Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE
ISSN 0034-9887 · eISSN 7176-163 · Sociedad Medica de Santiago · CHILE · Monthly · Founded 1872
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.41; fully open access; median 140 days to acceptance (85 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 119 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE is published by Sociedad Medica de Santiago 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 and Medical Education, Health and Lifestyle Studies and Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, together about 35.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
REVISTA MÉDICA DE CHILE publishes original articles on topics of clinical medicine and biomedical sciences, giving preference to those related to Internal Medicine and its subspecialities.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 75, United States 3, United Kingdom 1 (79 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions13.4%
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions12%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine10.3%
- Aging, Health, and DisabilityMedicine8.2%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions5%
- Stress and Burnout ResearchPsychology4.5%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences3.8%
- Medical research and treatmentsMedicine3.8%
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
- 0.41LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,324OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 81.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 88LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,780 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 86 | 86 | 2 |
| 2025 | 119 | 119 | 48 |
| 2024 | 150 | 150 | 94 |
| 2023 | 203 | 203 | 236 |
| 2022 | 226 | 226 | 544 |
| 2021 | 256 | 256 | 996 |
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
140 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 104 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 155 days (59 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 316 days
- Sample
- 85 articles with submission and acceptance dates (247 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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution License Model summary
All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
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 Medica de Santiago
- Country or region
- CHILE
- Language
- Spanish
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1872
- ISSN
- 0034-9887
- Electronic ISSN
- 7176-163
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE
What CAS zone is REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE 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 MEDICA DE CHILE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.41; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE?
Based on the dates recorded on 85 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 140 days (interquartile range 104–189 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 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.
Where are the editorial board members of REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE based?
Of the 79 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Chile (75), United States (3) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE open access, and what is the APC?
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .