Journal profile · NURSING
Aquichan
ISSN 1657-5997 · eISSN 2027-5374 · Universidad de La Sabana · COLOMBIA · Semiannual
Aquichan: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 202 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 41 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aquichan is published by Universidad de La Sabana. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing care and research, Nursing education and management and Health Education and Validation, together about 36.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aquichan, a journal of medical and health sciences from the field of health sciences and, more specifically, nursing, publishes articles resulting from investigations from a point of view of epistemology, evidence-based practice, chronic care, promotion and prevention. The articles are for the academic and scientific community, both in Colombia and abroad. The journal accepts original, previously unpublished papers in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, which are the product of a research or a review and which are not being evaluated by other scientific journals, either in print or electronic form.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions14.9%
- Nursing education and managementNursing12.8%
- Health Education and ValidationSocial Sciences9%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing6.8%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine6%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing4.9%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions3.4%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions3.4%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Assisting | Q2 | 3/6 | 58th |
| Critical Care Nursing | Q3 | 17/28 | 41st |
| Gerontology | Q4 | 31/40 | 23rd |
| Research and Theory | Q4 | 18/22 | 20th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.82OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 731 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 225 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 358 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 530 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 610 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 537 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 460 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
202 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 159 days – 243 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 116 days (31 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 315 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (64 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 36 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 | |
| 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 La Sabana
- Country or region
- COLOMBIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 1657-5997
- Electronic ISSN
- 2027-5374
- 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 Aquichan
How long does peer review take at Aquichan?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 202 days (interquartile range 159–243 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Aquichan?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aquichan is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Aquichan open access, and what is the APC?
Aquichan 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: .