Journal profile
Berkala Kedokteran
ISSN 1412-0550 · eISSN 2548-5660 · Universitas Lambung Mangkurat · Indonesia
Berkala Kedokteran: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Jurnal Bekala Kedokteran is temporarily not accepting submissions due to ongoing system maintenance. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Berkala Kedokteran is published by Universitas Lambung Mangkurat. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Public Health and Nutrition and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, together about 24.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Berkala Kedokteran is a journal contains scientific articles from original research and literature review in medical and health scope. It is published twice in a year, on February and September.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Eko SuhartonoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 10 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
- Public Health and NutritionMedicine8.4%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5.4%
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisMedicine4.9%
- Dengue and Mosquito Control ResearchSocial Sciences4.4%
- Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementMedicine3.9%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science3.9%
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
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 284 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 68 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 88 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 94 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 50 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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
- Universitas Lambung Mangkurat
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 1412-0550
- Electronic ISSN
- 2548-5660
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Berkala Kedokteran
How long does peer review take at Berkala Kedokteran?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Berkala Kedokteran based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Berkala Kedokteran?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Berkala Kedokteran is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Berkala Kedokteran open access, and what is the APC?
Berkala Kedokteran 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: .