Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Acta Medica Portuguesa
ISSN 1646-0758 · CELOM · PORTUGAL · Bimonthly · Founded 1979
Acta Medica Portuguesa: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.19; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 92 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 197 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Medica Portuguesa is published by CELOM and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Healthcare Regulation and Public Health in Brazil, together about 24.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Acta Médica Portuguesa is scientific journal of the portuguese Medical Association. Its main goal is the publication of scientific articles in the medical field. The types of articles are: original, review, editorial, medical imaging, perspective, guidance standards. All articles are subject to peer review by two external reviewers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Editor-in-chief Tiago VillanuevaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 59, United States 1, United Kingdom 1 (61 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions10.6%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions7.9%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences6.4%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions5%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine4.4%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine3.8%
- Women's cancer prevention and managementMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.19LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 333OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,662 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 116 | 116 | 9 |
| 2025 | 197 | 197 | 122 |
| 2024 | 192 | 192 | 283 |
| 2023 | 156 | 156 | 407 |
| 2022 | 230 | 230 | 664 |
| 2021 | 216 | 216 | 782 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
92 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 121 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 61 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 167 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (353 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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-NC-ND | |
| 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
- CELOM
- Country or region
- PORTUGAL
- Language
- Portuguese, English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1979
- ISSN
- 1646-0758
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 9 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Medica Portuguesa
What CAS zone is Acta Medica Portuguesa in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Medica Portuguesa is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Medica Portuguesa?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.19; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Acta Medica Portuguesa?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 92 days (interquartile range 72–121 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta Medica Portuguesa based?
Of the 61 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (59), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta Medica Portuguesa?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Medica Portuguesa is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Acta Medica Portuguesa open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Medica Portuguesa 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .