Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Disena
ISSN 0718-8447 · eISSN 2452-4298 · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · Chile
Disena: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Disena is published by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Design Education and Practice, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction and Architecture, Modernity, and Design, together about 34.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering14.1%
- Innovative Human-Technology InteractionComputer Science10.7%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering9.8%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences8.5%
- Sustainable Design and DevelopmentEngineering8.5%
- Crafts, Textile, and DesignArts and Humanities5.2%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities5.2%
- Decolonial Thought and EpistemologiesSocial Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 184/692 | 73rd |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 315/744 | 57th |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | Q3 | 30/48 | 38th |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 194/300 | 35th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 231 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 45 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 92 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 109 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 53 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 37 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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-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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Country or region
- Chile
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0718-8447
- Electronic ISSN
- 2452-4298
- 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 Disena
How long does peer review take at Disena?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Disena?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Disena is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Disena open access, and what is the APC?
Disena 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; 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: .