Journal profile
Revista Iberoamericana de Bioetica
ISSN 2529-9573 · Universidad Pontificia Comillas · Spain
Revista Iberoamericana de Bioetica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 32 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Iberoamericana de Bioetica is published by Universidad Pontificia Comillas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Palliative and Oncologic Care and Bioethics and Human Rights Issues, together about 48.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética is a quarterly scientific journal published as an Open Access Journal by Universidad Pontificia Comillas along with eleven other Ibero-American university centers. The journal follows strict rules in its editorial process that guarantee the quality and relevance of the texts published in it. Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética seeks, with academic rigor, to provide an information and training service to the world of Ibero-American bioethics. It also wants to be an effective tool for the comprehensive training of students in bioethics in various courses, seminars, masters and doctoral programs. We intend to be a reference, and to see it recognized with the inclusion of the journal in the most prestigious indexes and databases; but above all we intend to be useful to the Ibero-American community of bioethics students and teachers, to health professionals and other specialists concerned with bioethics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 11, Brazil 11, Italy 2, Argentina 2, Chile 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine33.3%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine7.8%
- Bioethics and Human Rights IssuesComputer Science7%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine6.7%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine6%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine3.7%
- Environmental Philosophy and EthicsEnvironmental Science3.3%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions3%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 328 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 31 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 69 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 69 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 86 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 85 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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-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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- reviewiographical references. The length of a Review is between 700 and 1,200 words. All text should be in Calibri font. The font size for genemain text ≤ 1,200 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
The authors of articles published in Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética retain the intellectual property rights over their works and grant the journal their distribution and public communication rights, consenting to their publication under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0 Internacional. Authors are encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (for example, on insti…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Pre-evaluation & Peer Review
Once the manuscript has been received, a pre-assessment of the text will be carried out to analyse whether the subject of the article is of interest and appropriate to the scope of the journal and whether it meets the minimum quality requirements, as well as the formal submission specifications (see above) and style guidelines (see below).
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 Pontificia Comillas
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2529-9573
- 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 Iberoamericana de Bioetica
How long does peer review take at Revista Iberoamericana de Bioetica?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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 Iberoamericana de Bioetica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: 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 Iberoamericana de Bioetica based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (11), Brazil (11) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Iberoamericana de Bioetica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Iberoamericana de Bioetica is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Revista Iberoamericana de Bioetica open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Iberoamericana de Bioetica 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: .