Journal profile · Medicine-General Medicine
Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI
ISSN 2778-2034 · Société francophone de médecine tropicale et santé internationale (ancienne SPE) · France
Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 176 days to acceptance (76 articles, last 24 months); 52 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI is published by Société francophone de médecine tropicale et santé internationale (ancienne SPE). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Malaria Research and Control, History of Medicine and Tropical Health and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, together about 25.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revue Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale (MTSI) fait suite au Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique. MTSI est une revue en accès libre, publiée uniquement en ligne.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-General Medicine
Editor-in-chief Jean-Philippe CHIPPAUXPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine10.3%
- History of Medicine and Tropical HealthArts and Humanities10%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine5.4%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine5.4%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine5.1%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities5.1%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences4.9%
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathology and Forensic Medicine | Q4 | 170/209 | 18th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 319 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 62 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 63 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | 65 |
| 2023 | 77 | 77 | 33 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 8 |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | 3 |
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 PubMed · to
191 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 292 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 224 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (96 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)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 | |
| 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 accepted1
- articleSoumettre un articleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Formulaire de déclaration de liens d'intérêt; Droits de la personne et droits des animaux; Consentement éclairé; Correction et rétractation Model summary
Formulaire de déclaration de liens d'intérêt - Droits de la personne et droits des animaux - Consentement éclairé - Correction et rétractation
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Competing interests; Human and animal rights; Informed consent; Corrections and Retractions Model summary
Competing interests - Human and animal rights - Informed consent - Corrections and Retractions
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Model summary
MTSI est sous licence Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
No advertising Model summary
Politique en matière de publicité : MTSI est une revue indépendante et n'accepte jamais de publicité de quelque nature que ce soit.
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
- Société francophone de médecine tropicale et santé internationale (ancienne SPE)
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 2778-2034
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI
How long does peer review take at Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI?
Based on the dates recorded on 76 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 176 days (interquartile range 112–289 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI open access, and what is the APC?
Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale MTSI 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .