Journal profile · MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
INVESTIGACION CLINICA
ISSN 0535-5133 · eISSN 2477-9393 · Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas · VENEZUELA · Quarterly · Founded 1960
INVESTIGACION CLINICA: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.36; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
INVESTIGACION CLINICA is published by Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas 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, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Health and Lifestyle Studies, together about 24.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Estudios humanos, animales y de laboratorio relacionados con la investigación clínica y asuntos conexos.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions9.2%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine8.5%
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions6.8%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine5.8%
- Diabetes and associated disordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Medical Research and TreatmentsMedicine4.8%
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityMedicine4.1%
- Cervical Cancer and HPV ResearchMedicine3.8%
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, Research & Experimental | 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, Research & Experimental | 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, Research & Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.36LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 818 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 8 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 36 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 72 |
| 2022 | 42 | 41 | 122 |
| 2021 | 45 | 42 | 69 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas
- Country or region
- VENEZUELA
- Language
- Spanish
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1960
- ISSN
- 0535-5133
- Electronic ISSN
- 2477-9393
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about INVESTIGACION CLINICA
What CAS zone is INVESTIGACION CLINICA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, INVESTIGACION CLINICA is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, Research & Experimental. 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 INVESTIGACION CLINICA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.36; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 10.
How long does peer review take at INVESTIGACION CLINICA?
Authors report an average review time of over 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 INVESTIGACION CLINICA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, INVESTIGACION CLINICA is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is INVESTIGACION CLINICA open access, and what is the APC?
INVESTIGACION CLINICA is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .