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Frontiers in Medical Technology

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 2013

ISSN2673-3129eISSN2673-3129

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.91

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.869

Total Worksi

434

Total Citationsi

5,443

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Biomedical; Health Professions (miscellaneous); Medical Laboratory Technology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Radiological and Ultrasound Technology; Biomedical Engineering; Pharmacology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 66 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications434

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-3129 / 2673-3129

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2019

815

2020

1.5k

2021

100

1.9k

2022

1.2k

2023

481

2024

385

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.

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Q1

Medical Laboratory TechnologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyQ1

Biomedical EngineeringQ2

Pharmacology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Medical Laboratory TechnologyPharmacology (medical)Health Professions (miscellaneous)Biomedical EngineeringMedicine (miscellaneous)Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyBiomedical Ethics and RegulationCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Medical Technology

Is Frontiers in Medical Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Medical Technology: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Frontiers in Medical Technology?

Frontiers in Medical Technology 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 3.42.

Is Frontiers in Medical Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Medical Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.