Journal profile
Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica
ISSN 0100-5502 · eISSN 1981-5271 · Associção Brasileira de Educação Médica · Brazil
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Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 48 weeks (community reports); 172 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica is published by Associção Brasileira de Educação Médica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovations in Medical Education, Health and Medical Education and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout, together about 59.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Brazilian Journal of Medical Education publishes original articles, review articles, experience reports, essays, position papers, letters to the editor, and book reviews on relevant topics in the field of medical education.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 344, Portugal 4, Chile 1 (349 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine32.3%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions22.7%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions4.4%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine4%
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions3.4%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences3.1%
- Problem and Project Based LearningSocial Sciences2.5%
- Science and Education ResearchSocial Sciences2.2%
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
SciELOPublisher website
Other: 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
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 724OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,013 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 218 | 218 | 1,140 |
| 2025 | 172 | 172 | 1,910 |
| 2024 | 127 | 127 | 2,715 |
| 2023 | 137 | 137 | 2,912 |
| 2022 | 165 | 165 | 2,966 |
| 2021 | 240 | 240 | 2,775 |
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 48 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | BRL 2,300 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | BRL 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | BRL 1,000 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 200 | — | — |
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
Conflicts of interest can be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial in nature. Conflicts of interest may arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that could influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. The existence or absence of individual conflicts of interest must be disclosed for each author. In the case of financial conflicts of interest, authors mu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
RBEM follows the principles of publication ethics included in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Code of Conduct. Ethical issues and/or matters that may harm the reputation of the journal will be assessed and addressed by the Editorial Board. In cases of misconduct, the journal will apply the retraction policy in accordance with the Good Practices Guide proposed by SciELO. The registratio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of articles published by RBEM retain the copyright to their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is properly cited. Authors grant the journal the right of first publication. Authors are granted the right to enter into additional separate agreements fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including no financial barriers) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open Access is a condition whereby the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitting immediate free access to the work and authorizin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The evaluation of the submission is conducted in an impartial and anonymous manner, meaning that the reviewers will not be informed of the identity of the article's origin. In the case of preprints, it is not possible to guarantee the anonymity of the authors; therefore, the review may be single-blind or open. Each article will be assigned an Associate Editor, who will designate at least two revie…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
A preprint is a version of an article before peer review, which certifies whether or not its formal publication in a journal. The preprint is deposited by the corresponding author on a preprint server. Authors must disclose preprint posting details, including corresponding DOI (which will be published in the manuscript if it is accepted for publication) on the title page and in the Form on complia…
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.
Before you submit
Four checks before submitting to Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Innovations in Medical Education, Health and Medical Education.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Author guidelines ↗
- 3FeesBRL 2,300 (DOAJ)Fee details
- 4Expected review timeabout 48 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Associção Brasileira de Educação Médica
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0100-5502
- Electronic ISSN
- 1981-5271
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica
How long does peer review take at Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica?
Authors report an average review time of about 48 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 Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica based?
Of the 349 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (344), Portugal (4) and Chile (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Brasileira de Educacao Medica is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .