Home›Search›Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2015

ISSN2364-5504

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.189

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.319

Total Worksi

2,134

Total Citationsi

6,242

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering (CDBME) is an open access journal publishing proceeding papers, often from the annual BMTE, CURAC, and TAR conferences, but also others. It is closely related to the journal Biomedical Engineering - Biomedizinische Technik (BME-BMT) that is well established and has published articles of high quality for more than 50 years. CDBME is as BME-BMT a forum for the exchange of knowledge in the fields of biomedical engineering, medical information technology and biotechnology/bioengineering for medicine and addresses engineers, natural scientists, and clinicians working in research, industry, or clinical practice.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 204 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,134

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2364-5504

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

173

709

2018

155

790

2019

223

923

2020

272

694

2021

252

594

2022

198

326

2023

237

191

2024

177

2025

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 EngineeringQ4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Biomedical EngineeringMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Surgical Simulation and TrainingNon-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringSoft Robotics and ApplicationsEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMuscle activation and electromyography studiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsECG Monitoring and Analysis3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Frequently asked questions about Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering

Is Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering?

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.189.

Is Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.