Journal metric profile

Biomedical Optics Express

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 3.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 3.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 51/212 Recorded category rank

Biomedical Optics Express JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Biomedical Optics Express is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by Optica Publishing Group. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 3.200, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 51 out of 212 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 15,794 total citations, 460 total articles, 461 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 3.300, which is 0.100 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.700. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.970.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Biomedical Optics Express is identified in this record by print ISSN 2156-7085 and electronic ISSN 2156-7085. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameBiomedical Optics Express
Abbreviated journalBIOMED OPT EXPRESS
PublisherOptica Publishing Group
Metric year2025
Overall rank4,390
ISSN2156-7085
eISSN2156-7085
Total cites15,794
Total articles460
Citable items461
Cited half-life5.8 years
Citing half-life7.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor3.200
5-Year Impact Factor3.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.700
Journal Citation Indicator0.970
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank51/212
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Biomedical Optics Express?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Biomedical Optics Express is 3.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Biomedical Optics Express?

Biomedical Optics Express is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Biomedical Optics Express?

Biomedical Optics Express is listed as being published by Optica Publishing Group.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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