Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES
ISSN 0025-7680 · eISSN 1669-9106 · Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas · ARGENTINA · Bimonthly · Founded 1940
MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.48; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 151 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
The journal accepts original and unpublished clinical or experimental medicine works. Those already communicated in scientific societies may be accepted.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 25 (25 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedDOAJPublisher website
Other: GOOGLE SCHOLAR y GOOGLE BOOKS, CABI (Global Health), FREE MEDICAL JOURNALS
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
- Impact factor
- 0.48LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 151LetPub ·
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)
- 6–12 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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- case seriesThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- casuisticsThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- clinical practice guidesThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- commentsThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- consensus and recommendationsThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- diagnosis and therapeuticsThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- editorialsThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- images in medicineThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- lettersThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- original articlesed on artificial intelligence (AI). 1. Original Articles Original Articles will have a maximum length of 4000 words, the first page will be the cover (see Guid…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- original articlesThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
- reviewrticles, Advances in medicine (updates, reviews), will have a maximum length of 7000 words and no more than 100 references. The Key Points will concismain text ≤ 7,000 words
- special articlesThe sections include: Original Articles (Complete Works and Preliminary Communications), Special Articles, Casuistics, Case Series, Images in Medicine, Editoria…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- License & copyright
Distributed under CC BY 4.0 license. Model summary
MEDICINA it is distributed under a license Creative Cmoomns Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
The published articles are open access and freely available online.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preserved by CLOCKSS Archive through SciELO. Model summary
It is also preserved by CLOCKSS ARCHIVE through SciELO
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
- Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas
- Country or region
- ARGENTINA
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1940
- ISSN
- 0025-7680
- Electronic ISSN
- 1669-9106
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES
What CAS zone is MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES 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.
What is the impact factor of MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.48; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 0.
How long does peer review take at MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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.
Where are the editorial board members of MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES based?
Of the 25 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (25). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed and DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES open access, and what is the APC?
MEDICINA-BUENOS AIRES is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .