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.
- 1Journal of Nanobiotechnology10.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Bioactive Materials9.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3International Journal of Nanomedicine7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Microsystems & Nanoengineering7.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5Alexandria Engineering Journal6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Research6.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of ScienceOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Engineering5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Nanotechnology Reviews5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · De GruyterOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Industrial Crops and Products5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Cleaner Engineering and Technology5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Fuel Processing Technology5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 12Biosensors5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13RSC Sustainability4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Materials Today Bio4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17BioMedical Engineering OnLine4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Advanced Intelligent Systems4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Biomedical Optics Express2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Optica Publishing GroupOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20International Journal of Hyperthermia2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Frontiers in Neurorobotics4.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Journal of Functional Biomaterials4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Bioengineering3.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Biomimetics3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Frontiers in Robotics and AI3.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Micromachines3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27SLAS TECHNOLOGY3.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Journal of Biomedical Optics2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · SPIEOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30International Journal of Technology1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · University of IndonesiaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 31Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research0.7 cites/paper · Q2 · NISCAIROpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · World ScientificOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN1.6 cites/paper · Q3 · Society of Chemical Engineers, JapanOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 34BioResources1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · North Carolina State UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 35Archives of Acoustics0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · De GruyterOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 36Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences0.8 cites/paper · Q3Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 37Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Fuji Technology Press Ltd.Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 38Hemijska industrija1.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Association of Chemical Engineers of SerbiaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 39Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · De GruyterOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 40Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy0.1 cites/paper · Q4Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
“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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