Biomedical Engineering · 76 journals indexed

Best open-access journals for Biomedical Engineering

The top Biomedical Engineering journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.

  1. 1
    Journal of Nanobiotechnology
    10.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  2. 2
    Bioactive Materials
    9.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  3. 3
    International Journal of Nanomedicine
    7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
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  4. 4
    Microsystems & Nanoengineering
    7.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
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  5. 5
    Alexandria Engineering Journal
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  6. 6
    Research
    6.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of Science
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  7. 7
    Engineering
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  8. 8
    Nanotechnology Reviews
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · De Gruyter
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  9. 9
    Industrial Crops and Products
    5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  10. 10
    Cleaner Engineering and Technology
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  11. 11
    Fuel Processing Technology
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  12. 12
    Biosensors
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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  13. 13
    RSC Sustainability
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
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  14. 14
    Materials Today Bio
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  15. 15
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
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  16. 16
    Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  17. 17
    BioMedical Engineering OnLine
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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  18. 18
    Advanced Intelligent Systems
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  19. 19
    Biomedical Optics Express
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Optica Publishing Group
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  20. 20
    International Journal of Hyperthermia
    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  21. 21
    Frontiers in Neurorobotics
    4.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
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  22. 22
    Journal of Functional Biomaterials
    4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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  23. 23
    Bioengineering
    3.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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  24. 24
    Biomimetics
    3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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  25. 25
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI
    3.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
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  26. 26
    Micromachines
    3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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  27. 27
    SLAS TECHNOLOGY
    3.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
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  28. 28
    Journal of Biomedical Optics
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · SPIE
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  29. 29
    Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
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  30. 30
    International Journal of Technology
    1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · University of Indonesia
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  31. 31
    Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research
    0.7 cites/paper · Q2 · NISCAIR
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  32. 32
    Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
    1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · World Scientific
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  33. 33
    JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN
    1.6 cites/paper · Q3 · Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan
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  34. 34
    BioResources
    1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · North Carolina State University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  35. 35
    Archives of Acoustics
    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · De Gruyter
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  36. 36
    Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences
    0.8 cites/paper · Q3
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  37. 37
    Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics
    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
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  38. 38
    Hemijska industrija
    1.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Association of Chemical Engineers of Serbia
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  39. 39
    Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
    0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · De Gruyter
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  40. 40
    Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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