Journal profile
Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica
ISSN 2526-0928 · Indexa Editora · Brazil
Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 49 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica is published by Indexa Editora. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes, Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues and Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces, together about 31.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Perspectives in Legal Medicine and Medical Expertise (PERSPECTIVES) is the official journal of the Brazilian Association of Legal Medicine and Medical Expertise / Associação Brasileira de Medicina Legal e Perícia Médica (ABMLPM). Perspectives is a scientific journal lauched in October 2016, initialy published three times a year (February, June and October) and, after 2021, on a continuous flow. Our mission is the promotion and development of legal medicine and medical forensics in Brazil and around the world. We are an online open access journal, according to the terms of Creative Commons CC BY license, editored by ABMLPM and published by Indexa Editora, under the ISSN 2526-0928.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Jose Jozefran Berto FreirePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Autopsy Techniques and OutcomesMedicine14.4%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions10.9%
- Occupational Health and Safety in WorkplacesHealth Professions6.5%
- Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceSocial Sciences5.8%
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions5.3%
- Restraint-Related DeathsMedicine4.9%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine4.6%
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseSocial Sciences4.2%
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
REDIB, PaperpassPublisher 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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 229 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 45 | 1 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 7 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 9 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 6 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 8 |
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
- 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)
Article types accepted13
- book and product reviewsWe also publish doctrinary discussions, letter to the editor, comments on published articles, notes, book and product reviews, personal point-of-view and other …Length not stated
- case reportsPERSPECTIVES accepts original research articles, literature review articles, case reports and original proposal on judicial arguments relevant to legal medicine…Length not stated
- case studyCase studyLength not stated
- comments on published articlesWe also publish doctrinary discussions, letter to the editor, comments on published articles, notes, book and product reviews, personal point-of-view and other …Length not stated
- doctrinary discussionsWe also publish doctrinary discussions, letter to the editor, comments on published articles, notes, book and product reviews, personal point-of-view and other …Length not stated
- letter to the editorWe also publish doctrinary discussions, letter to the editor, comments on published articles, notes, book and product reviews, personal point-of-view and other …Length not stated
- literature reviewLiterature reviewLength not stated
- literature review articlesPERSPECTIVES accepts original research articles, literature review articles, case reports and original proposal on judicial arguments relevant to legal medicine…Length not stated
- notesWe also publish doctrinary discussions, letter to the editor, comments on published articles, notes, book and product reviews, personal point-of-view and other …Length not stated
- original articleOriginal ArticleLength not stated
- original research articlesPERSPECTIVES accepts original research articles, literature review articles, case reports and original proposal on judicial arguments relevant to legal medicine…Length not stated
- other types of articlesWe also publish doctrinary discussions, letter to the editor, comments on published articles, notes, book and product reviews, personal point-of-view and other …Length not stated
- personal point-of-viewWe also publish doctrinary discussions, letter to the editor, comments on published articles, notes, book and product reviews, personal point-of-view and other …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship
Authors retain all copyrights to their articles Model summary
Authors retain all copyrights to their articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 1.3 Conflict of interest
When submitting an article, the person in charge should inform the sources of funding for the research. If there is any conflict of interest that may have affected the result disclosed by the article, this must be informed. Conflicts of interest are situations in which the author has an incentive to divulge results that improve the reader’s perception of a particular concept, procedure or product.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Follows ICMJE standards Model summary
PERSPECTIVES follows the standards established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to guide its practices and in our guidance to the conception and execution of manuscripts, deal with ethical issues and define which participants in the production of the article can be considered authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access publication under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license Model summary
PERSPECTIVES is an open access publication. In order to have your article published, authors must accept the conditions specified by the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, allowing their article to be republished and distributed freely by third parties, without prior authorization from the authors, publishers or publishers, always citing the authors properly and the original publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind simultaneous peer review process Model summary
PERSPECTIVES respects the double blind simultaneous peer review process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints 1.5 Copyrights, preprint and postprint
Pre-print allowed in non-commercial repositories Model summary
PERSPECTIVES is an open access publication. In order to have your article published, authors must accept the conditions specified by the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, allowing their article to be republished and distributed freely by third parties, without prior authorization from the authors, publishers or publishers, always citing the authors properly and the original publication. For more…
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
- Indexa Editora
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2526-0928
- 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 Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica
How long does peer review take at Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica?
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 Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica open access, and what is the APC?
Perspectivas em Medicina Legal e Pericia Medica 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .