Journal profile · Tropical Medicine
Biomedica
ISSN 0120-4157 · eISSN 2590-7379 · Instituto Nacional de Salud · COLOMBIA · Quarterly · Founded 1981
Biomedica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.52; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 255 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biomedica is published by Instituto Nacional de Salud 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 Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Trypanosoma species research and implications and Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, together about 28% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Biomédica es la revista científica del Instituto Nacional de Salud de Colombia. Su fin primordial es la difusión de trabajos originales que contribuyan a ampliar los conocimientos en biomedicina.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Tropical Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine10.9%
- Trypanosoma species research and implicationsMedicine9.4%
- Research on Leishmaniasis StudiesMedicine7.7%
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine6.7%
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions4.5%
- Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology4.5%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences4.3%
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 | Tropical Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Tropical Medicine | 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 | Tropical Medicine | 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
- 0.52LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 751OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 76.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 73LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,997 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 58 | 3 |
| 2025 | 69 | 69 | 61 |
| 2024 | 96 | 96 | 131 |
| 2023 | 88 | 88 | 299 |
| 2022 | 84 | 84 | 360 |
| 2021 | 94 | 94 | 673 |
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
255 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 178 days – 369 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 155 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 446 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (168 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 32 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 | Publisher's own license | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 6–10
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePreprints
- Preprints
Contributions must be entirely original, not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere, not previously published online, and preprints are not accepted. Model summary
Las contribuciones deben ser completamente inéditas y no deben estar sujetas a publicación simultánea en otras revistas ni haber sido previamente publicadas en portales de internet. En virtud de esta política, no se admitirán manuscritos que hayan aparecido previamente como preprints.
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
- Instituto Nacional de Salud
- Country or region
- COLOMBIA
- Language
- Spanish, English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1981
- ISSN
- 0120-4157
- Electronic ISSN
- 2590-7379
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biomedica
What CAS zone is Biomedica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Biomedica is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Tropical Medicine. 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 Biomedica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.52; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Biomedica?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 255 days (interquartile range 178–369 days); authors report an average review time of over 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Biomedica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 6–10; Suggested reviewers: 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.
Which databases index Biomedica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biomedica is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Biomedica open access, and what is the APC?
Biomedica 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: .