Journal profile · EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica
ISSN 2660-8529 · Universidad de Murcia · Spain
Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 82 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica is published by Universidad de Murcia and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health and Medical Education, Innovations in Medical Education and Stress and Burnout Research, together about 36.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Spanish Journal of Medical Education is a scientific journal which publishes articles in Spanish and English, open access, on Medical Education in Health Sciences (Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Veterinary, Optics. Issues are published 6 times a year. The journal will publish original research and review articles related to Medical Education in Health Sciences, at all training levels, Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Continuing Education. Short comments and letters to the director will also be accepted. Articles will be published on the development of teaching methodologies and resources for teaching innovation, development of basic and clinical skills, development of teaching programs in Undergraduate and Graduate, curricular teaching planning, preclinical and clinical simulation, clinical communication, including the patient-doctor relationship , evaluation systems for students, residents, teachers and organizations, resident training programs, clinical competence evaluation, postgraduate tutoring. The works may be submitted at the initiative of the authors and also at the request of the Editorial Committee of the magazine. All manuscripts will be reviewed by external reviewers through blind peer review system. The journal is completely free for authors and readers. Publication process: The works may be presented at the initiative of the authors and also upon request of the Editorial Committee of the journal. In the process of evaluating the articles, scientific assessment is carried out through blind peer review, with total anonymity in the review of manuscripts. All manuscripts will be reviewed by external reviewers. More information in the Submissions section. Ethics code: The journal adheres to the ethical standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and to the principles of transparency and good practices of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA). Read the full statement here. Complying With Ethics of Experimentation Please ensure that all research reported in submitted papers has been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner, and is in full compliance with all relevant codes of experimentation and legislation. All original research papers involving humans, animals, plants, biological material, protected or non-public datasets, collections or sites, must include a written statement in the Methods section, confirming ethical approval has been obtained from the appropriate local ethics co
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 9, Switzerland 1, Portugal 1, Mexico 1, Argentina 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions17.5%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine12.6%
- Stress and Burnout ResearchPsychology6.1%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences5.9%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine5.4%
- E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science5.1%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine4.4%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine4%
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 | Education, Scientific Disciplines | 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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 28.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 93.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 90LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 358 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 88 | 7 |
| 2025 | 82 | 82 | 30 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | 62 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 103 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 53 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 69 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-ND | |
| 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted6
- letters to the director* Letters to the director: usually in relation to an article previously published by the magazine, the author shows his agreement or disagreement. Free format w…Length not stated
- originals* Originals: original works, studies and research.Length not stated
- reviews* Reviews: critical and updated study on the literature or subject of interest for the discipline.Length not stated
- short comments* Short comments: on topics of interest or current affairs, will have a maximum length of 500 words. Free format.Length not stated
- special articles* Special articles: those that do not fall into any of the categories above and that, due to their importance or relevance, deserve to be highlighted.Length not stated
- student vision* Student vision: Health Sciences degree students can send their experiences, comments, problems, solutions, etc., on any topic in relation to the training they…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative 4.0 (since October 2021) Model summary
The works published in this magazine are subject to the following terms: 1. The Publications Service of the University of Murcia (the publisher) preserves the economic rights (copyright) of the published works and favors and allows them to be reused under the use license indicated in point 2. © Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia. 2. The works are published under a Creative Commons At…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Manuscript evaluation (peer review):
Single-blind peer review (reviewers anonymous to authors) Model summary
This journal uses a peer review system. The editor carries out a first assessment of the manuscripts to check that they fit with the objectives of the journal. If so, the manuscript is sent to at least two independent reviewers, external to the editorial, who evaluate its quality and propose its acceptance or rejection. This review is blind, which means that the reviewers are anonymous to the auth…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving of pre-prints and post-prints allowed and encouraged Model summary
Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate electronically the pre-print versions (version before being evaluated and sent to the journal) and / or post-print (version evaluated and accepted for publication) of their works before publication
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
- Universidad de Murcia
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2660-8529
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Espanola de Educacion Medica
What CAS zone is Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica 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 Espanola de Educacion Medica?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (9), Switzerland (1) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Espanola de Educacion Medica 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: .