Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat
ISSN 0212-0585 · eISSN 2530-3074 · Diputació de València · Spain
Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 14 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat is published by Diputació de València and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social Sciences and Policies, Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies and Spanish History and Politics, together about 26.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Debats. Revista valenciana de cultura i societat (ISSN 0212-0585 / ISSN-e 2530-3074) va nàixer el 1982 com una revista de la Institució Alfons el Magnànim (i tot seguit de la IVEI, Institució Valenciana d'Estudis i d'Investigació) de la Diputació de València amb la voluntat de promoure i actualitzar els grans debats de les ciències socials a València, donant peu a la participació d'importants figures en aquests camps.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences13.3%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences7.3%
- Spanish History and PoliticsArts and Humanities6.3%
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities6.3%
- Philosophical and Cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities5.5%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities5.3%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities4.4%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 57.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,602 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 23 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 25 |
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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted2
- articlesArticles: seran treballs teòrics o empírics originals, complets i desenvolupats.Length not stated
- ressenyesRessenyes: crítiques de llibres.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Mechanisms to detect plagiarism and scientific fraud. Model summary
La revista articularà mecanismes i controls per tal de detectar la comissió de plagis i fraus científics.
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
- Diputació de València
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Catalan
- ISSN
- 0212-0585
- Electronic ISSN
- 2530-3074
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat
What CAS zone is Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: APA. 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 Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat open access, and what is the APC?
Debats-Revista de Cultura Poder i Societat 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: .