Saltus was created so that what is seen and learned in the clinics and hospitals of Latin America and the Caribbean reaches those who need it.
Founded in 2026 in Ecuador, it is an open-access scientific journal of clinical case reports from all specialties, published in Spanish and English. It grows from a simple conviction: the clinical experience of our region deserves to circulate with the same rigor, and the same visibility, as that of anywhere else in the world.
Each manuscript goes through editorial screening, double-anonymous peer review and a checklist matched to its design (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, SANRA, CARE or PROCESS). Everything we publish is free to read and download under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, and we charge authors no fees.
Overview
Aims and scope
Aims
- Give visibility to clinical cases from Latin America and the Caribbean, across all specialties.
- Publish methodologically sound work, assessed through double-anonymous peer review and international reporting guidelines.
- Offer physicians, residents and health teams free, open access to evidence that is useful in practice.
- Support authors from the region, especially first-time authors, with clear and respectful editorial feedback.
Scope
We publish only two formats: case reports (one patient) and case series (several patients), from the clinical areas listed below. No other article types.
We accept manuscripts in Spanish or English. The title, abstract and keywords must always be provided in both languages. Each type of work is assessed with the reporting guideline that applies to it.
Standards from the first issue
- Mandatory CARE checklist
- Signed informed consent
- “Patient perspective” section
- “The leap” box: the case's contribution
- Crossref DOI and ORCID for all authors
- COPE and ICMJE policies
- Plagiarism screening on every submission
- International editorial board
- Double-blind peer review
Specialties covered
- Internal medicine
- Pediatrics and pediatric surgery
- General surgery
- Tropical medicine and infectious diseases
- Neurology
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Dentistry and maxillofacial surgery
- Family medicine and primary care
- Imaging
- Sports medicine
- Frequency
- Biannual Configurable by the editorial board. Continuous publication of accepted articles planned.
- Access
- Open No subscriptions or paywalls for readers.
- Review
- Peer Double anonymous: reviewers do not see the authors and authors do not see the reviewers.
- Languages
- ES · EN Manuscripts in Spanish, English or both; metadata in both languages.
Open access
Open access policy
All published content is freely available online. Articles are published under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license and authors retain their copyright. The journal does not charge authors any fees.
Indexing
Roadmap
Databases the journal will apply to once it meets each one's requirements. The journal is not indexed yet.
- First stage
- Google Scholar
- Short term
- DOAJ
- Latindex
- SciELO · Redalyc
- Medium term
- Scopus
- PubMed / MEDLINE
Institution
Institutional information
- Publisher
- PEDIATRICSURGERYLATAM EDITORIAL S.A.S.Simplified joint-stock company, incorporated on 11 October 2026.
- Based in
- Loja, EcuadorJournal's base.
- Editorial leadership
- Dr. Miguel David Álvarez SaltosEditor-in-Chief · Technical Editor. The editorial board is on its own page.
- ISSN
- In processIt will be shown here as soon as the ISSN centre assigns it.
- Contact
- editor@saltusjournal.orgEditorial office email.
Company details as registered with Ecuador's Superintendency of Companies, Securities and Insurance and the Internal Revenue Service.
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