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Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.9), formerly ABDC A, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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ISSN 0169-2607Verify ISSN ↗1872-7565Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,350 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Informatics | 14 / 168 | 91st | Q1 |
| Software | 50 / 503 | 90th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 104 / 1022 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.9.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine is Q1 in Health Informatics (rank 14 of 168), Q1 in Software (rank 50 of 503) and Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 104 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 11.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.233, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 165.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,350 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine is published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0169-2607 and its online ISSN is 1872-7565.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It was rated A in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine has an h-index of 184 and a 2-year mean of 5.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #26 of 151 Scopus journals in Health Informatics.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine published 546 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 605. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 95 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (24.3%), Italy (9.6%) and United States (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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