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Biomedical Engineering journal rankings 2025

349 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering

Biomedical Engineering has 349 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.89, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.43. The highest-scoring journal with a stable rank is Science Robotics: its likely rank is within the top 4.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

349
15% of Engineering
Median OJR

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.

0.89+0.03 vs 2024
This subfieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

46%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$2,731
Median positive listed APC: $2,731 among 230 journals. Another 12 list $0; 107 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields of Engineering (16)

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349 ranked journals

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Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

They are computed within the list on screen, so a journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 in the global ranking.

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Biomedical Engineering ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #3 of 349Science RoboticsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States
6.39Q118.25 2.72 down from 202431527%—
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #5 of 349ExplorationOAWiley · China
5.23Q127.26 5.03 up from 2024226100%$3,500
Rank 3; likely between #1 and #13 of 349npj Materials SustainabilityOASpringer Science+Business Media
4.80Q120.02 14.02 up from 202441100%$2,190
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #8 of 349Cyborg and Bionic SystemsOAAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · China
4.68Q120.87 4.71 up from 2024150100%—
Rank 5; likely between #1 and #25 of 349Biomedical TechnologyOAElsevier BV
4.55Q119.67 2.25 up from 202464100%$0 listed
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #10 of 349International Journal of Extreme ManufacturingOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom
4.30Q120.59 1.11 down from 2024280100%$3,750
Rank 7; likely between #4 and #9 of 349Bioactive MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China
4.15Q116.28 2.02 down from 20241,153100%$2,200Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 8; likely between #2 and #21 of 349IEEE Reviews in Biomedical EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
3.99Q119.91 6.44 up from 20247144%$2,645
Rank 9; likely between #6 and #11 of 349Advanced Fiber MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore
3.94Q121.55 0.15 down from 202437516%$3,390
Rank 10; likely between #6 and #15 of 349IEEE Transactions on RoboticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
3.62Q112.37 1.17 up from 202476324%$2,645Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 11; likely between #7 and #15 of 349npj Flexible ElectronicsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom
3.60Q116.17 0.18 down from 2024238100%$4,090
Rank 12; likely between #4 and #24 of 349Current Robotics ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland
3.58Q110.64 1.62 up from 202441100%$3,090
Rank 13; likely between #5 and #27 of 349Green Technologies and SustainabilityOAElsevier BV
3.43Q112.31 2.04 down from 202495100%$400
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #15 of 349BiomaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.41Q114.05 0.83 up from 20241,37725%$4,640
Rank 15; likely between #9 and #20 of 349BMEMatOAWiley
3.26Q114.44 0.80 up from 2024100100%$0 listed
Rank 16; likely between #13 and #18 of 349Nano EnergyElsevier BV · Netherlands
3.07Q116.92 0.46 down from 20243,25913%$5,210
Rank 17; likely between #14 and #33 of 349Nature Reviews BioengineeringSpringer Science+Business Media
2.71Q121.68 4.60 up from 202426221%—
Rank 18; likely between #15 and #31 of 349Nano ConvergenceOASpringer Nature · Germany
2.70Q114.59 2.38 up from 2024165100%$3,990
Rank 19; likely between #7 and #55 of 349Fuel CommunicationsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.67Q17.38 5.66 down from 202475100%$1,810
Rank 20; likely between #18 and #26 of 349Acta BiomaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.64Q110.19 0.36 up from 20241,88642%$3,810Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 21; likely between #13 and #40 of 349Nature Chemical EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media
2.63Q112.00no 2024 value15319%$12,690—
Rank 22; likely between #14 and #41 of 349Smart MedicineOAWiley
2.60Q110.96 0.59 up from 2024104100%$3,200
Rank 23; likely between #17 and #32 of 349Microsystems & NanoengineeringOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom
2.57Q111.51 0.50 up from 2024490100%$3,790Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 24; likely between #18 and #34 of 349Biomaterials ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.52Q110.19 0.56 down from 2024343100%$2,700
Rank 25; likely between #15 and #41 of 349Journal of Bioresources and BioproductsOAElsevier BV · Canada
2.51Q112.83 0.44 down from 2024117100%$0 listed
Rank 26; likely between #14 and #45 of 349Nano TransMedOAElsevier BV
2.50Q114.50 9.86 up from 202465100%$0 listed
Rank 27; likely between #18 and #35 of 349EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China
2.49Q18.57 0.22 up from 2024850100%$1,300
Rank 28; likely between #20 and #32 of 349Materials Today BioOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.48Q110.47 0.32 down from 20241,178100%$3,400
Rank 29; likely between #15 and #54 of 349Green Energy and ResourcesOAElsevier BV
2.44Q112.82 1.31 up from 202460100%$1,500
Rank 30; likely between #20 and #45 of 349Soft ScienceUnited States
2.32Q113.02 2.58 up from 202410795%—
Rank 31; likely between #17 and #49 of 349Experimental and Computational Multiphase FlowSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore
2.31Q18.26 0.99 up from 20245741%$2,290
Rank 32; likely between #27 and #36 of 349ACS SensorsAmerican Chemical Society · United States
2.29Q111.37 1.65 up from 20241,52721%$4,500Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 33; likely between #16 and #68 of 349Biomimetic Intelligence and RoboticsOAElsevier BV · China
2.26Q110.00 3.64 up from 202497100%$1,800
Rank 34; likely between #28 and #40 of 349Nano TodayElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.23Q110.45 0.29 up from 20241,07419%$4,830Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 35; likely between #29 and #40 of 349Alexandria Engineering JournalOAElsevier BV · Egypt
2.20Q18.04 0.64 down from 20242,905100%$1,900Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 36; likely between #30 and #39 of 349Advanced Healthcare MaterialsWiley · Germany
2.19Q19.86 1.18 up from 20243,02654%$4,880
Rank 37; likely between #23 and #55 of 349Propulsion and Power ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.11Q17.10 0.30 up from 2024109100%$1,000
Rank 38; likely between #28 and #53 of 349Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and NanobiotechnologyWiley · United States
2.04Q18.92 0.03 down from 202422064%$4,730
Rank 39; likely between #25 and #62 of 349IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and MedicineOAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
2.02Q15.11 0.99 down from 2024177100%$2,075Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 40; likely between #33 and #49 of 349Regenerative BiomaterialsOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom
2.02Q18.78 0.91 up from 2024370100%$1,820Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 41; likely between #35 and #47 of 349International Journal of NanomedicineOADove Medical Press · New Zealand
2.00Q19.17 2.17 up from 20241,578100%$2,836
Rank 42; likely between #18 and #107 of 349Progress in Biomedical EngineeringIOP Publishing
1.92Q17.55 0.25 up from 20246073%$4,680
Rank 43; likely between #36 and #57 of 349Bioengineering & Translational MedicineOAWiley · United States
1.90Q16.56 0.27 up from 2024423100%$2,890
Rank 44; likely between #13 and #160 of 349Analytica—A Journal of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical AnalysisOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
1.89Q18.23 3.65 up from 2024108100%$1,207
Rank 45; likely between #27 and #103 of 349Biomedical Engineering AdvancesOAElsevier BV · United States
1.82Q16.37 1.39 down from 2024115100%$2,020
Rank 46; likely between #41 and #60 of 349International Journal of ThermofluidsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.81Q19.35 0.45 up from 2024888100%$2,520
Rank 47; likely between #34 and #84 of 349BME FrontiersOAAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States
1.80Q18.59 0.39 up from 202491100%—
Rank 48; likely between #29 and #102 of 349Frontiers in Medical TechnologyOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland
1.78Q15.57 0.74 up from 2024203100%$2,353Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 49; likely between #33 and #93 of 349BiomassOASwitzerland
1.78Q17.57 2.49 up from 2024123100%$1,207
Rank 50; likely between #46 and #58 of 349IEEE Robotics and Automation LettersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1.75Q16.32 0.19 up from 20244,22521%$2,645Rising vs field, 2022–25

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

54 additional Biomedical Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
349
Window papers (baseline)
288,254 +9.5% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.89 +11.2% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
33

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals94102105107114120130140148161173194201220230248257272281303312327334341346349
Window papers (baseline)55,77559,86064,09169,01774,96382,84091,889103,123114,335126,039136,464148,180161,587174,502188,850200,371208,275213,015217,166225,393235,887249,917263,157272,415278,139288,254
Median OJR0.650.660.7070.7310.670.790.7660.7180.8280.870.8310.8260.7200.7760.7090.740.750.7680.7260.760.7810.810.800.820.860.89

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.