About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Universitas Medica is an open-access scientific journal dedicated to disseminating research findings in the field of health sciences. Its objective is to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and the promotion of life care through the publication of high-quality articles aimed at professionals, educators, and researchers in medicine, nursing, and related disciplines, both nationally and internationally.

The journal, published on a continuous basis, is co-edited by the Hospital Universitario San Ignacio and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. It accepts original contributions, including scientific research articles, as well as systematic or integrative reviews that contribute to the consolidation of knowledge in various health areas.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

This journal does not impose article processing, publishing charges or embargo periods. All contents are available full-text without restriction.

Consult the policy here

Journal History

The journal "Universitas" was created in 1951 as an interdisciplinary Journal of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. In 1958 the School of Medicine created "Universitas Medica" as a continuation of Universitas.Desde entonces la revista se ha publicado en forma continua excepto en los años 1961 y 1988. In the google scholar web page of the journal one can acces the bibliografic data por al papers published by the journal:

https://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=es&user=wV862M4AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Because of it´s origin (The google search engine) this page may have multiple errors that we are continually trying to correct. Numbers 1-40 can only be accesed as physical documents. the complete text of numbers 41 (year 2000)- to 50 (year 2009) are availabe at:

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The complete text of more recent numbers are available in this web site.