Journal profile · NURSING
Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online
ISSN 2175-5361 · Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 79 days to acceptance (32 articles, last 24 months); 163 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online is published by Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 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 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic and Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, together about 36.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
O objetivo da revista é divulgar conhecimento científico produzido no campo específico das ciências da enfermagem, com uma abordagem interdisciplinar englobando a educação, as ciências da vida e as ciências da saúde. Tem como missão, divulgar a Ciência da Enfermagem e da Saúde. Aceita manuscritos nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol. É publicada somente na versão eletrônica por meio de fascículos em fluxo contínuo e números temáticos.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 44, United States 3, Canada 3, Portugal 3, Italy 2 (61 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions17.6%
- Healthcare during COVID-19 PandemicComputer Science11.1%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions8%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine7.3%
- Health Education and ValidationSocial Sciences5.7%
- Youth, Drugs, and ViolenceSocial Sciences5.2%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions4.7%
- Occupational Health and BurnoutHealth Professions4.4%
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 | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | 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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 282OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 135LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,941 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 140 | 140 | 1 |
| 2025 | 163 | 163 | 557 |
| 2024 | 76 | 76 | 55 |
| 2023 | 119 | 119 | 99 |
| 2022 | 106 | 106 | 188 |
| 2021 | 252 | 252 | 757 |
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 Crossref · to
79 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 57 days – 157 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (31 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 115 days
- Sample
- 32 articles with submission and acceptance dates (299 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 38 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 accepted3
- artigos originais de pesquisaTipos de artigos considerados: Artigos originais de pesquisa, Revisões sistemáticas e Revisões integrativas de literatura.Length not stated
- revisões integrativas de literaturaTipos de artigos considerados: Artigos originais de pesquisa, Revisões sistemáticas e Revisões integrativas de literatura.Length not stated
- revisões sistemáticasTipos de artigos considerados: Artigos originais de pesquisa, Revisões sistemáticas e Revisões integrativas de literatura.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship
Ahead of Print publication model adopted in 2025. Model summary
A Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online (RPCFO) iniciou, em 2025, a publicação de artigos no formato Ahead of Print (AoP)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Submissão exclusiva; não simultânea Model summary
Os manuscritos devem destinar-se exclusivamente à RPCFO, não sendo permitida sua submissão simultânea a outro(s) periódico(s).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA; fluxo contínuo Model summary
Tem periodicidade de fluxo contínuo e utiliza a licença Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review may take up to 6 months for reviewers' opinions to be issued. Model summary
O PROCESSO DE AVALIAÇÃO PODE LEVAR ATÉ 6 MESES PARA QUE O PARECER DOS AVALIADORES SEJA EMITIDO.
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
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2175-5361
- 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 Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online
What CAS zone is Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing. 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 de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online?
Based on the dates recorded on 32 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 79 days (interquartile range 57–157 days); authors report an average review time of about 38 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 de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online based?
Of the 61 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (44), United States (3) and Canada (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Pesquisa-Cuidado e Fundamental Online 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: .