Journal profile
Costos y Gestion
ISSN 2545-8329 · Instituto Argentino de Profesores Universitarios de Costos (IAPUCo) · Argentina
Costos y Gestion: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 32 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Costos y Gestion is published by Instituto Argentino de Profesores Universitarios de Costos (IAPUCo). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Accounting and Organizational Management, Accounting and Financial Management and Accounting Theory and Financial Reporting, together about 50.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IAPUCo has published its journal uninterruptedly since 1991, under the name “Revista Costos y Gestión”. The edition is biannual (March and September), and it publishes technical research by the most prominent authors, both Argentine and from around the world, in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese, with national and foreign subscribers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting23%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting16.5%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting10.9%
- Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Agricultural economics and policiesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Agriculture and Agroindustry StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Agricultural and Financial AuditingAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Business Strategies and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
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
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 147 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 6 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 3 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
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 32 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 32 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 | |
| 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 websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- AI use Update on Artificial Intelligence Use Policies
AI use policies for authorship, peer review, and scientific editing, aligned with COPE and the Heredia Declaration, effective January 1, 2026. Model summary
As of January 1, 2026, Costos y Gestión has specific policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence in authorship, peer review, and scientific editing processes, in line with COPE recommendations and the Heredia Declaration. Authors and reviewers are invited to consult the current policies before submitting a new manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Sponsorship Disclosure
The journal does not receive sponsorship from external entities. The publication of Costos y Gestión is funded exclusively by the Instituto Argentino de Profesores Universitarios de Costos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content, seeking to promote knowledge exchange through free and open public access to research.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Any submission that does not meet the formal requirements outlined in the "Guidelines for Authors" will be returned for adjustment and compliance. Prior to assigning a reviewer, the editorial team of the journal will determine if the article is suitable to initiate the evaluation process. (A preliminary reading is conducted, assessing some basic content aspects.) In response to this, the article m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
The journal uses plagiarism detection software on submitted articles before pre-review. The editor evaluates various sections of the submissions using the online tool https://www.duplichecker.com/. Plagiarism detection will result in the automatic rejection of the submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving policy
Authors may only archive the post-peer-reviewed version (publisher's post-print). Archiving the pre-peer-reviewed version is not permitted. Self-archiving of published articles in institutional or thematic repositories, or on personal websites, is allowed.
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
- Instituto Argentino de Profesores Universitarios de Costos (IAPUCo)
- Country or region
- Argentina
- Language
- English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
- ISSN
- 2545-8329
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Costos y Gestion
How long does peer review take at Costos y Gestion?
Authors report an average review time of about 32 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 Costos y Gestion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Costos y Gestion is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Costos y Gestion open access, and what is the APC?
Costos y Gestion 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: .