Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion
ISSN 1409-3049 · eISSN 1659-3286 · Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion is published by Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, E-Learning and Knowledge Management and Educational Technology in Learning, together about 34.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bibliotecas es una revista de carácter académico de la Escuela de Bibliotecología, Documentación e Información de la Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Tiene como objetivo principal la divulgación del conocimiento científico resultado de las investigaciones realizadas por profesionales en bibliotecología, documentación, información y temáticas afines.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities14.1%
- E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science12.3%
- Educational Technology in LearningComputer Science8.1%
- Higher Education and SustainabilitySocial Sciences7.1%
- Literacy and Educational PracticesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science5%
- Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental DynamicsEnvironmental Science4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | 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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 244 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 18 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
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 Nacional, Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1409-3049
- Electronic ISSN
- 1659-3286
- 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 Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion
What CAS zone is Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Information Science & Library Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA; 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 Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion open access, and what is the APC?
Bibliotecas-Revista de la Escuela de Bibliotecologia Documentacion e Informacion 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: .