Journal profile
El Higo
ISSN 2413-192X · eISSN 2413-1911 · Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería · Nicaragua
El Higo: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
El Higo is published by Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food and Agricultural Sciences, Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies and Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization, together about 24.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
- Agriculture and Agroindustry StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Agricultural Engineering and MechanizationEngineering6.9%
- Advanced Scientific Research MethodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Higher Education in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.9%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing4.5%
- Food Drying and ModelingAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 290 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 31 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial 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 Nacional de Ingeniería
- Country or region
- Nicaragua
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2413-192X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2413-1911
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about El Higo
How long does peer review take at El Higo?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Higo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, El Higo is indexed in DOAJ.
Is El Higo open access, and what is the APC?
El Higo 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: .