Journal profile · HISTORY
Historia Instituciones Documentos
ISSN 0210-7716 · eISSN 2253-8291 · Universidad de Sevilla · Spain
Historia Instituciones Documentos: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Historia Instituciones Documentos is published by Universidad de Sevilla 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 Medieval and Early Modern Iberia, Medieval Iberian Studies and Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia, together about 48.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Es una publicación académica publicada por la Editorial de la Universidad de Sevilla, multidisciplinar y de carácter anual (su publicación se realiza el 1 de diciembre) que, como el título de la colección indica, da cabida a trabajos científicos inéditos de historia referentes al período anterior a la disolución del Antiguo Régimen, preferentemente de Historia Medieval, de Historia del Derecho y de las Instituciones y de Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities24.4%
- Medieval Iberian StudiesArts and Humanities13.2%
- Historical Studies of Medieval IberiaArts and Humanities11.3%
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities8.2%
- Medieval Architecture and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities7.8%
- Historical Studies on SpainArts and Humanities7%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities4.7%
- Archaeological and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities4.1%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | 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
Web of ScienceERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: SJR, Dialnet, Latindex, MIAR, Dulcinea, ORES, EBSCO, Google Scholar, CIRC EC3metrics, OpenAlex, EDCH
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 671 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 98 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 3 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 11 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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
- 80–150 words
- Keywords
- 5–7
- Reference style
- Author–date
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license for electronic edition contents Model summary
Todos los contenidos de la edición electrónica se distribuyen bajo una licencia de uso y distribución “Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional”
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access and preservation policy Model summary
Política de Acceso Abierto y Preservación
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 Sevilla
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, French, Italian, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0210-7716
- Electronic ISSN
- 2253-8291
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Historia Instituciones Documentos
What CAS zone is Historia Instituciones Documentos in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Historia Instituciones Documentos is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Historia Instituciones Documentos?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Historia Instituciones Documentos?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 80–150 words; Keywords: 5–7; Reference style: Author–date. 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.
Which databases index Historia Instituciones Documentos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Historia Instituciones Documentos is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Historia Instituciones Documentos open access, and what is the APC?
Historia Instituciones Documentos 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .