Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO
ISSN 0036-3634 · eISSN 1606-7916 · Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública · Mexico
SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.57; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 70 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); 119 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO is published by Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 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 Lifestyle Studies, Public Health and Social Inequalities and Public Health and Environmental Issues, together about 32.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Salud Pública de México (SPM) es una revista científica internacional, indizada, con revisión por pares, de periodicidad bimestral y de acceso abierto. Su objetivo general es la comunicación de evidencia científica y la publicación de investigación original sobre salud pública, entendida ésta como la aplicación de las ciencias biológicas, sociales y administrativas al análisis de los fenómenos de salud en poblaciones humanas, así como la identificación de sus necesidades de salud y la organización de servicios integrales para atenderlas. Sus objetivos específicos son estimular la reflexión científica en el campo de la salud; participar en el debate sobre los cambios en las condiciones de salud y en la respuesta social organizada a dichas condiciones, y servir de foro donde puedan expresarse, con el mayor rigor posible, todas las innovaciones en el campo de la salud pública y áreas afines. El Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP, institución editora de SPM) otorga independencia editorial a Salud Pública de México, en apego a los lineamientos que al respecto establece la World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).2 Salud Pública de México se encuentra en los principales índices y bases de datos internacionales, tales como Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics), BIOSIS Previews, Scopus (Elsevier) SciELO Salud Pública, SciELO México, Global Health/CABAbstracts, Embase/Excerpta Medica, Redalyc, Sistema de Clasificación de Revistas Mexicanas de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt), Periódica, Índice de Revistas de Educación Superior e Investigación Educativa (IRESIE), así como Medline y Lilacs.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 2, Chile 1, Colombia 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions15.7%
- Public Health and Social InequalitiesSocial Sciences9.3%
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions6.8%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Aging, Health, and DisabilityMedicine5.5%
- Smoking Behavior and CessationMedicine4.8%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 3.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,354OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 30.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 73LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,980 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 77 | 4 |
| 2025 | 119 | 119 | 57 |
| 2024 | 127 | 127 | 332 |
| 2023 | 185 | 185 | 1,348 |
| 2022 | 112 | 112 | 465 |
| 2021 | 129 | 129 | 1,146 |
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
70 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 49 days – 126 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 85 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 162 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (238 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 34 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 34 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 | — |
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 prepare10 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprints
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Bimonthly electronic journal published by the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Model summary
Salud Pública de México es una publicación periódica electrónica, bimestral, publicada por el Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (www.insp.mx)
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
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0036-3634
- Electronic ISSN
- 1606-7916
- 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 SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO
What CAS zone is SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.57; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 82.
How long does peer review take at SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 70 days (interquartile range 49–126 days); authors report an average review time of about 34 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 SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (2), Chile (1) and Colombia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO open access, and what is the APC?
SALUD PUBLICA DE MEXICO 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .