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Acta Médica Costarricense

Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica · Costa Rica

ISSN0001-6012eISSN2215-5856

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Acta Médica Costarricense (AMC) es la publicación científica oficial del Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. Su propósito consiste en divulgar los avances profesionales y científicos en el campo de las ciencias biomédicas de Costa Rica y el mundo. Publica trimestralmente trabajos inéditos relacionados con las ciencias biomédicas que pueden ser originales, de revisión, de opinión, comunicaciones breves, reportes de casos, cartas al editor y editoriales. AMC es de acceso abierto y se dirige a la audiencia médica en general.

General Information

Country / RegionCosta Rica

Primary LanguageSpanish, English

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTrimestral

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-6012 / 2215-5856

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish, English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

255

237

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health and Medical EducationHealth and Lifestyle StudiesEthics and bioethics in healthcareHigher Education Teaching and EvaluationCuban History and SocietyMosquito-borne diseases and controlHistorical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regionsAging, Health, and DisabilityPublic Health and Social InequalitiesHepatitis B Virus Studies

Frequently asked questions about Acta Médica Costarricense

Is Acta Médica Costarricense a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Médica Costarricense: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Médica Costarricense?

Acta Médica Costarricense is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Acta Médica Costarricense indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Médica Costarricense is indexed in DOAJ.