Journal profile
Informatica y Sistemas
ISSN 2550-6730 · Universidad Técnica de Manabí · Ecuador
Informatica y Sistemas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Informatica y Sistemas is published by Universidad Técnica de Manabí. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Information and Cyber Security, Multimedia Learning Systems and Usability and User Interface Design, together about 23.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Informática y Sistemas (IyS), e-ISSN 2550-6730, es una revista científica electrónica de acceso abierto, editada por la Universidad Técnica de Manabí (Portoviejo, Ecuador). Publica artículos originales, de revisión y metodológicos, evaluados mediante revisión por pares doble ciego con revisores externos a la UTM. Áreas temáticas: La revista cubre las siguientes áreas de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones: Ingeniería de software y sistemas de información Redes de computadoras y telecomunicaciones Ciencias de la computación y algoritmos Inteligencia artificial, aprendizaje automático y ciencia de datos Seguridad informática y ciberseguridad Tecnologías emergentes: Internet de las Cosas (IoT), computación en la nube, big data Tecnologías de la información y comunicación aplicadas a la educación Interacción humano-computador y usabilidad Dispositivos tecnológicos y sistemas embebidos Idiomas: Se aceptan artículos en español e inglés. Costos: La revista no cobra tasas de procesamiento, envío ni publicación de artículos (APC).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ph.D. Jorge Párraga ÁlavaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 3, Colombia 2, Portugal 1, Indonesia 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Information and Cyber SecurityComputer Science8.8%
- Multimedia Learning SystemsComputer Science7.5%
- Usability and User Interface DesignComputer Science6.8%
- Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Science5.4%
- Smart Agriculture and AIAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Augmented Reality ApplicationsComputer Science5.4%
- Arduino and IoT ApplicationsEngineering4.8%
- Cybersecurity and Information SystemsComputer Science4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 144 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 5 |
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 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-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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 4–6
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- artículos de revisiónPublica artículos originales, de revisión y metodológicosLength not stated
- artículos metodológicosPublica artículos originales, de revisión y metodológicosLength not stated
- artículos originalesPublica artículos originales, de revisión y metodológicosLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest
APA 7th edition citation style Model summary
Los artículos deben estructurarse de acuerdo con las normas de citación APA 7.ª edición.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
COPE Core Practices Model summary
La revista se compromete a cumplir con las COPE Core Practices en todos los aspectos del proceso editorial, incluyendo la gestión de autoría, revisión por pares, conflictos de interés, retractaciones y correcciones posteriores a la publicación.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 license Model summary
Los artículos aceptados se publican bajo la licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA)
Open Access Model summary
La revista se adhiere a los Principios de Transparencia y Buenas Prácticas en la Publicación Académica.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
La revista IyS es una publicación arbitrada que utiliza un sistema de revisión por pares doble ciego, en el que los revisores y autores permanecen anónimos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Maximum 10% textual similarity allowed (excluding citations and bibliography) Model summary
Se permite un máximo del 10% de coincidencia textual (excluyendo citas y bibliografía).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Digital preservation via LOCKSS/CLOCKSS, Internet Archive, institutional repository Model summary
LOCKSS / CLOCKSS: El sistema Open Journal Systems (OJS) utilizado por la revista es compatible con los servicios LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) y CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), que permiten la conservación distribuida del contenido en bibliotecas participantes.
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 Técnica de Manabí
- Country or region
- Ecuador
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2550-6730
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Informatica y Sistemas
How long does peer review take at Informatica y Sistemas?
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 Informatica y Sistemas?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 4–6; Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. 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 Informatica y Sistemas 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 Chile (3), Colombia (2) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Informatica y Sistemas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Informatica y Sistemas is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Informatica y Sistemas open access, and what is the APC?
Informatica y Sistemas 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: .