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Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
ISSN 1415-790X · eISSN 1980-5497 · Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva · Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 132 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 116 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia is published by Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, Health, Nursing, Elderly Care and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Breve Histórico A Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia (EPIDEMIO) é uma publicação contínua editada pela Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (Abrasco). Ela tem por finalidade publicar artigos originais, revisões e ensaios teóricos ou metodológicos que contribuam para o avanço do conhecimento e desenvolvimento da epidemiologia e ciências afins. A revista é publicada ininterruptamente desde 1998 e atualmente todos os seus artigos são publicados também na língua inglesa. A abreviatura de seu título é Rev. bras. epidemiol., que deve ser usada em bibliografias, notas de rodapé e em referências e legendas bibliográficas. Acesso Aberto A EPIDEMIO segue o modelo de Acesso Aberto (Open Access), permitindo o acesso virtual e sem restrição (incluindo restrições financeiras) a todos os textos científicos publicados. Acesso aberto é a condição em que o detentor dos direitos autorais de um trabalho acadêmico concede direitos de uso a terceiros usando uma licença aberta (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitindo acesso gratuito imediato ao trabalho e autorizando qualquer usuário a ler, baixar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, pesquisar ou vincular os textos completos dos artigos, rastreá-los para indexação, passá-los como dados para software ou usá-los para qualquer outra finalidade legal. Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta A política editorial da revista adota a comunicação de pesquisa no modus operandi de ciência aberta. A EPIDEMIO segue o modelo Gold Open Access. Todos os artigos publicados estão disponíveis gratuitamente para qualquer pessoa ler, baixar e compartilhar, sem barreiras de assinatura ou pagamento. A revista também se alinha com as práticas de ciência aberta. São aceitas submissões de manuscritos depositados em servidores confiáveis de preprints, independentemente de o depósito ter ocorrido antes ou durante o processo de revisão pela revista. Os autores são encorajados a disponibilizar publicamente dados e rotinas de análise sempre que possível. Ao submeter o manuscrito à EPIDEMIO, o autor responsável deve preencher e anexar o formulário sobre conformidade com a ciência aberta. Ética na Publicação A EPIDEMIO segue as orientações de ética e transparência na publicação contidas no documento Princípios de Transparência e Boas Práticas em Publicações Acadêmicas, publicado pelo Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), pelo Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), pela Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) e pela World Association of Medica
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions16.5%
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions9.9%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.9%
- Dental Health and Care UtilizationDentistry4.7%
- Youth, Drugs, and ViolenceSocial Sciences4.5%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences4.1%
- Indigenous Health and EducationHealth Professions4%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine3.8%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,195OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 61LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,610 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 156 | 156 | 11 |
| 2025 | 116 | 116 | 102 |
| 2024 | 253 | 253 | 378 |
| 2023 | 130 | 130 | 601 |
| 2022 | 144 | 144 | 713 |
| 2021 | 81 | 81 | 1,451 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
132 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 178 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 105 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 251 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (176 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | BRL 1,200 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | BRL 1,200 | 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 websitePreprints
- Preprints Preprints
A EPIDEMIO aceita preprints como uma forma de disseminação rápida e ampla de resultados de pesquisa previamente à sua publicação formal. Antes ou durante o processo de revisão pela revista os autores podem compartilhar seus preprints em repositórios reconhecidos. É necessário que o autor informe o nome do servidor e o DOI atribuído ao trabalho na folha de rosto quando realizar a submissão do manus…
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
- Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1415-790X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1980-5497
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗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 Epidemiologia
What CAS zone is Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia in?
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 Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 132 days (interquartile range 83–178 days); authors report an average review time of about 21 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 Brasileira de Epidemiologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .