Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Andes Pediatrica
ISSN 2452-6053 · Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría · Chile
Andes Pediatrica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 122 days to acceptance (37 articles, last 24 months); 124 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Andes Pediatrica is published by Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría 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 and Lifestyle Studies, Child and Adolescent Health and Infant Development and Preterm Care, together about 24.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista recibe para su publicación solamente artículos originales con temas de investigación clínica o experimental y de medicina social y salud pública, relacionados con el niño y que no hayan sido publicados en otras revistas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 17 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions12.3%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions6.3%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine6%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine5.5%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine4.7%
- Medical research and treatmentsMedicine4.3%
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Respiratory viral infections researchMedicine4.1%
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 | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseSciELOPublisher website
Other: SJR, CiteScore, Impact Factor, Latindex, Medes, Periodica
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.19Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 905 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 99 | 99 | 4 |
| 2025 | 124 | 124 | 24 |
| 2024 | 103 | 103 | 81 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | 159 |
| 2022 | 125 | 125 | 279 |
| 2021 | 154 | 154 | 532 |
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
122 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 93 days – 220 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 85 days (12 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 190 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (48 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)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 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 | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 200
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9
- actualidadActualidadLength not stated
- artículo especialArtículo EspecialLength not stated
- artículos de revisiónArtículos de RevisiónLength not stated
- artículos originalesArtículos originalesLength not stated
- cartas al editorCartas al EditorLength not stated
- casos clínicosCasos clínicosLength not stated
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- recomendaciónRecomendaciónLength not stated
- serie clínicaSerie clínicaLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship a. CRediT
(Contributor Roles Taxonomy, en inglés) es una iniciativa de CASRAI (Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration) que tiene por objetivo diferenciar y reconocer la contribución de cada persona que firma en un artículo científico de investigación. Esta taxonomía distribuye los roles de participación en 14 ítems mediante las cuales se obtiene reconocimiento en la publicación, identificá…
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
- Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría
- Country or region
- Chile
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2452-6053
- Print ISSN
- 0370-4106
- 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 Andes Pediatrica
What CAS zone is Andes Pediatrica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Andes Pediatrica is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pediatrics. 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 Andes Pediatrica?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at Andes Pediatrica?
Based on the dates recorded on 37 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 122 days (interquartile range 93–220 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 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 Andes Pediatrica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; 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 Andes Pediatrica based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Chile (17). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Andes Pediatrica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Andes Pediatrica is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Andes Pediatrica open access, and what is the APC?
Andes Pediatrica 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, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .