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Biomedica

Instituto Nacional de Salud · Colombia

ISSN0120-4157eISSN2590-7379

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.271

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.506

Total Worksi

2,955

Total Citationsi

21,243

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Tropical Medicine; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionColombia

Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,955

Publisher OrgNational Institute of Health

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewPeer review

Review Time~32 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicensePublisher's own license

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Instituto Nacional de Salud

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0120-4157 / 2590-7379

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Spanish

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

115

2019

113

938

2020

632

2021

336

2022

272

2023

109

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Tropical Medicine

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mosquito-borne diseases and controlTrypanosoma species research and implicationsResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesMalaria Research and ControlViral Infections and Vectors

Frequently asked questions about Biomedica

Is Biomedica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biomedica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Biomedica?

Biomedica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.68.

Is Biomedica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biomedica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Biomedica?