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Journal of Biomedical Informatics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Academic Press Inc..
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ISSN 1532-0464Verify ISSN ↗1532-0480Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,410 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Informatics | 20 / 168 | 88th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 122 / 1022 | 88th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.8.
Journal of Biomedical Informatics is Q1 in Health Informatics (rank 20 of 168) and Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 122 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Biomedical Informatics 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 10.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.320, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 145.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,410 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.
Journal of Biomedical Informatics is published by Academic Press Inc. Its print ISSN is 1532-0464 and its online ISSN is 1532-0480.
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.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Biomedical Informatics has an h-index of 172 and a 2-year mean of 6.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #16 of 151 Scopus journals in Health Informatics.
Journal of Biomedical Informatics published 204 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 326. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (31.7%), China (28.1%) and Canada (3.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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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