Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Gaceta Medica de Mexico
ISSN 0016-3813 · eISSN 2696-1288 · Academia Nacional de Medicina · MEXICO · Bimonthly · Founded 1864
Gaceta Medica de Mexico: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.84; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 83 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 202 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gaceta Medica de Mexico is published by Academia Nacional de Medicina 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 Medical Education, Ethics and bioethics in healthcare and Health and Lifestyle Studies, together about 32.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Gaceta Médica de México es el órgano oficial de difusión científica de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México, A.C. Es editada desde el 15 de septiembre de 1864. Su propósito es contribuir con la actualización y comunicación de los profesionales de la salud, publicando los avances más relevantes en investigación, así como en la práctica clínica. Gaceta Médica de México es una revista revisada por pares que se publica bimestralmente de manera electrónica, en formato open access en idioma español e inglés. Cuenta con un comité editorial compuesto de expertos nacionales e internacionales.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions13%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine10.3%
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions9.5%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine7.4%
- Aging, Health, and DisabilityMedicine7%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Stress and Burnout ResearchPsychology3.7%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus de la NLM, EUA, Biologica Abstracts, EUA, IMLA, Bireme-OPS, Brasil, Lilacs, Bireme-OPS, Brasil, Excerpta Medica, Excerpta Médica Foundation, Holanda, Artemisa, Cenids-SSA, México, Periódica, CLOCKSS, CICH-UNAM, México, Bibliomexsalud, CICH-IMSS-UNAM, México, MEDES, España
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
- Impact factor
- 0.84LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 29Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,101 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 153 | 153 | 4 |
| 2025 | 202 | 202 | 27 |
| 2024 | 206 | 206 | 167 |
| 2023 | 222 | 222 | 319 |
| 2022 | 210 | 210 | 370 |
| 2021 | 222 | 222 | 613 |
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
83 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 35 days – 115 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 239 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 303 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (468 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 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 | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted4
- artículo originalArtículo original. Su contenido presenta los resultados de la investigación biomédica, clinica o epidemiológica original. El documento escrito tendrá una extens…Length not stated
- carta al editorCarta al editor. Es un foro abierto a la expresión de opiniones referentes al contenido de los artículos publicados en Gaceta Médica de México. Extensión de 500…Length not stated
- editorialEditorial (Por invitación expresa del Comité editorial). Esta sección estará dedicada al análisis y la reflexión sobre los problemas de salud de la población, l…Length not stated
- salud pública y sociología médicaSalud Pública y Sociología médica. Incluye temas de Administración de los servicios de salud, Bioética, Demografía médica, Ecología Médica, Educación en salud, …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship
Adheres to the Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (ICMJE). Model summary
La revista se adhiere a los "Requisitos uniformes para preparar los manuscritos que se presentan a las revistas biomédicas: redacción y edición de publicaciones biomédicas" en la versión más reciente publicada por el International Committee of Medical Journal Editors en su página http://www.icmje.org.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Articles may be submitted in English or Spanish; accepted Spanish articles will be translated to English and published online simultaneously in PDF format free of charge. Model summary
Los artículos podrán ser enviados en idioma inglés o español. Todos los artículos en español aceptados para publicación serán traducidos al idioma inglés y publicados en línea simultáneamente en archivo tipo PDF de manera gratuita.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review and editorial review for acceptance decisions. Model summary
Todos los trabajos enviados para su publicación deberán apegarse estrictamente a las normas y formatos que se describen abajo, y serán sujetos a revisión doble ciego por pares y por editores para dictaminar su aceptación.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint publication must be disclosed in the cover letter. Model summary
En caso de que el manuscrito haya sido publicado previamente como preprint, deberá informarlo en su carta de solicitud.
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
- Academia Nacional de Medicina
- Country or region
- MEXICO
- Language
- Spanish
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1864
- ISSN
- 0016-3813
- Electronic ISSN
- 2696-1288
- Society / sponsor
- National Academy of Medicine of Mexico
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gaceta Medica de Mexico
What CAS zone is Gaceta Medica de Mexico in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gaceta Medica de Mexico is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. 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.
What is the impact factor of Gaceta Medica de Mexico?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.84; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 21.
How long does peer review take at Gaceta Medica de Mexico?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 83 days (interquartile range 35–115 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Gaceta Medica de Mexico?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gaceta Medica de Mexico is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Gaceta Medica de Mexico open access, and what is the APC?
Gaceta Medica 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .