Journal profile
El Agora USB
ISSN 1657-8031 · eISSN 2665-3354 · Universidad de San Buenaventura · Colombia
El Agora USB: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 2 weeks (community reports); 33 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
El Agora USB is published by Universidad de San Buenaventura. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia, History and Politics in Latin America and Education and Teacher Training, together about 34.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conflict, Peace, and Violence in ColombiaSocial Sciences18.1%
- History and Politics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences11.3%
- Education and Teacher TrainingSocial Sciences5.6%
- Memory, violence, and historyPsychology5.1%
- Social Issues and Policies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.7%
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences4.2%
- Educational theories and practicesSocial Sciences3.7%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences3.5%
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
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 704 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 5 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 24 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | 58 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 73 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
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 2 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 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-ND | |
| 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
- Universidad de San Buenaventura
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1657-8031
- Electronic ISSN
- 2665-3354
- 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 El Agora USB
How long does peer review take at El Agora USB?
Authors report an average review time of about 2 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 El Agora USB?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, El Agora USB is indexed in DOAJ.
Is El Agora USB open access, and what is the APC?
El Agora USB 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .