Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY
Actualidades en Psicologia
ISSN 0258-6444 · eISSN 2215-3535 · Universidad de Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Actualidades en Psicologia: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Actualidades en Psicologia is published by Universidad de Costa Rica and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health and Lifestyle Studies, Stress and Burnout Research and Educational Outcomes and Influences, together about 30% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions10.4%
- Stress and Burnout ResearchPsychology9.8%
- Educational Outcomes and InfluencesSocial Sciences9.8%
- Social Skills and EducationSocial Sciences7.5%
- Aging, Health, and DisabilityMedicine6%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Educational Methods and Psychological StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Psychology Research and BibliometricsPsychology3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 92.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 454 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 10 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 2 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 38 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 41 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 58 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0258-6444
- Electronic ISSN
- 2215-3535
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Actualidades en Psicologia
What CAS zone is Actualidades en Psicologia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Actualidades en Psicologia is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Actualidades en Psicologia?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Actualidades en Psicologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Actualidades en Psicologia is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Actualidades en Psicologia open access, and what is the APC?
Actualidades en Psicologia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .