Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Medicina
ISSN 0076-6046 · eISSN 2176-7262 · Universidade de Sao Paulo · Brazil
Medicina: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 125 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medicina is published by Universidade de Sao Paulo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovations in Medical Education, Health and Medical Education and Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, together about 32% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine12.7%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions12.1%
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions7.2%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.5%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine4.4%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine4.1%
- Medical research and treatmentsMedicine3.6%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q4 | 611/669 | 8th |
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
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 201OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,873 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 227 |
| 2025 | 125 | 125 | 392 |
| 2024 | 109 | 109 | 563 |
| 2023 | 104 | 104 | 681 |
| 2022 | 113 | 113 | 565 |
| 2021 | 103 | 103 | 523 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons CC-BY license and open access policy. Model summary
Recomendamos que os autores atendam os critérios de autoria estabelecidos pelo ICMJE: Contribuição substancial no esboço do estudo ou na interpretação dos dados. Participação na redação da versão preliminar. Participação na revisão e aprovação da versão final. Conformidade em ser responsável pela exatidão ou integridade de qualquer parte do estudo. Ao assinarem a declaração de direito autoral, os …
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
- Universidade de Sao Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0076-6046
- Electronic ISSN
- 2176-7262
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 58, Issue 4 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medicina
How long does peer review take at Medicina?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Medicina?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medicina is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Medicina open access, and what is the APC?
Medicina 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; 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: .