Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Iatreia
ISSN 0121-0793 · eISSN 2011-7965 · Universidad de Antioquia · Colombia
Iatreia: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 47 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Iatreia is published by Universidad de Antioquia 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 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La revista Iatreia es la publicación científica oficial de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Antioquia desde 1988, cuya misión es difundir conocimiento científico de alta calidad sobre educación médica y diversos aspectos relacionados con el proceso salud-enfermedad, al igual que la práctica de las profesiones relacionadas con el área de la salud en Iberoamérica y el mundo. Los campos de interés actuales incluyen, pero no se limitan a medicina, microbiología, nutrición, bioingeniería y áreas afines.
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 Professions16.5%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine9.9%
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions8%
- Medical research and treatmentsMedicine5.3%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine4.1%
- Health and Medical Research ImpactsMedicine4.1%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions3.8%
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science3.6%
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
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 91.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,748 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 22 |
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | 8 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 12 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 47 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 33 |
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)
Article types accepted5
- artículos de revisiónArtículos de revisiónLength not stated
- artículos originalesArtículos originalesLength not stated
- carta al editorCarta al editorLength not stated
- preliminaresPreliminaresLength not stated
- reporte de casoReporte de casoLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
open access Model summary
Esta revista ofrece su contenido en acceso abierto
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
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0121-0793
- Electronic ISSN
- 2011-7965
- 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 Iatreia
What CAS zone is Iatreia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Iatreia 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 Iatreia?
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.
Which databases index Iatreia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Iatreia is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Iatreia open access, and what is the APC?
Iatreia 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: .