Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Ge-Conservacion
ISSN 1989-8568 · Grupo Español del IIC · Spain
Ge-Conservacion: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ge-Conservacion is published by Grupo Español del IIC and is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Conservation Techniques and Studies, Historical Art and Architecture Studies and Building materials and conservation, together about 41.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ge-Conservación es una publicación periódica del GEIIC, de acceso abierto y gratuito para autores y lectores, cuyo objetivo es contribuir al desarrollo científico, a la difusión y al intercambio de los conocimientos en materia de conservación y restauración del Patrimonio Cultural. Está dirigida principal, pero no exclusivamente, a los países de habla española y portuguesa. La revista pretende tener un espíritu crítico y dará prioridad a los enfoques interdisciplinares, a la argumentación de criterios y a la metodología. Está abierta a todas las personas cuyas propuestas respondan a los objetivos y características de la publicación.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 6, Argentina 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conservation Techniques and StudiesArts and Humanities18.2%
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities12.3%
- Building materials and conservationEarth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
- Cultural Heritage Materials AnalysisArts and Humanities9.6%
- Archaeology and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences7.6%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities6.2%
- 3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageEarth and Planetary Sciences4.7%
- Historical Studies of Medieval IberiaArts and Humanities4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPublisher website
Other: AATA online Getty, CROSSREF, DIALNET, DULCINEA, EBSCO, GOOGLE ACADEMICO, ÍnDICEs CSIC, ROAD. Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources, ULRICH'S Periodicals Directory, WORDCAT, CARHUS PLUS + 2025, CIRC. Clasificación integrada de revistas científicas, CWTS Journal Indicators, Leiden University, DIALNET Métricas, FECYT. Sello de Calidad 2023, Index COPERNICUS journals master list, Journal Citation Indicator JCI, LATINDEX Catálogo V2.0 (2018-), MIAR Matriz de Información para el Análisis de Revistas., OpenAlex, SCImago Journal & Country Rank, Sello de calidad Fecyt 2025-2027
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 758 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 7 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 19 |
| 2023 | 50 | 50 | 47 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | 102 |
| 2021 | 73 | 73 | 71 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Keywords
- 4–8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted5
- artículoArtículoLength not stated
- artículos de intervenciónartículos sobre intervenciones de conservación/restauración de interés por el significado cultural del propio bien, por los resultados obtenidos o por la noveda…Length not stated
- artículos de investigaciónresultados de investigaciones originales en cualquier área de conocimiento relacionada con la conservación del Patrimonio Cultural.Length not stated
- artículos de opiniónartículos de opinión sobre aspectos teóricos de la Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural.Length not stated
- artículos de revisiónSe podrán aceptar artículos de revisión bibliográfica siempre que sean exhaustivos y realicen un análisis crítico que aporte novedad sobre la mera compilación d…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship
Los autores conservan los derechos de autor y propiedad intelectual, y garantizan a la revista Ge-Conservación y al GEIIC el Copyright© de los derechos de edición y publicación. Model summary
Los autores conservan los derechos de autor y propiedad intelectual, y garantizan a la revista Ge-Conservación y al GEIIC el Copyright© de los derechos de edición y publicación por cualquier medio y soporte.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Authors must declare conflicts of interest Model summary
Los autores y las autoras deben indicar claramente cualquier conflicto de intereses.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Los autores deben suscribir el código ético internacional establecido por el Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Model summary
Los autores y las autoras que remitan originales a la revista deben suscribir el código ético internacional establecido por el Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors y Code of Conduct for Journals Publishers) para la realización de publicaciones científicas responsables.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Las obras se pueden publicar bajo una Creative Commons Attribution License que autoriza ser distribuido gratuitamente, copiado y exhibido por terceros si se muestra en los créditos la autoría y procedencia original en esta revista, y no se puede obtener ningún beneficio comercial por parte de tercer Model summary
Las obras de dichos autores además se pueden publicar bajo una Creative Commons Attribution License que autoriza ser distribuido gratuitamente, copiado y exhibido por terceros si se muestra en los créditos la autoría y procedencia original en esta revista, y no se puede obtener ningún beneficio comercial por parte de terceros, ni tampoco se pueden realizar obras derivadas.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition Model summary
Los usuarios y las usuarias pueden leer, descargar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, buscar o vincular los textos completos de los artículos, o utilizarlos para cualquier otro propósito legal, sin pedir permiso previo del editor o del autor. Esta definición de acceso abierto está de acuerdo con la Iniciativa de Acceso Abierto de Budapest (Budapest Open Access Initiative, BOAI)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Los trabajos seleccionados son sometidos a la revisión por pares (sistema de “doble ciego”). Model summary
Los trabajos seleccionados son sometidos a la revisión por pares (sistema de “doble ciego”).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original unpublished contributions only; not under consideration elsewhere Model summary
Las contribuciones enviadas para su publicación deben ser inéditas no habiendo sido publicadas previamente ni estar a la espera de resolución en otro lugar.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Semestral periodicity (June and December); approved articles assigned DOI and available as preprints Model summary
Ge-conservacion tiene una periodicidad semestral (junio y diciembre). Una vez aprobados los articulos para su publicación se les asigna un DOI y están disponibles para consulta, descarga y citación como preprints.
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
- Grupo Español del IIC
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1989-8568
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ge-Conservacion
What CAS zone is Ge-Conservacion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Ge-Conservacion is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Ge-Conservacion?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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 Ge-Conservacion?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Keywords: 4–8; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Harvard. 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 Ge-Conservacion based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (6) and Argentina (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Ge-Conservacion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ge-Conservacion is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Ge-Conservacion open access, and what is the APC?
Ge-Conservacion 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .