Journal profile
Alternautas
ISSN 2057-4924 · University of Warwick · United Kingdom
Alternautas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 35% (journal website); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Alternautas is published by University of Warwick. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Politics and Society in Latin America, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development and Water Governance and Infrastructure, together about 24.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Alternautas is a multi-disciplinary journal devoted to counter-balancing mainstream understandings of development in/from Latin America – Abya Yala. Alternautas emerges from a desire to bridge language barriers by bringing Latin American critical development thinking to broader English-speaking audiences. The journal covers a broad range of development issues across regular and special issues. The journal was launched in 2014 and is fully open access, with no fees for readers or authors. More Less
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Politics and Society in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences9.2%
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.6%
- Water Governance and InfrastructureSocial Sciences6.9%
- Latin American Cultural PoliticsSocial Sciences6.3%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences5.8%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin AmericaSocial Sciences5.2%
- Indigenous Cultures and Socio-EducationSocial Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 222 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 21 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| 2022 | 91 | 91 | 207 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
8 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 8 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision
- 90 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted14, with length limits
- articlesArticlesLength not stated
- book review1. Peer-reviewed Articles Original articles between 7,000 and 10,000 words in total (including footnotes, tables, figures, and bibliography). 2. Dialogues This …main text ≤ 2,500 words
- book reviews4. Book reviews The Journal welcomes book reviews. The maximum length for book reviews is 2,500 words.Length not stated
- commentaries5. Commentaries Opinion pieces or essays that provide perspective on issues relevant to the journal. With a maximum of 2,000 words, these contributions offer cr…Length not stated
- commentary1. Peer-reviewed Articles Original articles between 7,000 and 10,000 words in total (including footnotes, tables, figures, and bibliography). 2. Dialogues This …Length not stated
- dialogues2. Dialogues This new section aims to stimulate debate and discussion between scholars in Latin America and the Anglophone academy and between academia and soci…Length not stated
- opinion1. Peer-reviewed Articles Original articles between 7,000 and 10,000 words in total (including footnotes, tables, figures, and bibliography). 2. Dialogues This …Length not stated
- original article1. Peer-reviewed Articles Original articles between 7,000 and 10,000 words in total (including footnotes, tables, figures, and bibliography). 2. Dialogues This …main text ≤ 10,000 words
- peer-reviewed articles1. Peer-reviewed Articles Original articles between 7,000 and 10,000 words in total (including footnotes, tables, figures, and bibliography).Length not stated
- perspective1. Peer-reviewed Articles Original articles between 7,000 and 10,000 words in total (including footnotes, tables, figures, and bibliography). 2. Dialogues This …Length not stated
- review1. Peer-reviewed Articles Original articles between 7,000 and 10,000 words in total (including footnotes, tables, figures, and bibliography). 2. Dialogues This …Length not stated
- reviewsReviewsLength not stated
- translations3. Translations We welcome proposals to translate manuscripts and intellectual production produced in/from Latin America - Abya Yala from Spanish, Portugues or …Length not stated
- viewpoint1. Peer-reviewed Articles Original articles between 7,000 and 10,000 words in total (including footnotes, tables, figures, and bibliography). 2. Dialogues This …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Authors retain copyright Model summary
Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License Model summary
All our content is published under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Fully open access Model summary
The journal was launched in 2014 and is fully open access, with no fees for readers or authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy for different submission types
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Most submission types in this journal are externally peer reviewed, but some sections follow a different evaluation process. Original research articles undergo external double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers. Dialogues, translations, book reviews and commentaries are evaluated and approved by the editorial team. These contributions do not normally undergo external peer revi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
Alternautas may accept submissions of papers that have been posted on pre-print servers; please alert the Editorial Office when submitting (contact details are at the end of these guidelines) and include the DOI for the preprint in the designated field in the manuscript submission system.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Author archiving policy Model summary
Authors may share and post on any website, including an institutional or subject repository, the Final Published PDF, the accepted version or the submitted version once the paper is accepted for publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Warwick
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2057-4924
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Alternautas
How long does peer review take at Alternautas?
The publisher reports about 8 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35%. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Alternautas?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Alternautas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Alternautas is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Alternautas open access, and what is the APC?
Alternautas 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, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .