Journal profile
Sanus
ISSN 2448-6094 · Universidad de Sonora · Mexico
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Sanus: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sanus is published by Universidad de Sonora. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation, Nursing education and management and Nursing care and research, together about 31.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
SANUS es una Revista de Enfermería electrónica, de edición continua anual, arbitrada y de acceso abierto, sin costo, editada por la Universidad de Sonora, pertenece al Departamento de Enfermería de la Facultad Interdisciplinaria de Ciencias Biológicas y de Salud en Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Blanca Escobar CastellanosPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing10.7%
- Nursing education and managementNursing10.3%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions10.3%
- Health Education and ValidationSocial Sciences5.2%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine4.4%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology4.4%
- Healthcare Education and Workforce IssuesNursing4.4%
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing4%
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 191 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 71 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 82 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 94 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 74 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 36 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | MXN 2,000 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | MXN 2,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | MXN 2,000 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Not considered
- articles of reflection or essays; articles with similarity above 20%
Article types accepted3
- investigaciónInvestigación Artículos de investigación originales, del área de enfermería o afines a la salud. El límite de cuartillas es de 25 páginas.Length not stated
- praxisPraxis Artículos de experiencias clínicas, praxis o estudios de caso derivados de una fundamentación teórica de enfermería La extesión no deberá ser mayor a 10 …Length not stated
- revisiónRevisión Artículos en formato de revisiones sistemáticas, integrativas o de la literatura. La extensión no deberá ser mayor a 10 cuartillas, a menos que el edit…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- License & copyright
Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Model summary
Todos los artículos publicados por SANUS Revista de Enfermería son distribuidos bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Revisión por pares bajo modalidad doble ciego. Model summary
Al cumplimiento cabal de los lineamientos básicos de la Revista, el manuscrito es enviado a pares evaluadores, quienes evalúan la calidad científica y académica de los mismos, asegurando la revisión a doble ciego (la identidad de los autores no es revelada a los evaluadores, ni la de estos a los primeros).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Revisión de similitud con iThenticate; se permite menos del 20 % de texto coincidente. Model summary
Para garantizar la originalidad de los artículos enviados a SANUS Revista de Enfermería, todo manuscrito es sometido a una revisión de similitud en el software Ithenticate®, el porcentaje de similitud permitido será de menos del 20 % de texto coincidente.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Se autoriza la reproducción total o parcial citando plenamente la fuente. Model summary
Se autoriza la reproducción total o parcial de los contenidos e imágenes de la presente publicación, siempre y cuando se cite plenamente la fuente.
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.
Before you submit
Five checks before submitting to Sanus
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation, Nursing education and management.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatAbstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–6; Reference style: Vancouver.Author guidelines ↗
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesMXN 2,000 (DOAJ)Fee details
- 5Expected review timeabout 12 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad de Sonora
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2448-6094
- 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 Sanus
How long does peer review take at Sanus?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Sanus?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–6; Reference style: Vancouver. 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 Sanus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sanus is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Sanus open access, and what is the APC?
Sanus is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .