Journal profile · Medicine-General Medicine
Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria
ISSN 1575-0620 · eISSN 2013-6463 · Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria · Spain
Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 66 days to acceptance (23 articles, last 24 months); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria is published by Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Criminal Justice and Penology and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, together about 40.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria es el órgano de expresión de la Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria. Publicada por esta sociedad, tiene una periodicidad cuatrimestral y fue fundada en 1998. Esta revista acepta para su publicación trabajos de investigación de orientación básica, clínica o asistencial sobre cualquier aspecto de la salud y las ciencias relacionados o de interés para nuestra especialidad. Está dirigida a los profesionales sanitarios que atienden a los reclusos y tiene el objetivo de divulgar el trabajo de investigación en los campos ya aludidos que se realiza en las prisiones.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-General Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences20.9%
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences12.4%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology7.1%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine6.7%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine6.6%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences5.5%
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskMedicine5.2%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine4.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 259/466 | 44th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINESciELOPublisher website
Other: SJR, FECYT, Ibecs
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
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 542 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 120 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 187 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 233 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 203 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 159 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 112 |
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
66 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 26 days – 148 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 126 days (21 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 221 days
- Sample
- 23 articles with submission and acceptance dates (29 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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 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
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted10
- artículos de revisiónArtículos de revisión (Revisiones sistemáticas, narrativas, meta-análisis): son aquellos que no aportan datos nuevos u originales sobre el tema que se considera…Length not stated
- artículos especialesArtículos especiales: sección destinada a acoger manuscritos que por su contenido singular no puedan ser incluidos en otras secciones de la Revista Española de …Length not stated
- cartas al directorCartas al director: tienen preferencia en esta sección, la discusión de trabajos publicados en números anteriores y la aportación de opiniones, observaciones o …Length not stated
- documentos de consensoDocumentos de consenso: el nombramiento de los miembros que compongan el Comité de Elaboración de las Normas de Consenso deberá ser hecho por una Sociedad Cient…Length not stated
- editorialesEditoriales: suelen ser artículos que se publican por encargo.Length not stated
- notas singularesNotas Singulares: sección que pretende incluir manuscritos que contengan acontecimientos excepcionales: Conmemoraciones, fallecimientos, In Memoriam, etc.Length not stated
- originalesOriginales: deberán ser trabajos inéditos que versen sobre investigación clínica y/o epidemiológica; sobre aspectos organizativos; y control de calidad, siempre…Length not stated
- originales brevesOriginales Breves: se consideran trabajos de investigación que por sus características especiales (series con número reducido de observaciones o trabajos de inv…Length not stated
- revisiones de casos clínicosRevisiones de casos clínicos: en este apartado se admitirán trabajos que revisen algún caso clínico específico.Length not stated
- sanidad penitenciaria en imágenesSanidad penitenciaria en imágenes: en este apartado se admitirán trabajos cuyo objetivo sea la demostración de imágenes de un tema de interés clínico, relaciona…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Plagiarism
- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest declaration required Model summary
todos han declarado la existencia o no de conflictos de intereses
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics: informed consent and ethics committee approval required Model summary
cualquier trabajo enviado a la RESP para su publicación y en el que haya habido una mínima intervención sobre los sujetos de investigación, deberá constar con el consentimiento informado escrito de todos ellos, así como haber sido valorado y refrendado por un Comité Ético de Investigación Clínica debidamente acreditado.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access (BOAI definition) with Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 3.0 Unported License. Model summary
La Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria es una revista Open Access, lo que quiere decir que todo su contenido es accesible libremente sin cargo para el usuario o su institución.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Originality: unpublished, not under simultaneous submission Model summary
Los trabajos que se remitan a la Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria deberán ser inéditos, no habiendo sido publicados en otras revistas ni enviados simultáneamente a ninguna otra publicación.
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
- Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1575-0620
- Electronic ISSN
- 2013-6463
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria
How long does peer review take at Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria?
Based on the dates recorded on 23 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 66 days (interquartile range 26–148 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 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 Sanidad Penitenciaria?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .