Journal profile · COMMUNICATION
Area Abierta
ISSN 1578-8393 · Ediciones Complutense · Spain
Area Abierta: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Area Abierta is published by Ediciones Complutense and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Media, Journalism, and Communication History and Spanish Culture and Identity, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Área Abierta. Revista de comunicación audiovisual y publicitaria is a journal devoted to audiovisual communication and advertising. It accepts academic articles from the field of photography, cinema, television, new media, audiovisual journalism and audiovisual advertising. In an attempt to be interdisciplinary, it considers technological, industrial, historical, social, aesthetic and cultural approaches. It is intended for communication researchers, teachers and students. Área Abierta publishes original and unpublished blind peer-reviewed articles. It accepts texts in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 5, Argentina 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities15.2%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities13.6%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities10.7%
- Advertising and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences7.9%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences7%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science6.1%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities4.2%
- Communication and COVID-19 ImpactSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | 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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 308 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 2 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 11 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 9 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 54 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 49 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted1
- original articlesÁrea Abierta accepts for consideration original and unpublished articles written in Spanish, English or Portuguese with a length of no more than 8,000 words and…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics
Non-sexist language Model summary
Área Abierta is committed to the non-sexist use of language. For this reason, it is encouraged to use inclusive language, avoiding generic masculine language in Spanish (e.g.: alumnado instead of alumnos, etc.).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
To promote the global exchange of knowledge, Área Abierta facilitates unrestricted access to its contents from the moment of its publication in this electronic edition, and that is why it is an open-access magazine. The originals published in this journal are property of the Complutense University of Madrid and it is mandatory to cite their origin in any total or partial reproduction. All content …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
To promote the global exchange of knowledge, Área Abierta facilitates unrestricted access to its contents from the moment of its publication in this electronic edition, and that is why it is an open-access magazine.
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
- Ediciones Complutense
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1578-8393
- Print ISSN
- 2530-7592
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 2 (2026)
- 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 Area Abierta
What CAS zone is Area Abierta in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Area Abierta is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Communication. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Area Abierta?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Area Abierta?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Area Abierta based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (5) and Argentina (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Area Abierta?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Area Abierta is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Area Abierta open access, and what is the APC?
Area Abierta 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, Publisher website; 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: .