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Nature Reviews Bioengineering

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 2023

ISSN2731-6092eISSN2731-6092

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

9.178

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

431

Total Citationsi

11,958

2yr Mean Citednessi

15.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Nature Reviews Bioengineering covers the full breadth of bioengineering, focusing on the design of materials, tools, methods, technologies, or devices to mimic, modify, or control biology. It also addresses understanding biological mechanisms, combating disease, addressing environmental issues, and the application, translation, and technology transfer of research outputs in bioengineering to improve human health and product development.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2023

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications431

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-6092 / 2731-6092

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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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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?

N/A

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

145

8.8k

2023

123

4.8k

2024

124

1.5k

2025

122

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.

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ1

Biomedical EngineeringQ1

BiophysicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, BiomedicalMaterials Science, Biomaterials

Scopus Categories

BiophysicsBiomedical EngineeringApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringBiomedical and Engineering EducationCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Frequently asked questions about Nature Reviews Bioengineering

Is Nature Reviews Bioengineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature Reviews Bioengineering: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Nature Reviews Bioengineering?

Nature Reviews Bioengineering 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 15.44.

Is Nature Reviews Bioengineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature Reviews Bioengineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.