Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Galicia Clinica
ISSN 0304-4866 · Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna · Spain
Galicia Clinica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 49 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Galicia Clinica is published by Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna 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 Healthcare Systems and Technology, Ethics and bioethics in healthcare and Health and Medical Education, together about 23.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Systems and TechnologyBusiness, Management and Accounting10.4%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine6.9%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions6.3%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine5.3%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine4.7%
- Medical Imaging and Pathology StudiesMedicine4.7%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine4.1%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine4.1%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,010 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 1 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 1 |
| 2023 | 47 | 47 | 6 |
| 2022 | 78 | 78 | 14 |
| 2021 | 86 | 86 | 21 |
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 ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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-NC-ND | |
| 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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- clinical cases*Clinical cases. Clinical cases of exceptional interest will be considered.Length not stated
- editorials*Editorials. They are always requested by the Editorial Committee. The maximum length of the text will be 2000 words with a maximum of 10 citations. The number …Length not stated
- letters to the editor*Letters to the Editor. Comments or opinions on works previously published in the journal will be considered.Length not stated
- medical images*Medical images. Images that have a particular interest will be considered.Length not stated
- originals*Originals. Original research works such as randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, cost-effectiveness analysis, case-control studies, cross-sectional studi…Length not stated
- reviews*Reviews. Reviews on current issues in Internal Medicine will be considered, usually commissioned by the Editorial Committee.Length not stated
- short originals*Short originals. Original research papers will be considered which, due to their characteristics, can be published in an abbreviated form.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Preprints
- Authorship
Authorship criteria per ICMJE Model summary
All authors must have made contributions to the article. For more information, see the authorship requirements outlined by the ICMJE
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest declaration Model summary
Authors must declare all possible conflicts of interest in the form of personal or financial relationships that could be related to the results of the article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Funding statement required Model summary
The authors must specify if the research has received any source of funding.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics / Declaration of Helsinki Model summary
Authors must have carried out their research in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and the standards of good clinical practice, as well as current legislation.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Originality / not under review elsewhere Model summary
The submitted article cannot have been previously published (except in the form of a communication to a scientific conference or as a doctoral thesis) or be subject to review by another journal at the time of submission.
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
- Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
- ISSN
- 0304-4866
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 87, Issue 2 (2026)
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Galicia Clinica
What CAS zone is Galicia Clinica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Galicia Clinica 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.
How long does peer review take at Galicia Clinica?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Galicia Clinica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Cover letter: Required. 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 Galicia Clinica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Galicia Clinica is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Galicia Clinica open access, and what is the APC?
Galicia Clinica 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: .