Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude
ISSN 1679-4974 · eISSN 2237-9622 · Ministério da Saúde do Brasil · Brazil
Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 151 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); 725 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude is published by Ministério da Saúde do Brasil 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 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, Health, Nursing, Elderly Care and Public Health in Brazil, together about 35.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A RESS publica artigos científicos no campo da saúde coletiva, incluindo epidemiologia, ciências sociais e humanas na saúde, gestão e planejamento, e que apresentem evidências relevantes para o SUS. A abreviatura de seu título é Epidemiol Serv Saude, que deverá ser utilizada em bibliografias, notas de rodapé, em referências e legendas bibliográficas. Breve histórico A RESS é a continuação do Informe Epidemiológico do SUS (IESUS) iniciado em 1992 pelo Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia (CENEPI), antecessor da Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente do Ministério da Saúde. Em 2023, a partir do volume 12, número 1, a revista passou a ser denominada Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde. A Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde: revista do SUS (RESS) é um periódico científico de acesso aberto, publicado com periodicidade anual e modalidade contínua, sem custos aos autores e leitores, que é editado pela Coordenação Geral de Editoração Técnico-Científica em Vigilância em Saúde, Departamento de Ações Estratégicas de Epidemiologia e Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente, Ministério da Saúde. É regida pela Portaria nº 14, de 13 de agosto de 2015, e pelo seu Estatuto. Acesso Aberto RESS segue o modelo de Acesso Aberto (Open Acess), permitindo o acesso virtual sem restrição de nenhuma natureza (incluindo restrições financeiras), a todos os textos científicos publicados pelo periódico. Acesso aberto é a condição em que o detentor dos direitos autorais de um trabalho acadêmico concede direitos de uso a terceiros usando uma licença aberta (Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0), permitindo acesso gratuito imediato ao trabalho e autorizando qualquer usuário a ler, baixar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, pesquisar ou vincular os textos completos dos artigos, rastreá-los para indexação, passá-los como dados para software ou usá-los para qualquer outra finalidade legal. Conformidade com a ciência aberta Este periódico segue o modelo de acesso aberto Diamante, sem custo aos autores ou leitores. A RESS se alinha com as práticas de ciência aberta. São acolhidos manuscritos depositados em servidores confiáveis de preprints, a exemplo de SciELO Preprints e medRxiv, antes ou em paralelo à submissão. O autor correspondente deve informar sobre tal depósito no Formulário de Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta, documento que deve acompanhar a submissão. A disponibilidade dos dados da pesquisa deve ser declarada nesse formulário e no manuscrito, na seção “Disponibil
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions17.6%
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions10.9%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences7.4%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions4.8%
- Women's cancer prevention and managementMedicine4.7%
- Health Education and ValidationSocial Sciences4.6%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences4%
- Healthcare during COVID-19 PandemicComputer Science4%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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
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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 755OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 27.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 246LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,741 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 414 | 414 | 21 |
| 2025 | 725 | 725 | 131 |
| 2024 | 217 | 217 | 254 |
| 2023 | 99 | 99 | 590 |
| 2022 | 93 | 93 | 1,160 |
| 2021 | 113 | 113 | 1,463 |
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
151 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 192 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 145 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 311 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (270 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 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Single 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePreprints
- Preprints Preprints
São acolhidos manuscritos depositados em servidores confiáveis de preprints, a exemplo de SciELO Preprints e medRxiv, antes ou em paralelo à submissão. O autor correspondente deve informar sobre o depósito por meio do preenchimento do Formulário de Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta, que deve ser submetido como arquivo suplementar ao manuscrito. Essa prática se alinha à publicação contínua como mec…
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
- Ministério da Saúde do Brasil
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1679-4974
- Electronic ISSN
- 2237-9622
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude
What CAS zone is Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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 Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 151 days (interquartile range 114–192 days); authors report an average review time of about 21 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 Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude open access, and what is the APC?
Epidemiologia e Servicos 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .