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Poblacion y Salud en Mesoamerica

Universidad de Costa Rica · Costa Rica · Est. 2004

ISSN1659-0201eISSN1659-0201

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

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.22

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.235

Total Works

466

Total Citations

1,189

2yr Mean Citedness

0.10

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Aims & Scope

This journal is dedicated to the dissemination of research on population from a demographic perspective, and public health.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionCosta Rica

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published2004

Frequencybiannually

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications466

Publisher OrgCentro Centroamericano de Población

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2002

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad de Costa Rica

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1659-0201 / 1659-0201

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

N/A

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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?

Spanish

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

DemographyQ3

EpidemiologyQ3

Health InformaticsQ4

Health PolicyQ4

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Demography

Scopus Categories

DemographyHealth InformaticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth PolicyEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health and Lifestyle StudiesAging, Health, and DisabilityPublic Health and Social InequalitiesPublic Health and Environmental IssuesMaternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealthcare Systems and ReformsFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsChild Nutrition and Water AccessGlobal Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology