Journal profile
Medisan
ISSN 1029-3019 · Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas · Cuba
Medisan: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medisan is published by Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health and Medical Education, Innovations in Medical Education and History of Science and Medicine, together about 27.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Periodontics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MEDISAN. Revista médica de Santiago de Cuba MEDISAN. Revista médica de Santiago de Cuba es una revista científica de Acceso Abierto (Open Access) patrocinada por la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Su procesamiento editorial es ejecutado por el Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Está alojada en la plataforma Open Journal System (OJS), que posibilita el desarrollo en línea de todo el proceso de revisión, edición y publicación de los manuscritos sin aplicar cargos por ello. Cuenta con el Registro Nacional de Publicaciones Seriadas (RNPS: 1825) y el International Standard Serial Number (ISSN: 1029-3019).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief C. Adolfo Rafael Lambert DelgadoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 1, Mexico 1, Chile 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions11.2%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine10.4%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities5.8%
- History of Medicine and Tropical HealthArts and Humanities5.7%
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Dental Health and Care UtilizationDentistry4.1%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine3.8%
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchDentistry3.4%
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
Index MedicusPublisher 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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,107 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 41 |
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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted10
- a propósito deA propósito de los aspectos éticos para la implementación de una vía clínica en endodonciaLength not stated
- artículo de revisiónArtículo de revisiónLength not stated
- artículo históricoArtículo históricoLength not stated
- artículo originalArtículo originalLength not stated
- carta al editorEs un manuscrito breve que le permite a un autor expresar sus comentarios, preguntas o críticas sobre los artículos publicados en la revista.Length not stated
- comunicación breveComunicación breveLength not stated
- editorialEs un manuscrito breve que le permite a un autor o al Comité Editorial de la revista expresar su punto de vista acerca de un tema, situación científica, problem…Length not stated
- educación médicaEducación MédicaLength not stated
- presentación de caso(s)Presentación de caso(s)Length not stated
- revisión sistemáticaRevisión sistemáticaLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship
Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud (DeCS) Model summary
Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud (DeCS)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Comité de Ética para Publicaciones (COPE) Model summary
Comité de Ética para Publicaciones (COPE)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Antiplagio policy Model summary
con tal propósito nuestra Sección Editorial cuenta con una Política antiplagio para su verificación
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: preprints allowed, must be disclosed Model summary
Se aceptan manuscritos disponibles previamente en servidores preprints reconocidos, a saber: MedRXiv, ArXiv, PubMed Central, SciELO Preprints y otros. En este caso, debe ser informado por los autores e indicar la dirección de localización en los Comentarios al Editor o al final del manuscrito.
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
- Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas
- Country or region
- Cuba
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1029-3019
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medisan
How long does peer review take at Medisan?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Medisan based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (1), Mexico (1) and Chile (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Medisan?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medisan is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Medisan open access, and what is the APC?
Medisan 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .