Journal profile · LITERATURE
Hilo de la Fabula
ISSN 1667-7900 · eISSN 2362-5651 · Ediciones UNL · Argentina
Hilo de la Fabula: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hilo de la Fabula is published by Ediciones UNL and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism, Latin American Literature Studies and Literature, Culture, and Aesthetics, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
El hilo de la fábula, revista semestral del Centro de Estudios Comparados de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral, publica trabajos originales e inéditos, entrevistas y reseñas, relacionados con intereses comparatistas: teorías, crítica de literatura argentina y literaturas extranjeras, lenguas, multiculturalidad, inter/transdiscursividad, género, migraciones, recepción y traducción.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities18.6%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
- Literature, Culture, and AestheticsArts and Humanities6.4%
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities5.8%
- Literary and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Cultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaArts and Humanities5.2%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5%
- Literacy and Educational PracticesSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Emerging Source Citation Index (WoS), EriHPlus, Catálogo Latindex, AmeliCA, MLA - Modern Language Association, Qualis ("Área lingüística y literatura", "Clasificación C"), Sherpa Romeo, Directorio Latindex, Dialnet, Redib, Latinrev, Malena, MIARPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 81.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 540 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 2 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 3 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 4 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 8 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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-SA | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted5
- artículosconvoca a investigadores y docentes interesados en publicar artículos y reseñasLength not stated
- dossierEn lo que respecta a los dosieres, la convocatoria para la recepción de artículos se hace pública a través de la página web de la revista y otros canales de dif…Length not stated
- entrevistasLa viabilidad de publicación de las propuestas de traducción y entrevistas son evaluadas por el Comité de Editores.Length not stated
- reseñasconvoca a investigadores y docentes interesados en publicar artículos y reseñasLength not stated
- trabajos de estudiantesEn cada número se seleccionarán para evaluar su publicación, dos trabajos de alumnos que se estén formando en la investigación relacionada con las líneas de int…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Data availability
Preservación digital en PKP-PN (OJS) y copias de resguardo en discos rígidos y cintas magnéticas Model summary
El hilo de la Fábula se archiva en en PKP-PN proporcionado por OJS.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Licencia Creative Commons Atribución–No Comercial–Compartir Igual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Model summary
El contenido es licenciado bajo Licencia Creative Commons Atribución–No Comercial–Compartir Igual 4.0 Internacional: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Acceso abierto gratuito Model summary
Los artículos publicados en El Hilo de la fábula se encuentran disponibles gratuitamente en la Biblioteca Virtual de Publicaciones Periódicas de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymous peer review process. Model summary
El proceso de arbitraje es doblemente anónimo dado que tanto la identidad de los autores como la de los revisores permanece oculta.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Detección de plagio previa al referato Model summary
Previo a la instancia de referato, todos los artículos recibidos pasarán por una instancia de detección de plagio (encontrándose contemplado dentro de este caso el autoplagio).
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
- Ediciones UNL
- Country or region
- Argentina
- Language
- Portuguese, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1667-7900
- Electronic ISSN
- 2362-5651
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Hilo de la Fabula
What CAS zone is Hilo de la Fabula in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Hilo de la Fabula is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Hilo de la Fabula?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Hilo de la Fabula?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hilo de la Fabula is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Hilo de la Fabula open access, and what is the APC?
Hilo de la Fabula 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: .