Journal profile · Medicine-General Medicine
Acta Medica Peruana
ISSN 1018-8800 · eISSN 1728-5917 · Colegio Médico del Perú · Peru
Acta Medica Peruana: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 54 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Medica Peruana is published by Colegio Médico del Perú. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health and Medical Education, Public Health and Environmental Issues and Health and Lifestyle Studies, together about 34.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-General Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions13.4%
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science10.9%
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions10.3%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine7.7%
- Aging, Health, and DisabilityMedicine5.2%
- Stress and Burnout ResearchPsychology5.1%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine3.8%
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 929 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2025 | 54 | 54 | 3 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | 30 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | 41 |
| 2022 | 69 | 69 | 113 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 64 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Colegio Médico del Perú
- Country or region
- Peru
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1018-8800
- Electronic ISSN
- 1728-5917
- 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 Acta Medica Peruana
How long does peer review take at Acta Medica Peruana?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Which databases index Acta Medica Peruana?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Medica Peruana is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Acta Medica Peruana open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Medica Peruana 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; 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: .