Journal profile · Medicine-General Medicine
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira
ISSN 0104-4230 · eISSN 1806-9282 · Elsevier · BRAZIL
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.46; fully open access; no APC; median 62 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 336 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira is published by Elsevier 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 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, Women's cancer prevention and management and Nutrition and Health in Aging, together about 20.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (RAMB), editada pela Associação Médica Brasileira, desde 1954, tem por objetivo publicar artigos que contribuam para o conhecimento médico.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-General Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions7.4%
- Women's cancer prevention and managementMedicine6.6%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine6.1%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine5.8%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences5.8%
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions5.1%
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMedicine4.4%
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisMedicine4.2%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.46LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,607OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 268LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,275 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 243 | 243 | 22 |
| 2025 | 336 | 336 | 357 |
| 2024 | 399 | 399 | 1,004 |
| 2023 | 423 | 423 | 1,971 |
| 2022 | 340 | 340 | 1,765 |
| 2021 | 410 | 410 | 2,603 |
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
62 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 25 days – 119 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 94 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 171 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (665 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0104-4230
- Electronic ISSN
- 1806-9282
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira
What CAS zone is Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. 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.
What is the impact factor of Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.46; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 76.
How long does peer review take at Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 62 days (interquartile range 25–119 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 da Associacao Medica Brasileira?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira open access, and what is the APC?
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .