The Journal “Computers in Biology and Medicine”, published by Elsevier, has now been officially removed from Clarivate’s Web of Science Coverage.
The journal focuses on revolutionary advances in the application of computers, artificial intelligence, and computational methods in the fields of bioscience and medicine.
Computers in Biology and Medicine was placed ” on hold ” in April 2024 by Clarivate after investigations revealed peer-review manipulation, fake reviewer identities, and conflicts of interest. On November 17, the journal’s coverage in the Web of Science Core Collection was formally discontinued. As a result, any content published by the journal after Volume 172 (2024) is not indexed in the Web of Science database.
Until these investigations are completed and a final decision is made, the journal remains on hold.
The journal remains indexed in other databases, such as Scopus and Embase.
See also: Elsevier Journal Science of the Total Environment removed from Web of Science.
Journal Details
Computers in Biology and Medicine is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes research related to the application of computers to the fields of bioscience and medicine. The journal has been ranked in Q1 (Top Quartile) across multiple subject categories.
| Journal Title | Computers in Biology and Medicine |
| Impact Factor | 6.3 (before November 2025) |
| Scopus CiteScore | 13.0 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| ISSN | 0010-4825, 1879-0534 |
| Official Website | https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computers-in-biology-and-medicine |
Current Web of Science Status
The journal is currently marked as “Not indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection” when searched in the Web of Science database.

A researcher contacted Clarivate, and they stated that the journal is under reevaluation, but there’s no timeline for when (or if) it’ll be reinstated in SCIE.
It’s a very good journal for research in computational biology and health related problems.I have already published in this journal and interested in publishing in future.
Ok
It’s very hard to understand the logic behind this for any researcher. It was in q1 and suddenly if this happens, looks hard.
Right.