Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Medicina Paliativa
ISSN 1134-248X · Elsevier Doyma · Spain · Quarterly · Founded 1994
Medicina Paliativa: subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medicina Paliativa is published by Elsevier Doyma. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Palliative and Oncologic Care, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Pain Management and Opioid Use, together about 79.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medicina Paliativa, publicada desde 1994, es la publicación oficial de la Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos (SECPAL). Medicina Paliativa es una revista trimestral de revisión por pares y sirve a un público interdisciplinario de profesionales, proporcionando un foro para la publicación de manuscritos en español de todas las disciplinas asociadas a los cuidados paliativos y en especial los de carácter multidisciplinar.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine33.5%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine31.8%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine14%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine3.2%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine2.1%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine1.5%
- Death, Funerary Practices, and MourningSocial Sciences1.5%
- Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologySocial Sciences1.2%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical and Surgical Nursing | Q4 | 25/28 | — |
| General Nursing | Q4 | 127/144 | — |
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | Q4 | 132/147 | — |
| Clinical Psychology | Q4 | 287/314 | — |
| Nursing (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 51/55 | — |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,122 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 0 | 47 |
| 2025 | 29 | 2 | 131 |
| 2024 | 26 | 14 | 129 |
| 2023 | 22 | 20 | 167 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3 | 117 |
| 2021 | 51 | 7 | 183 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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)
- 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
- Elsevier Doyma
- Country or region
- Spain
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1134-248X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medicina Paliativa
How long does peer review take at Medicina Paliativa?
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 Medicina Paliativa?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medicina Paliativa is indexed in Scopus.
Is Medicina Paliativa open access, and what is the APC?
Medicina Paliativa 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .