Journal rankings · indicator year 2021
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Subfield ranking · 2021
Biomedical Engineering journal rankings 2021
327 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Biomedical Engineering has 327 ranked journals in 2021. The median journal has an OJR of 0.81, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2020; Q1 starts at OJR 1.36. The top three are Science Robotics, Biomaterials Research, and Bioactive Materials.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2021. 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 2018–2020, the window the 2021 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 Engineering574
- Mechanical Engineering380
- Biomedical Engineering327
- Civil and Structural Engineering272
- Aerospace Engineering175
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Control and Systems Engineering121
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering90
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering38
327 ranked journals
Filters
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 2020. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2018–2020 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 2012 to 2021. | Compare |
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1Science RoboticsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States | 8.30Q1 | 23.54 1.19 up from 2020 | 246 | 20% | — | ||
2Biomaterials ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 4.73Q1 | 19.29 6.12 up from 2020 | 88 | 100% | $2,700 | ||
3Bioactive MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China | 3.76Q1 | 14.74 2.51 down from 2020 | 325 | 100% | $2,200 | ||
4Nano EnergyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.63Q1 | 17.31 0.64 down from 2020 | 3,111 | 19% | $5,210 | ||
5npj Flexible ElectronicsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.62Q1 | 12.54 1.82 down from 2020 | 83 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
6BiomaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.57Q1 | 14.06 1.12 up from 2020 | 1,755 | 36% | $4,640 | ||
7Journal of Bioresources and BioproductsOAElsevier BV · Canada | 3.40Q1 | 22.07 18.36 up from 2020 | 77 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
8Biofuel Research JournalOAGreen Wave Publishing of Canada · Canada | 3.34Q1 | 17.77 8.16 up from 2020 | 50 | 100% | — | ||
9IEEE Reviews in Biomedical EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.34Q1 | 14.91 6.98 up from 2020 | 94 | 34% | $2,645 | ||
10Nano TodayElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.33Q1 | 14.32 0.23 down from 2020 | 365 | 19% | $4,830 | ||
11EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China | 2.96Q1 | 10.55 3.49 up from 2020 | 541 | 100% | $1,300 | ||
12IEEE Transactions on RoboticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.82Q1 | 6.45 0.58 down from 2020 | 454 | 54% | $2,645 | ||
13Advanced Fiber MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 2.81Q1 | 13.40 7.88 up from 2020 | 52 | 10% | $3,390 | ||
14Materials Today BioOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.78Q1 | 11.69 1.44 up from 2020 | 70 | 100% | $3,400 | ||
15International Journal of Extreme ManufacturingOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.73Q1 | 9.03 0.75 up from 2020 | 69 | 100% | $3,750 | ||
16Acta BiomaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.72Q1 | 10.31 0.63 up from 2020 | 1,815 | 45% | $3,810 | ||
17BiofabricationIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.68Q1 | 10.72 0.81 up from 2020 | 314 | 66% | $3,895 | ||
18Current Robotics ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 2.66Q1 | 6.16no 2020 value | 32 | 62% | $3,090 | — | |
19Soft RoboticsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 2.46Q1 | 8.98 0.65 down from 2020 | 238 | 27% | — | ||
20Advanced Healthcare MaterialsWiley · Germany | 2.41Q1 | 9.49 0.79 up from 2020 | 1,191 | 40% | $4,880 | ||
21Nano ConvergenceOASpringer Nature · Germany | 2.36Q1 | 11.23 1.68 up from 2020 | 117 | 100% | $3,990 | ||
22Cancer NanotechnologyOABioMed Central · Austria | 2.31Q1 | 8.52 2.16 up from 2020 | 36 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
23Indonesian Journal of Science and TechnologyOAUniversitas Pendidikan Indonesia Press · Indonesia | 2.26Q1 | 7.75 5.75 up from 2020 | 82 | 100% | — | ||
24Microsystems & NanoengineeringOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 2.23Q1 | 8.93 0.33 up from 2020 | 234 | 100% | $3,790 | ||
25Bioengineering & Translational MedicineOAWiley · United States | 2.21Q1 | 10.06 0.89 up from 2020 | 109 | 100% | $2,890 | ||
26International Journal of ThermofluidsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.21Q1 | 9.58 1.69 up from 2020 | 57 | 100% | $2,520 | ||
27ACS SensorsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.13Q1 | 9.16 1.14 up from 2020 | 1,215 | 31% | $4,500 | ||
283D Printing in MedicineOABioMed Central · Germany | 2.12Q1 | 7.61 0.46 down from 2020 | 65 | 100% | $2,190 | ||
29Tissue Engineering Part B ReviewsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 2.11Q1 | 7.16 0.39 up from 2020 | 138 | 48% | — | ||
30Applied Materials TodayElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 8.11 0.98 down from 2020 | 726 | 28% | $4,400 | ||
31Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and NanobiotechnologyWiley · United States | 2.07Q1 | 8.57 1.31 down from 2020 | 154 | 34% | $4,730 | ||
32Journal of Functional BiomaterialsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.04Q1 | 5.43 3.00 down from 2020 | 214 | 100% | $3,258 | ||
33PhotoacousticsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.02Q1 | 10.20 1.05 up from 2020 | 143 | 100% | $3,200 | ||
34IEEE Robotics and Automation LettersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 2.02Q1 | 5.78 0.23 up from 2020 | 2,062 | 44% | $2,645 | ||
352019 Medical Technologies Congress (TIPTEKNO)Publisher not listed | 1.99Q1 | 1.16 0.39 up from 2020 | 139 | — | — | ||
36Materials Science and Engineering CElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.98Q1 | 8.33 0.73 up from 2020 | 3,265 | 27% | $3,560 | ||
37Biotechnology for BiofuelsOASpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 9.28 1.57 up from 2020 | 835 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
38IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and BiologyOAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.94Q1 | 8.70 7.36 up from 2020 | 46 | 100% | $2,075 | ||
39FuelElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 7.45 0.29 up from 2020 | 6,860 | 18% | $4,330 | ||
40ACS Sustainable Chemistry & EngineeringAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.87Q1 | 8.92 0.38 up from 2020 | 5,709 | 23% | $4,500 | ||
41International Journal of NanomedicineOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.86Q1 | 7.71 0.50 up from 2020 | 1,952 | 100% | $2,836 | ||
42Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.85Q1 | 7.18 0.57 down from 2020 | 2,096 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
43Industrial Crops and ProductsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.82Q1 | 6.55 0.40 up from 2020 | 2,986 | 16% | $3,720 | ||
44Propulsion and Power ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.81Q1 | 4.99 0.70 up from 2020 | 101 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
45Advanced Materials TechnologiesWiley · Germany | 1.81Q1 | 7.36 0.43 up from 2020 | 1,163 | 33% | $4,680 | ||
46International Journal of BioprintingOASingapore | 1.77Q1 | 7.71 1.85 up from 2020 | 92 | 100% | — | ||
47Fuel Processing TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.77Q1 | 7.69 0.45 up from 2020 | 942 | 24% | $3,180 | ||
48APL BioengineeringOAAIP Publishing · United States | 1.77Q1 | 7.01 0.64 up from 2020 | 143 | 100% | $2,200 | ||
49Frontiers in Robotics and AIOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.77Q1 | 4.63 0.19 down from 2020 | 478 | 100% | $2,353 | ||
50Carbon Resources ConversionOAElsevier BV · China | 1.76Q1 | 5.50 0.53 down from 2020 | 82 | 100% | $1,100 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Biomedical Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering574
- Mechanical Engineering380
- Biomedical Engineering327
- Civil and Structural Engineering272
- Aerospace Engineering175
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Control and Systems Engineering121
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering90
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering38
- Media Technology27
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2021. Corpus-wide, 87.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
92 additional Biomedical Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2018–2020, 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: 2021. Publication window: 2018–2020. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 327
- Window papers (baseline)
- 249,917 +15.1% from indicator year 2018
- Median OJR
- 0.81 +11.8% from indicator year 2018
- Rising journals (2025)
- 33
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2018–2020 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.