Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Aula de Encuentro
ISSN 1137-8778 · eISSN 2341-4847 · Universidad de Jaén · Spain
Aula de Encuentro: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 5 weeks (community reports); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aula de Encuentro is published by Universidad de Jaén and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education and Teacher Training, Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation and Educational Innovations and Technology, together about 28% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La revista Aula de Encuentro. Revista de investigación y comunicación de experiencias educativas, inició su andadura en 1997. Está editada por el Centro Universitario SAFA y publicada a través del Servicio de Publicaciones de UJA. Presenta como objetivo prioritario el de fomentar la investigación y la comunicación, el intercambio de ideas y la reflexión compartida entre distintos profesionales de la enseñanza, a nivel nacional e internacional, al igual que ofrecer planteamientos y experiencias didácticas que favorezcan una educación innovadora que potencie el desarrollo integral del alumnado para promover la convivencia, el respeto a las diferencias individuales, así como la igualdad, la justicia y la solidaridad y evitar la discriminación. Aula de Encuentro va dirigida al público en general, y especialmente, a los docentes e investigadores relacionados con la educación.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education and Teacher TrainingSocial Sciences10.1%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences9.1%
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science8.9%
- Literacy and Educational PracticesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Educational Practices and PoliciesSocial Sciences7.5%
- E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science7.2%
- Educational theories and practicesSocial Sciences6.8%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | 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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 93.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 497 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 22 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 46 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 63 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 60 |
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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- experienciasEn el caso de las experiencias, sólo serán admitidos artículos que dispongan de los siguientes apartados: introducción/Justificación, Descripción y estado de la…Length not stated
- investigacionesEn el caso de investigaciones, sólo serán aceptados artículos que contengan los siguientes apartados: Introdución/Justificación, Objetivo/s del estudio, Revisió…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Self-archiving
- License & copyright
Copyright: autores conservan derechos, licencia CC BY, primera publicación a la revista Model summary
Los autores conservan los derechos de autor y garantizan a la revista el derecho de ser la primera publicación del trabajo al igual que licenciado bajo una Creative Commons Attribution License que permite a otros compartir el trabajo con un reconocimiento de la autoría del trabajo y la publicación inicial en esta revista.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Revisión por pares ciega Model summary
Si esta enviando a una sección de la revista que se revisa por pares, tiene que asegurase que las instrucciones en Asegurando de una revisión a ciegas han sido seguidas.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Originalidad: no publicado ni presentado a otra revista Model summary
La petición no ha sido publicada previamente, ni se ha presentado a otra revista (o se ha proporcionado una explicación en Comentarios al editor).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Difusión de preprints
La política editorial de la revista garantiza la total libertad del autor/a para depositar y difundir sus preprints (versiones del manuscrito no sometidas a revisión por pares) en servidores o repositorios públicos en cualquier fase del proceso editorial, sin ninguna restricción temporal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Permite preprint/postprint en repositorios Model summary
Se permite y se anima a los autores a difundir sus trabajos electrónicamente (por ejemplo, en repositorios institucionales o en su propio sitio web) antes y durante el proceso de envío, ya que puede dar lugar a intercambios productivos, así como a una citación más temprana y mayor de los trabajos publicados
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
- Universidad de Jaén
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1137-8778
- Electronic ISSN
- 2341-4847
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aula de Encuentro
What CAS zone is Aula de Encuentro in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aula de Encuentro is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Aula de Encuentro?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 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 Aula de Encuentro?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aula de Encuentro is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Aula de Encuentro open access, and what is the APC?
Aula de Encuentro 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .