Journal profile
Estima
ISSN 2595-7007 · Associação Brasileira de Estomaterapia · Brazil
Estima: fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 44 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Estima is published by Associação Brasileira de Estomaterapia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stoma care and complications, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management and Wound Healing and Treatments, together about 38.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima, is the only specialized journal in Stomatheraphy Nursing in Latin America, classified as Qualis B1 by the Comissão de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Nível Superior (CAPES), and is indexed in the following databases: BDENF - Base de dados de enfermagem (BVS – Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde), LILACS - Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, CUIDEN - Base de Datos Bibliográfica de la Fundación Index, EBSCO publishing, LATINDEX - Sistema regional de información en línea para revistas científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal, SCHOLAR GOOGLE and Sumarios.org. Its scope contemplates the three comprehensive areas of the specialty: ostomies, wounds, and incontinence, as well as articles related to the professional development of the specialist. It is edited and produced by the Associação Brasileira de Estomaterapia: Estomias, Feridas e Incontinências (SOBEST), its first number was published in 2003, with a regular quarterly period until 2017. The content has been published continuously since January 2018.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stoma care and complicationsMedicine16.5%
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and ManagementHealth Professions12.9%
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine8.9%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing7.7%
- Health Education and ValidationSocial Sciences7.4%
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementMedicine4.5%
- Pelvic floor disorders treatmentsMedicine4%
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchMedicine3.8%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CINAHLPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Latindex, CUIDEN - Base de Datos Bibliográfica de la Fundación Index, EBSCO publishing, SCHOLAR GOOGLE, Sumarios.org
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
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 768 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 52 | 133 |
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | 246 |
| 2024 | 66 | 66 | 320 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 322 |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | 391 |
| 2021 | 57 | 57 | 224 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Associação Brasileira de Estomaterapia
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2595-7007
- Print ISSN
- 1806-3144
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Estima
How long does peer review take at Estima?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Estima?
The journal's website lists CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Estima open access, and what is the APC?
Estima is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .