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Scientia Medica

Faculdade de Medicina : Hospital Sao Lucas da PUCRS · Brazil · Est. 2005

ISSN1980-6108

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total62

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.152

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.11

Total Worksi

763

Total Citationsi

1,974

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, General & Internal; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguagePortuguese

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications763

Publisher OrgEditora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS)

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Faculdade de Medicina : Hospital Sao Lucas da PUCRS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1980-6108

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

Portuguese

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

197

2020

202

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health, Nursing, Elderly CareToxoplasma gondii Research StudiesHealth Education and ValidationPublic Health in BrazilMaternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealthcare RegulationObesity, Physical Activity, DietHealthcare during COVID-19 PandemicYouth, Drugs, and ViolenceNutrition and Health in Aging

Frequently asked questions about Scientia Medica

Is Scientia Medica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientia Medica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 62/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Scientia Medica?

Scientia Medica 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 0.56.

Is Scientia Medica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientia Medica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Scientia Medica?