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Historia Critica
ISSN 0121-1617 · eISSN 1900-6152 · Universidad de los Andes · Colombia
Historia Critica: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.38; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 24% (journal website); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Historia Critica is published by Universidad de los Andes and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History and Politics in Latin America, Historical Studies in Latin America and Latin American history and culture, together about 45.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Historia Crítica tiene como objetivo publicar artículos inéditos (en español, inglés y portugués) de autores nacionales y extranjeros que contribuyan al estudio de la Historia y al de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, para una mejor comprensión de los entornos sociales, políticos, económicos y culturales del pasado y del presente. En este sentido, busca fortalecer la investigación histórica, la reflexión académica y la elaboración de balances de carácter historiográfico o teórico, que permitan construir diálogos en la comunidad académica nacional e internacional. La revista es una publicación trimestral (enero-marzo, abril-junio, julio-septiembre y octubre-diciembre) que se publica al inicio de cada período señalado, creada en 1989 y financiada por la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). Las secciones de la revista son las siguientes: Dossier reúne artículos que giran alrededor de una temática específica, convocada previamente por el Equipo Editorial. Tema abierto incluye artículos sobre variados intereses historiográficos, distintos a los que reúne el dossier. La Revista cambia la estructura de presentación de sus secciones en los números que son exclusivos de Tema abierto, donde no aparece la sección de Dossier. Historia Crítica en algunas ediciones incluye la sección Traducción que contiene artículos publicados en idiomas distintos al español, inglés y portugués. Palabras clave: historia, ciencias sociales, ciencias humanas, investigación, historiografía, balances historiográficos. Historia Crítica es una publicación de acceso abierto diamante*. La Revista declara que, todos los artículos que se reciben son sometidos a la herramienta de detección de plagio; los contenidos que se publican en la versión digital son de libre acceso y se pueden descargar en formato PDF, HTML y en versión e-book; los autores deben manifestar que el texto es de su autoría, inédito, y que respetan los derechos de propiedad intelectual de terceros; en cuanto a los evaluadores, deben señalar en el formato de evaluación que no tienen conflicto de interés con los autores y temas sobre los que van a conceptuar. __________________________ * Historia Crítica es una revista de acceso abierto diamante: ofrece al público sus contenidos sin cobrar a los autores ni a las instituciones por publicar ni tampoco a los lectores por acceder a ellos. Adicionalmente, los contenidos de la revista se publican bajo la licencia CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 de Creative Commons, d
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 10, United States 2, France 1, Italy 1, Argentina 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History and Politics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences23.1%
- Historical Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences17.4%
- Latin American history and cultureArts and Humanities4.7%
- Argentine historical studiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities3.7%
- Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin AmericaSocial Sciences3.7%
- Historical Studies on SpainArts and Humanities3.5%
- Latin American Cultural PoliticsSocial Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Scimago Journal Rank (SJR), Google Scholar, Publindex-ColcienciasPublisher 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
- Impact factor
- 0.38LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 121OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,526 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 10 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 19 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 137 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 30 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 38 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 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
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access, quarterly publication. Model summary
La Revista es una publicación de acceso abierto trimestral.
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 de los Andes
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0121-1617
- Electronic ISSN
- 1900-6152
- 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 ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Historia Critica
What CAS zone is Historia Critica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Historia Critica is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Historia Critica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.38; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 24.
How long does peer review take at Historia Critica?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Historia Critica based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (10), United States (2) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Historia Critica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Historia Critica is indexed in SSCI, AHCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Historia Critica open access, and what is the APC?
Historia Critica 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, Publisher website, 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: .