Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico
ISSN 0539-6115 · eISSN 1665-1146 · Permanyer · Spain
Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 125 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); 76 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico is published by Permanyer 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 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, together about 22.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México is a bimonthly publication edited by the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez. The journal publishes peer reviewed original manuscripts, open access, in English or Spanish, relating to paediatrics in the following areas: biomedicine, clinical, public health, clinical epidemiology, health education and clinical ethics. Articles can be original research articles, in-depth or systematic reviews, clinical cases, clinical-pathological cases, articles about public health, letters to the editor or editorials (by invitation).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions8.8%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions7.6%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine6.1%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine6.1%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine5.7%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions4.9%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine4.1%
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia StudiesMedicine4.1%
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
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseSciELOPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Latindex
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2013
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 128OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,097 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 2 |
| 2025 | 76 | 76 | 15 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 46 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 92 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | 192 |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | 400 |
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 Crossref · to
125 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 31 days – 226 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 121 days (75 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 272 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (130 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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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-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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- artículos de investigación original– Artículos de investigación original: Introducción, Métodos, Resultados, Discusión, Referencias, Tablas y Figuras. Extensión: 5000 palabras, 60 referencias, má…Length not stated
- artículos de revisión– Artículos de revisión: resumen sin secciones. Extensión: 6500 palabras, 75 referencias, máximo 6 tablas y/o 6 figuras.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Code availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use
Statement on the use of AI Model summary
POSICIONAMIENTO INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL / STATEMENT ON THE USE OF AI
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Code of conduct for authors Model summary
CÓDIGO DE CONDUCTA PARA AUTORES / CODE OF CONDUCT FOR AUTHORS
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHT
Copyright transfer to the journal upon acceptance Model summary
Al ser aceptado un artículo para publicación, se solicitará una carta firmada por todos los autores del artículo cediendo los derechos editoriales al Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access & licensing Model summary
ACCESO ABIERTO Y LICENCIA / OPEN ACCESS & LICENSING
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Editorial & peer review process Model summary
PROCESO DE REVISIÓN / EDITORIAL & PEER REVIEW
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
- Permanyer
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0539-6115
- Electronic ISSN
- 1665-1146
- Society / sponsor
- Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez
- 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 Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico
What CAS zone is Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico 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.
How long does peer review take at Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 125 days (interquartile range 31–226 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico open access, and what is the APC?
Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico 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: .