Journal profile
CITAS
ISSN 2422-4529 · Universidad Santo Tomás · Colombia
CITAS: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 32 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CITAS is published by Universidad Santo Tomás. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Educational Innovations and Technology, Educational Technology and E-Learning and Online and Blended Learning, together about 29.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La revista CITAS de la Universidad Santo Tomás, tiene como objetivo: Presentar los avances y resultados de trabajos de investigación relacionados con ciencia, innovación, tecnología, ambiente y sociedad de las facultades de la Universidad Santo Tomás, de otras Instituciones de Educación Superior (IES), y de entidades públicas y privadas interesadas en estos temas. Compartir experiencias y promover la generación de nuevo conocimiento, mediante la difusión de avances de proyectos de gestión (empresarial, ambiental y/o social), innovación, emprendimiento y transferencia tecnológica de impacto nacional e internacional. Incentivar la producción académica de los docentes, estudiantes y egresados de la Universidad Santo Tomás y de otras IES. La revista CITAS se encuentra incluida en la base de datos de la Plataforma ScienTI para el registro de artículos de investigación en CvLAC. Reconocida por MinCiencias como revista científica, cambia su periodicidad a edicíón semestral. La revista es de acceso abierto, lo que significa que tanto los autores como los lectores pueden presentar textos, publicar y acceder a nuestra publicación sin ningún cargo.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief PhD. Juan Carlos Olaya MolanoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 8 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science11.6%
- Educational Technology and E-LearningComputer Science9.6%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences8%
- Higher Education in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences6.5%
- Educational Technology in LearningComputer Science6%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Organizational Management and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Education during COVID-19 pandemicSocial Sciences4.5%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
LatinRev, DialnetPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 218 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 39 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 22 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 23 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 11 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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-SA | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Plantilla para la presentación de artículos Model summary
Plantilla para la presentación de artículos
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Política de investigación e innovación, creación artística y cultural Model summary
Política de investigación e innovación, creación artística y cultural
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Lineamientos de innovación y propiedad intelectual Multicampus Model summary
Lineamientos de innovación y propiedad intelectual Multicampus
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism policy: authors must publicly retract in case of plagiarism, misrepresentation, or omission; retraction or correction of the publication will be considered depending on the severity of the offense. Model summary
En caso de detectarse plagio, suplantación de información u omisión de la misma, el autor está obligado a retractarse públicamente y, dependiendo de la gravedad de la falta, se estimará el retiro o corrección de la publicación.
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 Santo Tomás
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- Spanish, English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2422-4529
- 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 CITAS
How long does peer review take at CITAS?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Where are the editorial board members of CITAS based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index CITAS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CITAS is indexed in DOAJ.
Is CITAS open access, and what is the APC?
CITAS 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: .