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Medical Engineering and Physics

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1950

ISSN1873-4030

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

198

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 167d

SJR Rank

Top 75% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.494

H-Indexi

147

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.001

Total Worksi

4,907

Total Citationsi

148,531

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Medical Engineering and Physics publishes research on biomechanics, biomaterials, mechanobiology, rehabilitation engineering, biomedical signal processing, and medical device development. The journal aims to inform engineers and clinicians about the latest applications of technology to health care and engineering to the development of medical devices and technology, with the ultimate aim of producing improvements in the quality of health care.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1950

Annual Volume~ 162 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,907

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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-4030

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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

172

3.2k

2019

168

3.1k

2020

147

1.6k

2021

190

1.9k

2022

143

1.1k

2023

177

805

2024

167

271

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.

Biomedical EngineeringQ3

BiophysicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

BiophysicsBiomedical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMuscle activation and electromyography studiesTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionBone fractures and treatmentsSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyElasticity and Material ModelingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies

Frequently asked questions about Medical Engineering and Physics

Is Medical Engineering and Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Engineering and Physics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Medical Engineering and Physics?

Medical Engineering and Physics 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 2.18.

Is Medical Engineering and Physics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Engineering and Physics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.