Journal profile
Documentacion Administrativa
ISSN 1989-8983 · Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP) · Spain
Documentacion Administrativa: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Documentacion Administrativa is published by Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Administrative Law and Governance, Public Administration and Governance and Public Policy and Administration Research, together about 62.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista Documentación Administrativa es, dentro de las publicaciones periódicas de la especialidad, una referencia insoslayable en la construcción doctrinal del Derecho Administrativo y de la Ciencia de la Administración españolas. Nacida en 1958, acumula ya más de medio siglo de vida en el que su principal signo de identidad ha consistido en ser una publicación volcada a la reflexión, desde el derecho y las ciencias de la administración, sobre la reforma administrativa, la organización administrativa y la función pública. En 2020 se inicia una nueva época, orientada al tratamiento del régimen jurídico y las cuestiones del personal al servicio del Estado. La contribución proyectada es ofrecer reflexiones sobre el presente y el futuro del empleo público, institución clave de la buena administración. Al fin, las personas somos responsables del correcto cumplimiento de los cometidos en las organizaciones, de manera que cada uno de los elementos del estatuto de los servidores públicos importa a la ciudadanía.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences29%
- Public Administration and GovernanceSocial Sciences22%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences11.8%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science4.8%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences4%
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences2.8%
- Labor Law and Work DynamicsSocial Sciences2.8%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences2.6%
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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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
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,896 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 55 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 83 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 119 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 216 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 90 |
| 2021 | 120 | 120 | 111 |
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-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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- artículosArtículos: trabajos de investigación (teóricos o empíricos) que ofrezcan un estudio original, crítico, completo (legal, jurisprudencial y doctrinal) y sistemáti…Length not stated
- crónicas internacionalesCrónicas internacionales: trabajos de investigación (teóricos o empíricos) que ofrezcan un estudio original, crítico, completo y sistemático de un tema y que of…Length not stated
- recensionesRecensiones: serán comentarios críticos de monografías relacionadas con la temática principal de la revista.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Cesión de derechos y licencia Creative Commons
Los autores que publiquen en las revistas del Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública, O. A. conservarán sus derechos de autor, pero garantizarán a las mismas el derecho de primera publicación de su obra, el cual estará simultáneamente sujeto a la licencia de reconocimiento de Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), que permite a terceros compartir el con…
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 Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP)
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1989-8983
- Print ISSN
- 0012-4494
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Documentacion Administrativa
How long does peer review take at Documentacion Administrativa?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Documentacion Administrativa?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: APA; 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 Documentacion Administrativa?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Documentacion Administrativa is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Documentacion Administrativa open access, and what is the APC?
Documentacion Administrativa 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .