Journal profile · ENERGY & FUELS-ENGINEERING, PETROLEUM
CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro
ISSN 0122-5383 · eISSN 2382-4581 · Ecopetrol S.A. · COLOMBIA
CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.43; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 10 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro is published by Ecopetrol S.A. and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Petroleum Processing and Analysis, together about 33.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ocean Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The objective of CT&F is to publish the achievements of scientific research and technological developments of Ecopetrol S.A. and the research of other institutions in the field of oil, gas, and alternative energy sources. CT&F welcomes original, novel, and high-impact contributions from all the fields in the oil and gas industry like Acquisition and Exploration technologies, Basins characterization and modeling, Petroleum geology, Reservoir modeling, Enhanced Oil Recovery Technologies, Unconventional resources, Petroleum refining, Petrochemistry, Upgrading technologies, Technologies for fuels quality, Process modeling, and optimization, Supply chain optimization, Biofuels, Renewable energies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENERGY & FUELS-ENGINEERING, PETROLEUM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsEngineering12.5%
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisEngineering11.1%
- Petroleum Processing and AnalysisChemistry9.8%
- Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesEngineering8.7%
- Drilling and Well EngineeringEngineering6.9%
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEngineering6.4%
- Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin AmericaEarth and Planetary Sciences6.2%
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarth and Planetary Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Petroleum | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Petroleum | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Petroleum | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCASGeoRefSciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, Portico, Latindex, Publindex
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
- Impact factor
- 0.43LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 470 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 7 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 61 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- Word
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprint
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- editorialCT&F- Ciencia, Tecnología y Futuro (ISSN 0122-5383; e-ISSN 2382-4581) is an Open Access (under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License) peer-revie…Length not stated
- review articleDocuments that are the result of research that integrates, systemizes, analyzes and express a review on the results of published or unpublished scientific and t…references ≤ 50
- review articlesREVIEW ARTICLES: documents that are the result of research that integrates, systemizes, analyzes, and express a review on the results of published or unpublishe…Length not stated
- scientific and technological research articlesSCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH ARTICLES: documents that present in detail the original results of research projects. Document structure generally include…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
To ensure transparency and accountability in scientific publishing, authors must disclose the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in accordance with the following guidelines:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
Two-month deadline for author corrections Model summary
Authors will have a maximum period of two (2) months to submit the requested corrections at any stage of the editorial process
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Creative Commons License, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Plagiarism The submissions to be revised by commercial iThenticate anti-plagiarism tool. Publication Fees and APC The Ecopetrol S.A covers all the expenses associated with the editorial process of the CT&F - Ciencia, Tecnología & Fu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
CT&F has adopted the use of "double-blind” review
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening via iThenticate Model summary
The submissions to be revised by commercial iThenticate anti-plagiarism tool.
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
- Ecopetrol S.A.
- Country or region
- COLOMBIA
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0122-5383
- Electronic ISSN
- 2382-4581
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro
What CAS zone is CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Energy & Fuels / Engineering, Petroleum. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.43; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: Word; Graphical abstract: 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 CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAS, GeoRef and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro open access, and what is the APC?
CT&F-Ciencia Tecnologia y Futuro 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: .