Journal profile
Ciencia y Cuidado
ISSN 1794-9831 · eISSN 2322-7028 · Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander · Colombia
Ciencia y Cuidado: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ciencia y Cuidado is published by Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Nursing care and research and Palliative and Oncologic Care, together about 33.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing13.9%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions12.2%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine7.5%
- Health Education and ValidationSocial Sciences4.7%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing4.4%
- Healthcare Quality and SatisfactionHealth Professions4.2%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology3.6%
- Family Caregiving in Mental IllnessPsychology3.6%
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.29OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 301 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 76 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 125 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 160 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 166 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 98 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 82 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1794-9831
- Electronic ISSN
- 2322-7028
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ciencia y Cuidado
How long does peer review take at Ciencia y Cuidado?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Ciencia y Cuidado?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ciencia y Cuidado is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Ciencia y Cuidado open access, and what is the APC?
Ciencia y Cuidado 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .