Journal profile
ABCS Health Sciences
ISSN 2318-4965 · eISSN 2357-8114 · Faculdade de Medicina do ABC · Brazil
ABCS Health Sciences: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 32 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ABCS Health Sciences is published by Faculdade de Medicina do ABC. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic and Healthcare Regulation, together about 28.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ABCS Health Sciences is an inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal, refereed and open to contributions from the international scientific community. Its mission is to publish and disseminate relevant contributions of interest in the Health Sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 49, United States 2, Germany 1, Spain 1, Canada 1 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions14.5%
- Healthcare during COVID-19 PandemicComputer Science6.9%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions6.9%
- Science and Education ResearchSocial Sciences6.7%
- Health Education and ValidationSocial Sciences6.2%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions5.6%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences5.2%
- Youth, Drugs, and ViolenceSocial Sciences5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 627 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 6 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 35 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 44 |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | 90 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 166 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 25,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- letters to the editor• Letters to the Editor: comments on relevant aspects in the health sciences, stimulating discussion of specific current issues and controversies.Length not stated
- original articles• Original Articles: results of clinical, epidemiologic, experimental or theoretical studies; theoretical essays (criticisms and formulation of relevant theoret…Length not stated
- reports• Reports: May be case reports or experience reports.Length not stated
- review articles• Review Articles: may either be "systematic review and meta-analysis" or "narrative review or critical review."Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics Ethical Considerations
ABCS Health Sciences follows the ethical conduct and guidelines of the document Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (available in www.icmje.org) for publication of scientific articles. In addition, it is required that all the ethical criteria for research on humans or animals must be respected. Therefore, the authors should sta…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright: authors retain copyright, first publication license CC BY. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) that allows others to share and adapt the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access journal Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that freely available scientific knowledge to the public supports a greater global democratization of knowledge. Authors are encouraged to promote the dissemination of their articles through repositories, following the policy described in the directory Diadorim.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All manuscripts received (in Portuguese or English) undergo peer review. The Editorial Board chooses external experts (reviewers) to issue anonymous opinion on the manuscript. These opinions are sent to the authors, along with the editors´ comments. If there is a possibility of publication, the authors should review the manuscript considering the suggestions and corrections or present reasons for …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Anti-Plagiarism Police
All manuscripts received are screened by anti-plagiarism software iThenticate. Manuscripts presenting high text similarity will be rejected.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2318-4965
- Electronic ISSN
- 2357-8114
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ABCS Health Sciences
How long does peer review take at ABCS Health Sciences?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of ABCS Health Sciences?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 25,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of ABCS Health Sciences based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (49), United States (2) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ABCS Health Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ABCS Health Sciences is indexed in DOAJ.
Is ABCS Health Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
ABCS Health Sciences is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .