ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS ESCI Q3Scopus Q3SCImago #11,409Gold OA

Healthcare Technology Letters

Identifier (ISSN):2053-3713(Print)
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Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
2.4↓ -0.9
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q3
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Healthcare Technology Letters

WoS Q3
12452.120232.820243.320252.42026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):2.4
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q3
0.522
#11,409

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
40

40 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ3
Self-Citation Rate0%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessGold OA
20articles/year
100% Gold OA•92.31% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Healthcare Technology Letters aims to bring together an audience of biomedical and electrical engineers, physical and computer scientists, and mathematicians to enable the exchange of the latest ideas and advances through rapid online publication of original healthcare technology research. Major themes of the journal include (but are not limited to): Major technological/methodological areas: Biomedical signal processing Biomedical imaging and image processing Bioinstrumentation (sensors, wearable technologies, etc) Biomedical informatics Major application areas: Cardiovascular and respiratory systems engineering Neural engineering, neuromuscular systems Rehabilitation engineering Bio-robotics, surgical planning and biomechanics Therapeutic and diagnostic systems, devices and technologies Clinical engineering Healthcare information systems, telemedicine, mHealth.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Computer science95.1%Medicine60.7%Engineering58.7%Artificial intelligence55.5%Physics51.9%Psychology46.4%Biology45.1%Operating system40.2%Computer vision39.1%Mathematics36.1%Quantum mechanics30.3%Internal medicine27.3%Electrical engineering27%Telecommunications27%Programming language23.5%Machine learning23.2%Radiology23%Cognitive psychology22.7%Pattern recognition (psychology)21.9%Statistics21.3%

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL

Q3
Rank81/130
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL

Q3
Rank82/130
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF2.4
Articles / Year46
Total Citations11
2025
IF3.3
Articles / Year55
Total Citations145
2024
IF2.8
Articles / Year50
Total Citations340
2023
IF2.1
Articles / Year32
Total Citations272
2022
IF—
Articles / Year17
Total Citations475

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #11,409Scopus Q3SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2014-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Health ProfessionsMedicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q3
0.522

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q3
Citations / Doc (2 years)
4.30

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,025 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations330
3-Year Documents82
Citable Documents80

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate30.1%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Health InformaticsQ3
Health Information ManagementQ3
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 0%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
3区 (Zone 3)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Healthcare Technology Letters (ISSN: 2053-3713) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Health Professions, published by Wiley-Blackwell in United Kingdom. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.40, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.522 (Q3), an H-index of 40.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 20 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Gold OA model with an estimated APC of $3,025 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Gold OA
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusDOAJPubMed

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