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Top 10 Open Access Engineering, Biomedical Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading open access Engineering, Biomedical journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights details authors often need when choosing where to submit.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor data currently available in our journal database.

#1
BM
JIF 20.3
Q1
Open

Bioactive Materials is an international, peer-reviewed research publication covering all aspects of bioactive materials. It publishes research papers, reviews and rapid communications on the science and engineering of next-generation biomaterials that interact...

Identifiers

eISSN 2452-199X

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 2,200 (excluding taxes).

Publishing Timeline

3 days submission to first decision; 25 days submission to decision after review; 96 days submission to acceptance; 10 days acceptance to online publication
#2
CA

American Association for the Advancement of Science

JIF 18.1
Q1
Open

Cyborg and Bionic Systems is an Open Access journal published in association with BIT that promotes knowledge interchange and hybrid system codesign between living beings and robotic systems.

Identifiers

eISSN 2692-7632

Publishing Timeline

Content is published on a continuous basis and published as soon as production is complete.
#3
SM
JIF 11.6
Q1
Open

Smart Medicine is an international open access journal that publishes original research articles, rapid communication, reviews, and commentaries on biological mechanisms in human diseases, covering areas including immunology, metabolism, neuroscience, clinical...

Identifiers

ISSN 2751-1871
eISSN 2751-1871

Publication Cost

Article publication charge: $3,500 USD / £2,910 GBP / €3,360 EUR; Perspectives: $880 USD / £730 GBP / €840 EUR; Editorials waived.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 4 days; submission to acceptance (median): 68 days; acceptance to publication (median): 38 days.
#4
MT
JIF 10.2
Q1
Open

Materials Today Bio is a multidisciplinary journal focused on the interface between biology and materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering, and medicine. It covers advances ranging from the design and assembly of novel structures and their interactions...

Identifiers

ISSN 2590-0064
eISSN 2590-0064

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 3,290 (excluding taxes).

Publishing Timeline

6 days submission to first decision; 29 days submission to decision after review; 79 days submission to acceptance; 2 days from acceptance to first online publication.
#5
BR
JIF 9.6
Q1
Open

Biomaterials Research is a journal on the Science Partner Journal platform focused on biomaterials research and publishes article types including research articles, review articles, and errata.

Identifiers

ISSN 1226-4601
eISSN 2055-7124

Publishing Timeline

Content is published on a continuous basis and published as soon as production is complete.
#6
BF

American Association for the Advancement of Science

JIF 7.7
Q1
Open

BME Frontiers is an open access journal published in association with SIBET CAS for the multidisciplinary biomedical engineering community, publishing wide-ranging research in the field.

Identifiers

eISSN 2765-8031

Publishing Timeline

Content is published on a continuous basis and is published as soon as production is complete.
#7
PI
JIF 7.7
Q1
Open

Progress in Biomedical Engineering is a new interdisciplinary journal publishing high quality authoritative reviews and opinion pieces in the most significant and exciting areas of biomedical engineering research. Published content by leading experts on the cu...

Identifiers

eISSN 2516-1091

Publication Cost

Supports open access. Authors can publish open access without paying an APC through participating transformative agreements.

Publishing Timeline

Median submission to first decision before peer review: 6 days; median submission to first decision after peer review: 84 days.
#8
Ph

Elsevier BV

JIF 6.8
Q1
Open

Photoacoustics is an open access journal focused on original research and review contributions in photoacoustics, optoacoustics, and thermoacoustics. It covers acoustical and ultrasonic phenomena excited by electromagnetic radiation for detection, visualizatio...

Identifiers

ISSN 2213-5979
eISSN 2213-5979

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 3,700 (excluding taxes).

Publishing Timeline

3 days submission to first decision; 36 days submission to decision after review; 69 days submission to acceptance; 4 days from acceptance to first online publication.
#9
NR
JIF 6.5
Q1
Open

npj Regenerative Medicine is part of the npj Series and publishes regenerative medicine research. The journal is published in partnership with Monash University and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and its articles are published as Open Access.

Identifiers

eISSN 2057-3995

Publication Cost

Article processing charge (APC) applies; current APCs and waiver information are available.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 21; submission to acceptance (median days): 216
#10
IJ
JIF 6
Q1
Open

International Journal of Bioprinting is an international journal covering the technology, science and clinical application of the broadly defined field of bioprinting. It covers all stages of the bioprinting process from concept creation to fabrication and bey...

Identifiers

ISSN 2424-7723
eISSN 2424-8002

Publication Cost

$3000 publication fee per submission with no additional charges based on color, length, figures, or other elements.

Publishing Timeline

16 days submission to first decision; 45 days submission to final decision; 3 days acceptance to publication
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