Journal profile
Ciencia y Salud
ISSN 2613-8816 · eISSN 2613-8824 · Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) · Dominican Republic
Ciencia y Salud: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 33 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ciencia y Salud is published by Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health and Lifestyle Studies, Public Health and Environmental Issues and Health and Medical Education, together about 38.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Esta publicación está enfocada en ciencias de la Salud, y publica artículos originales y trabajos relacionados con ciencias médicas, epidemiología y salud pública. El enfoque temático de la revista privilegia los artículos originales e inéditos en el área de salud pública, nutrición, las políticas de salud, seguridad social, estadísticas de salud, educación en salud, salud mental, ética médica, vigilancia epidemiológica, epidemiología, administración en salud, promoción de la salud, sistemas y servicios de salud, y los diversos abordajes en torno a la medicina basada en evidencias y educación médica. El Comité Editorial valora de modo especial la presentación de casos, y el abordaje de temas de actualización. El propósito de la revista es fomentar y divulgar las investigaciones realizadas en el sector de Salud en República Dominicana y la región latinoamericana. Esta publicación está dirigida a médicos, profesores, investigadores y estudiantes de las ciencias de la Salud.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Manuel Colomé-HidalgoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions19.5%
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science12.2%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions6.9%
- Aging, Health, and DisabilityMedicine6.9%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine4.9%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions3.3%
- Political Dynamics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences3.3%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
LILACS, Latindex (Catálogo 2.0), Dialnet, Redib, MIAR, EBSCO, ScilitPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 333 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 1 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | 3 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 6 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 21 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 22 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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-SA | |
| 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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional, 3
Article types accepted7
- artículo originalARTÍCULO ORIGINAL | 2026-08-11Length not stated
- artículos originalespublica artículos originales y trabajos relacionados con ciencias médicas, epidemiología y salud públicaLength not stated
- casos clínicosCASOS CLÍNICOS | 2026-08-11Length not stated
- editorialEDITORIAL | 2026-08-11Length not stated
- notas (teóricas y técnicas)NOTAS (TEÓRICAS Y TÉCNICAS) | 2026-08-11Length not stated
- presentación de casosEl Comité Editorial valora de modo especial la presentación de casosLength not stated
- temas de actualizaciónel abordaje de temas de actualizaciónLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship Contribuciones de los autores (Taxonomía CRediT)
La revista Ciencia y Salud recomienda que las contribuciones de cada autor sean descritas utilizando la taxonomía CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), con el propósito de promover la transparencia y el reconocimiento adecuado de las contribuciones individuales.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
Esta obra está bajo la licencia de Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: double-blind, single anonymous review process, plagiarism detection tool. Model summary
Los artículos enviados a la revista, además de sometidos a una herramienta de detección de plagios, son objeto de un riguroso proceso de arbitraje. Esta revista aplica un proceso de revisión único y anónimo bajo la modalidad de doble ciego.
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 Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
- Country or region
- Dominican Republic
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2613-8816
- Electronic ISSN
- 2613-8824
- 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 Ciencia y Salud
How long does peer review take at Ciencia y Salud?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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 Ciencia y Salud?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional, 3. 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 Ciencia y Salud?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ciencia y Salud is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Ciencia y Salud open access, and what is the APC?
Ciencia y Salud 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .