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Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1967

ISSN1532-0480

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.32

H-Indexi

168

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.622

Total Worksi

4,423

Total Citationsi

240,004

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Medical Informatics; Computer Science Applications; Health Informatics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,423

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-0480

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

285

34k

2019

281

10k

2020

263

5.9k

2021

247

5.1k

2022

270

4.5k

2023

166

1.9k

2024

205

728

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Health InformaticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsMedical Informatics

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsHealth Informatics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Biomedical Text Mining and OntologiesMachine Learning in HealthcareTopic ModelingElectronic Health Records SystemsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSemantic Web and OntologiesBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksNatural Language Processing TechniquesGene expression and cancer classificationLegal and Regulatory Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Is Journal of Biomedical Informatics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Biomedical Informatics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Biomedical Informatics?

Journal of Biomedical Informatics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.05.

Is Journal of Biomedical Informatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Biomedical Informatics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Biomedical Informatics?