Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Pediatria-Asuncion
ISSN 1683-979X · eISSN 1683-9803 · Sociedad Paraguaya de Pediatría · Paraguay
Pediatria-Asuncion: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pediatria-Asuncion is published by Sociedad Paraguaya de Pediatría and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Health and Environmental Issues, Health and Lifestyle Studies and Child and Adolescent Health, together about 26.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
El objetivo principal de la revista es promover la realización, publicación y difusión de trabajos científicos de profesionales de la salud del área pediátrica, así como difundir las experiencias de la medicina curativa, preventiva y social de la infancia.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science9.7%
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions8.4%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions8.2%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine6.9%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing6.1%
- Respiratory viral infections researchMedicine6.1%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions5.6%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine3.8%
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 | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 530 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 8 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 8 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 23 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 28 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 56 |
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 | |
| 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 websiteAuthorship, Open access, Preprints
- Authorship
No submission or publication fees (APC-free). Model summary
La Revista Pediatría (Asunción) no cuenta con tarifas o cargos por el envío ni por la publicación de manuscritos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under Creative Commons Attribution license. Model summary
Todo el contenido de esta revista se encuentra disponible bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución, promoviendo el acceso abierto, la difusión y la preservación del conocimiento científico.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: preprint submissions accepted as an exception; authors may use preprints until publication. Model summary
Como excepción, la revista acepta envíos procedentes de servidores preprints y permite su uso por parte de los autores hasta el momento de la publicación.
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
- Sociedad Paraguaya de Pediatría
- Country or region
- Paraguay
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1683-979X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1683-9803
- 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 Pediatria-Asuncion
What CAS zone is Pediatria-Asuncion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pediatria-Asuncion is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pediatrics. 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.
How long does peer review take at Pediatria-Asuncion?
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 Pediatria-Asuncion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pediatria-Asuncion is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Pediatria-Asuncion open access, and what is the APC?
Pediatria-Asuncion 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: .