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ABCS Health Sciences

Faculdade de Medicina do ABC · Brazil · Est. 2013

ISSN2318-4965eISSN2357-8114
DOAJOpen Access
H-Indexi
20
Total Worksi
617
Total Citationsi
1,780
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.39
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

About the Journal Focus and Scope ABCS Health Sciences is an inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal, refereed and open to contributions from the international scientific community. Its mission is to publish and disseminate relevant contributions of interest in the Health Sciences. Peer Review Process All manuscripts received (in Portuguese or English) undergo peer review. The Editorial Board chooses external experts (reviewers) to issue anonymous opinion on the manuscript. These opinions are sent to the authors, along with the editors´ comments. If there is a possibility of publication, the authors should review the manuscript considering the suggestions and corrections or present reasons for non-compliance. The manuscripts will be approved for publication only after the final evaluation by reviewers and approval by the Editorial Board. Authors may be asked to rectify formatting issues in text before the manuscript is sent for analysis by reviewers. Open Access Policy This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that freely available scientific knowledge to the public supports a greater global democratization of knowledge. Authors are encouraged to promote the dissemination of their articles through repositories, following the policy described in the directory Diadorim . Article Processing Charges This journal does not charge the authors any fee related to submission and processing of manuscripts. Authors who wish to publish a second version of the article in another language should be responsible for the additional costs involved. Ethical Considerations ABCS Health Sciences follows the ethical conduct and guidelines of the document Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (available in www.icmje.org ) for publication of scientific articles. In addition, it is required that all the ethical criteria for research on humans or animals must be respected. Therefore,

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil
Primary LanguageEnglish, Portuguese
1st Year Published2013
Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications617
Publisher OrgFaculdade de Medicina do ABC
OA Since2012
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2318-4965 / 2357-8114
Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English, Portuguese

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
60
198
2019
38
70
2020
51
163
2021
66
87
2022
30
44
2023
42
33
2024
32
6
2025
17
0
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, Nursing, Elderly CareHealthcare during COVID-19 PandemicHealthcare RegulationScience and Education ResearchHealth Education and ValidationMaternal and Neonatal HealthcarePublic Health in BrazilYouth, Drugs, and ViolencePhysical Education and GymnasticsScience and Science Education

Frequently asked questions about ABCS Health Sciences

Is ABCS Health Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ABCS Health Sciences: 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 ABCS Health Sciences?

ABCS Health Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.39.

Is ABCS Health Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ABCS Health Sciences is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of ABCS Health Sciences?

About the Journal Focus and Scope ABCS Health Sciences is an inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal, refereed and open to contributions from the international scientific community. Its mission is to publish and disseminate relevant contributions of interest in the Health Sciences. Peer Review Process All manuscripts received (in Portuguese or English) undergo peer review. The Editorial Board chooses external experts (reviewers) to issue anonymous opinion on the manuscript. These opinions are sent to the authors, along with the editors´ comments. If there is a possibility of publicatio

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref