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Acta Scientiarum - Health Sciences

Universidade Estadual de Maringa · Brazil · Est. 2003

ISSN1807-8648

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q4+5

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total30

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

0.123

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.192

Total Works

770

Total Citations

3,308

2yr Mean Citedness

0.25

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on public health issues, including the regulation of medicinal cannabinoids in Brazil, the prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension among healthcare workers in Iran, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cutaneous leishmaniasis control in Brazil. It also covers studies on visceral leishmaniasis, bone regeneration, e-cigarette use, dentists' knowledge of herpetic gingivostomatitis, sella turcica morphology, quality of life in breast cancer patients with lymphedema, surgical site infections in Brazil, work-life quality among dentists, COVID-19 patient blood groups, aquatic exercises for older adults, and nomophobia in gifted children.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish, Portuguese

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications770

Publisher OrgUniversidade Estadual de Maringá

OA Since1997

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~40 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Cariniana Network

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade Estadual de Maringa

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1807-8648

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

Cariniana Network

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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, Portuguese

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health, Nursing, Elderly CareMaternal and Neonatal HealthcareYouth, Drugs, and ViolencePublic Health in BrazilBreastfeeding Practices and InfluencesHealthcare RegulationObesity, Physical Activity, DietDental Health and Care UtilizationInjury Epidemiology and PreventionPalliative and Oncologic Care