Journal profile
Cadernos de Saude
ISSN 1647-0559 · eISSN 2795-4358 · Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde · Portugal
Cadernos de Saude: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cadernos de Saude is published by Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hearing Impairment and Communication, Language Development and Disorders and Palliative and Oncologic Care, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cadernos de Saúde (CS) é uma revista científica com revisão por pares, editada pela Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e Enfermagem (FCSE) da Universidade Católica de Portugal, autofinanciada pelo orçamento da FCSE-UCP. O seu estatuto editorial orienta-se pelos valores morais e deontológicos da Universidade Católica de Portugal e respeita a práxis ética da comunidade científica internacional. Dirige-se a estudantes, investigadores, outros profissionais da área das Ciências da Saúde, e tem como missão divulgar conhecimento científico produzido na área, com impacto nos cuidados de saúde e no desenvolvimento científico. Os artigos deverão ter profundidade científica, ser originais e demonstrarem clara relevância para o avanço científico da problemática em estudo. Poderão ser artigos de investigação originais (original articles), artigos de revisão sistemática da literatura (systematic review articles), artigos de investigação histórica (historical research articles), artigos teóricos/ensaios (theoretical articles/essays), casos clínicos (clinical case), artigos especiais (special articles), artigos de revisão (reviews), cartas ao editor (letters to editor), relatos da prática (practice reports), comentários (comments). São também publicados editoriais que veiculem conteúdo científico relevante para a atualidade na área das Ciências da Saúde.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 49 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology16.8%
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology10.2%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine9.6%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine7.6%
- Hand Gesture Recognition SystemsComputer Science5.1%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine4.5%
- Hearing Loss and RehabilitationNeuroscience4.3%
- Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismNeuroscience4.2%
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 509 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 15 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 37 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 55 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 89 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | 19 |
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
- 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 | |
| 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
- artigo originalArtigo original Perspectivas filosóficas sobre o sofrimento humano na doença graveLength not stated
- editorialEditorial Sara Pinto, Patrícia Pontífice Sousa 3-4 PDFLength not stated
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
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1647-0559
- Electronic ISSN
- 2795-4358
- 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 ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cadernos de Saude
How long does peer review take at Cadernos de Saude?
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 Cadernos de Saude based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (49). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cadernos de Saude?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cadernos de Saude is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Cadernos de Saude open access, and what is the APC?
Cadernos de Saude 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .