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BME Frontiers

American Association for the Advancement of Science · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2765-8031eISSN2765-8031

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

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

days submission → published

measured · last 11 articles · accept 114d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.389

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.544

Total Worksi

157

Total Citationsi

2,850

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Biomedical; Biomedical Engineering; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyContinuous

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications157

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2765-8031 / 2765-8031

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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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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2013

408

2020

311

2021

1.1k

2022

648

2023

446

2024

278

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.

Biomedical EngineeringQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Biomedical EngineeringMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic ImagingCell Image Analysis TechniquesAI in cancer detectionUltrasound and Hyperthermia ApplicationsNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryUltrasound Imaging and Elastography3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsOptical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques

Frequently asked questions about BME Frontiers

Is BME Frontiers a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BME Frontiers: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BME Frontiers?

BME Frontiers 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 7.96.

Is BME Frontiers indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BME Frontiers is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BME Frontiers?