Journal profile
Medicentro
ISSN 1029-3043 · Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara · Cuba
Medicentro: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medicentro is published by Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, together about 20% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medicentro Electrónica es el órgano de expresión más antiguo del sistema de salud en la provincia de Villa Clara, con sede en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Nuestra revista está orientada a promover y publicar la producción científica de los profesionales del territorio. Su misión es la de contribuir al desarrollo de la ciencia en Salud Pública mediante la selección, evaluación y publicación de artículos científicos de probada calidad, novedad y relevancia.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine8.8%
- Periodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsMedicine6.3%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine5%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine5%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine5%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine5%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine3.8%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: BVS, LILACS, LATINDEX, Imbiomed, EBSCO, CUMED, Medigraphic, MIAR, WorldCat, Google Académico, Directory of Research Journals Indexing (DRIJ), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), SeCiMed, The Geneva Foundation, REDCIEN, ROAD, EZ3
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 107 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
- 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 | |
| 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 accepted4
- artículo de revisiónArtículo de Revisión - Su extensión no sobrepasará las 5 000 palabras, sin incluir las referencias bibliográficas. No superará los 3 autores.Length not stated
- artículos originalesArtículos Originales Efectividad del tratamiento con células madre en la enfermedad de PeyronieLength not stated
- carta al editorCarta al Editor Chlamydia trachomatis y sangrado poscoital en mujeres infectadas con virus del papiloma humanoLength not stated
- editorialEditorial Dos grandes en el recuerdo: Nora Celina Martínez Méndez y Gerardo Álvarez ÁlvarezLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Preprints
- Open access
No APC Model summary
Esta revista NO APLICA CARGOS POR PROCESAMIENTO NI PUBLICACIÓN DE ARTÍCULOS.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Publicación continua y Preprints
Solo acepta manuscritos no publicados previamente ni en evaluación en otra revista. Model summary
La revista científica Medicentro Electrónica sigue un modelo de publicación continua.Además, sugiere y aprueba que los autores de los artículos publiquen en Servidores Preprints siempre y cuando notifiquen a la revista sobre esta publicación. Se recomienda utilizar el servidor SciELO Preprints para estos fines. https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/index Aunque también se acepatarán aquell…
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 Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara
- Country or region
- Cuba
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1029-3043
- 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 Medicentro
How long does peer review take at Medicentro?
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.
Which databases index Medicentro?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medicentro is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Medicentro open access, and what is the APC?
Medicentro 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .