About the Journal

Acta Biomedica (ActaBiomed), an international Journal focusing on Medicine, Surgery, Nursing Sciences and allied Health Professions, is a peer-reviewed, open access, bi-monthly published.

The Journal publishes English contributions mainly from Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Asian Countries, even though contributions from other Countries are welcome.

ActaBiomed publishes Original articles, Reviews, Letters to the Editor, Case reports. 

Papers are considered for publication only based on the rigor of scientific approach.

From January 1st, 2024 no more than one supplement per year will be taken in consideration, after the approval of the Editor in Chief, following the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations on “Supplements, Theme Issues, and Special Series” and the related guidance in this section.

For further information and supplement quotations please contact: valeriaceci@mattiolihealth.com.

ActaBiomed is indexed by Scopus, Portico, EMBASE, Elsevier BioBASE, Bibliovigilance, Google Scholar. The Journal has a web site (www.actabiomedica.it) and is published by "Mattioli 1885", an experienced Company in scientific journal publication in Italy. ActaBiomed offers three additional services: “ABM-Online-first” and “Fast publication”.

The Journal publishes 6 regular issues for year: N. 1 (February issue), N. 2 (April issue), N. 3 (June issue), N. 4 (August issue), N. 5 (October issue), N. 6 (December issue).

ActaBiomed, founded in 1804, is official expression of the Society of Medicine and Life Sciences of Parma, Parma, Italy, and it is one of the oldest published Journals in the world (ref. http://somedparma.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/04-editoriale-virdis.pdf).