Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Revista Bioetica
ISSN 1983-8042 · eISSN 1983-8034 · Conselho Federal de Medicina · Brazil
Revista Bioetica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 240 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Bioetica is published by Conselho Federal de Medicina. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Palliative and Oncologic Care and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, together about 53.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Manuscripts of a conceptual, documentary nature resulting from research or experience in the field of bioethics or medical ethics and critical reviews related to these themes will be accepted. All manuscripts will be submitted to the scrutiny of editors, editorial board and ad hoc reviewers following open science practices, promoting informed peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Editor-in-chief Dilza TeresinhaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine31.6%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine11.3%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine10.4%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine9.3%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine4.8%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions4.3%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine3.2%
- Bioethics and Human Rights IssuesComputer Science3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Q2 | 306/891 | — |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 342/466 | — |
| Health (social science) | Q4 | 319/387 | — |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Latindex
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 282OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,898 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 173 | 173 | 512 |
| 2025 | 240 | 240 | 886 |
| 2024 | 189 | 189 | 1,232 |
| 2023 | 192 | 192 | 1,358 |
| 2022 | 248 | 248 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 88 | 88 | 885 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Policy on Conflict of Interest
The editorial line of Revista Bioética and the composition and work of its Editorial Board are completely independent from the CFM board. All submitted articles — including those by members of the editorial staff, board members and others related to CFM — undergo a rigorous editorial process, ensuring transparency and impartiality at all stages. Conflicts of interest may be personal, commercial, p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
Revista Bioética is committed to ethical behavior at all stages of the editorial process and adopts a research ethics policy and guidelines for good practices in scientific communication, using as a reference the “SciELO Guide to good practices for strengthening ethics in scientific publication” and the “Principles of transparency and good practices in academic publications,” recommended by COPE, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Revista Bioética uses the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which provides for open access, allowing any user to read, download, copy and disseminate its content, provided that it is properly referenced. The authors hold the copyright without restriction. The opinions expressed by the author(s) of the articles are their sole responsibility.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This scientific journal follows the open access model, all content is available free of charge, without restrictions and at no cost to the user or their institution. Users have permission to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without requesting prior permission from the publisher or author. Similarly,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Revista Bioética, valuing the adoption of the criteria of the main indexing platforms, adopts two review methods: double-anonymous peer review and informed review.The method by which the manuscript will be reviewed is chosen by the author(s), who indicate at the time of submission one of the two methodss adopted by the journal and complete, in case of choosing informed review, an “Open Science Com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Revista Bioética also accepts submission of articles that have been previously submitted, accepted or published in an institutional repository or other reliable preprint server chosen by the authors (such as SciELO PrePrint, EmeRI). Authors must ensure that the content deposited on preprintservers is in line with the editorial policies and ethical guidelines of the journal, especially regarding or…
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
- Conselho Federal de Medicina
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1983-8042
- Electronic ISSN
- 1983-8034
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Bioetica
How long does peer review take at Revista Bioetica?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Revista Bioetica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Bioetica is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Bioetica open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Bioetica 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: .