Journal profile · MANAGEMENT

Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle

ISSN 0120-4645 · eISSN 2256-5078 · Universidad del Valle · Colombia

Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zoneZone 4 · Management2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 4 · Management
Review timeabout 16 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year202025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle is published by Universidad del Valle 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 Business, Innovation, and Economy, Organizational Management and Innovation and Business, Education, Mathematics Research, together about 38.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Cuadernos de Administración is an open access scientific journal that publishes on a continuous basis, with three (3) issues per volume (year). Its purpose is to validate and disseminate original articles and literature reviews in English, focused on the field of administration and organizational management. The main topics addressed by the journal include:

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT

Editor-in-chief John WillmerPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 3, Colombia 3, France 1, Canada 1, Mexico 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20.3%
  2. Organizational Management and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting9.3%
  3. Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting8.7%
  4. Diverse Applied Research StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
  5. Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
  6. Educational and Organizational DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
  7. Higher Education and SustainabilitySocial Sciences4.9%
  8. Education and Teacher TrainingSocial Sciences4.1%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorManagementZone 4
MinorManagementZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorManagementZone 4
MinorManagementZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

Database indexing

ESCIDOAJLetPub

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
17OpenAlex ·
i10-index
60OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.22OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
0%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
98.25%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
17LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 811 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202614140
202520204
202425259
2023373729
2022272774
20214646177

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.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJNo APCNoCC BY-NC-SA
LetPubNo APCNo—
Publisher websiteNo APC——

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, Authorship, Open access
AI use Use of AI by authors

Responsibility. AI cannot be considered as a co-author of the manuscripts submitted to the journal; AI is a tool, not a co-author. As it is not a legal entity, it cannot determine the existence or non-existence of conflicts of interest or manage copyright and licensing agreements. Those who perform the role of authorship are human beings, and only they can be recognized as having the capacity—in t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Authorship Authorship

In compliance with the ICMJE recommendations, the journal adopts its definition of authorship, urging the avoidance of inappropriate practices such as “gift authorship” or unjustified inclusion/exclusion of authors. The four requirements that define authorship, it is reiterated, are the following:

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access Open Access

The journal subscribes to the open access movement and the principles of the Budapest Declaration of 2002, with its subsequent updates (BOAI10, BOAI15, BOAI20: https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/), which aims to make refereed scientific knowledge accessible, at no cost to users and readers, through the internet, and to benefit the development of science, knowledge and the solution of pro…

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 del Valle
Country or region
Colombia
Language
English, Spanish
ISSN
0120-4645
Electronic ISSN
2256-5078
Latest issue on the website
Volume 42, Issue 84 (2026)
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle

What CAS zone is Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. 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 Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle?

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.

Where are the editorial board members of Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle based?

Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (3), Colombia (3) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.

Which databases index Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.

Is Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle open access, and what is the APC?

Cuadernos de Administracion-Universidad del Valle 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: .