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Open Biomedical Engineering Journal

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2007

ISSN1874-1207
SJR Q3Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.288
H-Indexi
36
SNIPi
0.186
Total Worksi
362
Total Citationsi
4,638
2yr Mean Citednessi
3.33
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Aims & Scope

The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal is an open-access journal that publishes original research articles, reviews/mini-reviews, letters and guest-edited single-topic issues in all areas of biomedical engineering. The journal focuses on the original high-quality multidisciplinary research in the field of biosystems, including biomedical modeling; cell and tissue engineering for repair medicine; biomeasurements, biosignal processing and biosensing systems; artificial and bioartificial organs; biomaterials; biomechanics and rehabilitation, medical information systems and neuronal networks; brain-computer interfaces, communication technologies in medicine, medical imaging including brain functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), genome analysis, medical physics, bioinformatics, biophotonics and optical tomography.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2007
Frequencypublished continuously
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications362
Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers
OA Since2013
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Bentham Science Publishers
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1874-1207
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
peer reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
18
149
2019
8
63
2020
26
135
2021
10
24
2022
12
45
2023
15
105
2024
7
2
2025
8
0
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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3
BioengineeringQ4
Biomedical EngineeringQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

BioengineeringBiomedical EngineeringMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

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Frequently asked questions about Open Biomedical Engineering Journal

Is Open Biomedical Engineering Journal a predatory journal?

Open Biomedical Engineering Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Open Biomedical Engineering Journal?

Open Biomedical Engineering Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.288.

Is Open Biomedical Engineering Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open Biomedical Engineering Journal is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Open Biomedical Engineering Journal?

The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal is an open-access journal that publishes original research articles, reviews/mini-reviews, letters and guest-edited single-topic issues in all areas of biomedical engineering. The journal focuses on the original high-quality multidisciplinary research in the field of biosystems, including biomedical modeling; cell and tissue engineering for repair medicine; biomeasurements, biosignal processing and biosensing systems; artificial and bioartificial organs; biomaterials; biomechanics and rehabilitation, medical information systems and neuronal networks; bra

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref