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Open Biomedical Engineering Journal

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2007

ISSN1874-1207

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ PubMed/MEDLINE56

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total47

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

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 ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

172

days submission → published

measured · last 12 articles · accept 106d

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.288

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.186

Total Worksi

362

Total Citationsi

4,638

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

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

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1874-1207

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer reviewed

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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

✅

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

149

2019

2020

125

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

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.