The journal Población y Salud en Mesoamérica is a free and open access electronic journal of the Centro Centroamericano de Población, University of Costa Rica. The journal receives national and international articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
The journal's coverage is related to public health, demography, public health policies and other health determinants related to populations and their composition.
The primary objective of this publication is to disseminate the results of research in the different disciplines of knowledge based on population studies from the demographic perspective, i.e. the determinants and consequences of the dynamics of the size and composition of human populations. We will also receive contributions based on public health research, where health is studied from a population perspective and subject to public policy interventions. Original papers that have not yet been published will be accepted.
The target audience of this publication are researchers, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, professionals in the thematic area of the journal and interested general public.
It is published every six months. The first issue is published on January 1st and covers the months from January to June, and the second issue is published on July 1st and covers the months from July to December. Articles are received throughout the year. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles
The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.
Category
Year
Quartile
Demography
2023
Q4
Epidemiology
2023
Q4
Health Informatics
2023
Q4
Health Policy
2023
Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
2023
Q4
SJR
The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from
It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.
Year
SJR
2023
0.122
Total Documents
Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.
Year
Documents
2019
18
2020
37
2021
13
2022
49
2023
24
Citations per document
This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.
Cites per document
Year
Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2019
0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2020
0.556
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2021
0.218
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2022
0.294
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2023
0.214
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2019
0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2020
0.556
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2021
0.218
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2022
0.294
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2023
0.202
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2019
0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2020
0.556
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2021
0.218
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2022
0.300
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2023
0.161
Total Cites Self-Cites
Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.
Cites
Year
Value
Self Cites
2019
0
Self Cites
2020
5
Self Cites
2021
0
Self Cites
2022
7
Self Cites
2023
2
Total Cites
2019
0
Total Cites
2020
10
Total Cites
2021
12
Total Cites
2022
20
Total Cites
2023
20
External Cites per Doc Cites per Doc
Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.
Cites
Year
Value
External Cites per document
2019
0
External Cites per document
2020
0.278
External Cites per document
2021
0.218
External Cites per document
2022
0.191
External Cites per document
2023
0.182
Cites per document
2019
0.000
Cites per document
2020
0.556
Cites per document
2021
0.218
Cites per document
2022
0.294
Cites per document
2023
0.202
% International Collaboration
International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.
Year
International Collaboration
2019
11.11
2020
2.70
2021
15.38
2022
6.12
2023
8.33
Citable documents Non-citable documents
Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.
Documents
Year
Value
Non-citable documents
2019
0
Non-citable documents
2020
0
Non-citable documents
2021
1
Non-citable documents
2022
1
Non-citable documents
2023
4
Citable documents
2019
0
Citable documents
2020
18
Citable documents
2021
54
Citable documents
2022
67
Citable documents
2023
95
Cited documents Uncited documents
Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.
Documents
Year
Value
Uncited documents
2019
0
Uncited documents
2020
14
Uncited documents
2021
43
Uncited documents
2022
52
Uncited documents
2023
82
Cited documents
2019
0
Cited documents
2020
4
Cited documents
2021
12
Cited documents
2022
16
Cited documents
2023
17
% Female Authors
Evolution of the percentage of female authors.
Year
Female Percent
2019
61.36
2020
67.80
2021
65.71
2022
58.11
2023
63.10
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)
Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.
Documents
Year
Value
Overton
2019
1
Overton
2020
0
Overton
2021
2
Overton
2022
0
Overton
2023
0
Documents related to SDGs (UN)
Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.
Documents
Year
Value
SDG
2019
13
SDG
2020
26
SDG
2021
9
SDG
2022
29
SDG
2023
17
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