromyography and KinesiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.51Q1 | 2.37 0.49 up from 2003 | 195 | 6% | $3,450 | ||
16Journal of BiomechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.49Q1 | 2.46 0.23 down from 2003 | 718 | 8% | $3,650 | ||
17Industrial & Engineering Chemistry ResearchAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.45Q1 | 1.50 0.09 up from 2003 | 2,335 | 5% | $4,500 | ||
18FuelElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 1.50 0.18 down from 2003 | 908 | 3% | $4,330 | ||
19Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part AWiley · United States | 1.42Q1 | 2.12 0.09 up from 2003 | 474 | 7% | $4,220 | ||
20Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering SciencesRoyal Society · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 1.69 0.37 up from 2003 | 580 | 6% | — | ||
21Fuel Processing TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.38Q1 | 1.18 0.17 up from 2003 | 343 | 3% | $3,180 | ||
22Field Analytical Chemistry & TechnologyWiley · United States | 1.37Q1 | —no 2003 value | 35 | — | — | ||
23IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.33Q1 | 1.52 0.16 down from 2003 | 613 | 7% | $2,645 | ||
24Advanced RoboticsTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 1.32Q1 | 0.67 0.02 up from 2003 | 205 | 10% | — | ||
25Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.31Q1 | 2.35 0.12 down from 2003 | 576 | 4% | $2,650 | ||
26The Journal of Supercritical FluidsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.30Q1 | 1.76 0.89 down from 2003 | 308 | 6% | $3,910 | ||
27IEEE Transactions on Biomedical EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.25Q1 | 2.26 0.40 up from 2003 | 527 | 9% | $2,645 | ||
28Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied BiomaterialsWiley · United States | 1.23Q1 | 1.53 0.78 up from 2003 | 132 | 18% | $3,400 | ||
29Journal of Biomechanical EngineeringASM International · United States | 1.23Q1 | 1.91 0.46 down from 2003 | 260 | 6% | — | ||
30Numerical Heat Transfer Part B FundamentalsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 1.04 0.18 down from 2003 | 176 | 6% | — | ||
31Annals of Biomedical EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.09Q2 | 2.14 0.13 up from 2003 | 382 | 4% | $4,390 | ||
32The Anatomical Record Part B The New AnatomistWiley · United States | 1.09Q2 | 1.75no 2003 value | 32 | 44% | — | — | |
33Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process IntensificationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.08Q2 | 0.98 0.12 up from 2003 | 353 | 6% | $3,910 | ||
34Biomechanics and Modeling in MechanobiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.07Q2 | 1.94 0.94 up from 2003 | 33 | 5% | $4,190 | ||
35Journal of Analytical and Applied PyrolysisElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.02Q2 | 1.31 0.32 down from 2003 | 413 | 6% | $3,580 | ||
36Journal of ElasticitySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.00Q2 | 0.71 0.28 up from 2003 | 166 | 8% | $3,890 | ||
37Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer EditionTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 1.00Q2 | 1.39 0.69 down from 2003 | 275 | 2% | — | ||
38IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology MagazineIEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · United States | 0.98Q2 | 1.40 0.19 up from 2003 | 267 | 1% | — | ||
39Comptes Rendus ChimieOAAcadémie des sciences · France | 0.97Q2 | 1.24 0.67 up from 2003 | 270 | 42% | — | ||
40Journal of Microcolumn SeparationsWiley · United States | 0.97Q2 | —no 2003 value | 58 | — | — | ||
41Fluid Phase EquilibriaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.92Q2 | 1.32 0.12 up from 2003 | 943 | 2% | $3,630 | ||
42Materials Science and Engineering CElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.90Q2 | 1.35 0.15 up from 2003 | 717 | 6% | $3,560 | ||
43Annual Review of Biomedical EngineeringAnnual Reviews · United States | 0.88Q2 | 9.55 0.49 up from 2003 | 50 | 5% | — | ||
44Process Safety and Environmental ProtectionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.88Q2 | 0.67 0.01 down from 2003 | 564 | 2% | $3,500 | ||
45International Journal of HyperthermiaOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.86Q2 | 1.93 0.49 up from 2003 | 160 | 93% | $2,557 | ||
46Industrial Crops and ProductsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.81Q2 | 1.07 0.13 up from 2003 | 187 | 7% | $3,720 | ||
47The Journal of the Acoustical Society of AmericaAcoustical Society of America · United States | 0.79Q2 | 1.24 0.10 down from 2003 | 2,435 | 3% | — | ||
48Journal of Materials Science Materials in MedicineOASpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.79Q2 | 1.11 0.21 down from 2003 | 510 | 9% | $2,590 | ||
49Numerical Heat Transfer Part A ApplicationsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.78Q2 | 0.76 0.30 down from 2003 | 318 | 4% | — | ||
50Science ProgressOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 1.41 0.18 down from 2003 | 50 | 100% | $2,650 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Biomedical Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering235
- Mechanical Engineering189
- Aerospace Engineering126
- Biomedical Engineering114
- Civil and Structural Engineering114
- Mechanics of Materials89
- Computational Mechanics74
- Control and Systems Engineering72
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering40
- Building and Construction35
- Ocean Engineering32
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality18
- Media Technology11
- Automotive Engineering10
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2004. Corpus-wide, 69.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
41 additional Biomedical Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2001–2003, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2004. Publication window: 2001–2003. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 114
- Window papers (baseline)
- 74,963 +25.2% from indicator year 2001
- Median OJR
- 0.67 +1.2% from indicator year 2001
- Rising journals (2025)
- 33
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2001–2003 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 94 | 102 | 105 | 107 | 114 | 120 | 130 | 140 | 148 | 161 | 173 | 194 | 201 | 220 | 230 | 248 | 257 | 272 | 281 | 303 | 312 | 327 | 334 | 341 | 346 | 349 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 55,775 | 59,860 | 64,091 | 69,017 | 74,963 | 82,840 | 91,889 | 103,123 | 114,335 | 126,039 | 136,464 | 148,180 | 161,587 | 174,502 | 188,850 | 200,371 | 208,275 | 213,015 | 217,166 | 225,393 | 235,887 | 249,917 | 263,157 | 272,415 | 278,139 | 288,254 | |
| Median OJR | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.707 | 0.731 | 0.67 | 0.79 | 0.766 | 0.718 | 0.828 | 0.87 | 0.831 | 0.826 | 0.720 | 0.776 | 0.709 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.768 | 0.726 | 0.76 | 0.781 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.89 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.