Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History and Philosophy of Science
Episteme
ISSN 2027-7504 · eISSN 2711-3833 · Universidad Santo Tomás · Colombia
Episteme: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Episteme is published by Universidad Santo Tomás. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia, Latin American Literature Analysis and Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies, together about 27.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Episteme. Revista de divulgación en estudios socioterritoriales (ISSN en línea: 2711-3833) es una publicación de divulgación científica en acceso abierto publicada por la Universidad Santo Tomás, seccional Villavicencio (Colombia), de manera semestral. Fundada en 2010, la revista publica artículos inéditos de diversas áreas del conocimiento como: agua, biodiversidad, economía circular, transición energética, estudios socioterritoriales, bioeconomía y economía creativa, entre otras, las cuales pretenden comunicar y reflexionar sobre la realidad colombiana y latinoamericana en sus diversas facetas. La revista busca conformar un espacio amplio de diálogo y reflexión interdisciplinar en la comunidad académica, cuyo fin es aportar al desarrollo crítico en los niveles regional, nacional e internacional.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History and Philosophy of Science
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 12 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conflict, Peace, and Violence in ColombiaSocial Sciences10%
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities9.4%
- Agriculture and Agroindustry StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences7.7%
- History and Politics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences6.5%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Latin American rural developmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Q1 | 66/891 | — |
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
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 253 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 17 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | 3 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 4 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 5 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- 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-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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Keywords
- 4–6
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted5
- artículo cortoArtículo corto: documento breve que presenta resultados originales preliminares o parciales de una investigación científica o tecnológica, que por lo general re…Length not stated
- artículos de reflexiónArtículos de reflexión: documento que presenta resultados de investigación terminada desde una perspectiva analítica, interpretativa o crítica del autor, sobre …Length not stated
- artículos de revisiónArtículos de revisión: documento resultado de una investigación terminada donde se analizan, sistematizan e integran los resultados de investigaciones publicada…Length not stated
- reseñas bibliográficasReseñas bibliográficas: documento donde se da a conocer y se reflexiona sobre la pertinencia, novedad y actualidad de una obra recientemente publicada (entre 1 …Length not stated
- revisión de temaRevisión de tema: documento resultado de la revisión crítica de la literatura sobre un tema en particular.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePlagiarism
- Plagiarism
Originalidad: no publicado ni en evaluación en otra publicación Model summary
Los artículos presentados deben ser originales y no deben estar en proceso de evaluación en ninguna otra publicación.
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
- Universidad Santo Tomás
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2027-7504
- Electronic ISSN
- 2711-3833
- 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 Episteme
How long does peer review take at Episteme?
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 Episteme?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Keywords: 4–6; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Episteme based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Episteme?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Episteme is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Episteme open access, and what is the APC?
Episteme 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: .