Journal profile · ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Ingenieria e Investigacion
ISSN 0120-5609 · eISSN 2248-8723 · Universidad Nacional de Colombia · COLOMBIA
Ingenieria e Investigacion: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.66; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ingenieria e Investigacion is published by Universidad Nacional de Colombia and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Business, Innovation, and Economy, Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century and Environmental and Ecological Studies, together about 26.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aim and scope The Ingeniería e Investigación (I&I) journal is an open access digital scientific publication issued since 1981, with a continuous periodicity of three issues per year. Its main objective is to promote the dissemination of original and unpublished scientific research and technological developments in all disciplines related to engineering. Papers published in I&I invite discussion on current issues relevant to the academic community. I&I is an international journal published in English which uses a double-blind peer review system to ensure the quality and originality of the published content. Editing of the journal is carried out with high standards of professional quality, via a completely autonomous editorial management platform that hosts the content in different formats, with the aim to adapt to current needs regarding visualization and digital preservation. The journal has no cost for readers or authors, as it is funded by the Faculty of Engineering of Universidad Nacional de Colombia under the Diamond open access model. I&I publishes scientific and technological research articles, review articles, and case reports in the following areas of engineering: Agricultural Engineering Biomedical Engineering Chemical, Environmental, and Food Engineering Civil and Sanitary Engineering Electrical, Electronics, and Telecommunications Engineering Industrial Engineering Mechanical, Mechatronics, and Materials Engineering Systems and Computer Engineering Engineering Education Before submitting an article, please read the editorial and data policies of the I&I journal carefully. Language of publication English Frequency of publication The I&I journal has a continuous periodicity (three issues per year). Once the article has been accepted and the editing phase has been completed, it will be available online. Open access policy The Ingeniería e Investigación journal publishes its articles through the Open Journal Systems platform, as the editorial team firmly believes that allowing access to research results by the scientific community and the general public bolsters its quality and is a factor of equity. Likewise, due to its characteristics, the use of this tool allows for a better control of the editorial process, facilitating communication between its actors. Self-archiving policy Authors are allowed to deposit all versions of their paper in an institutional or subject repository, including: Preprint Author's Accepted Manuscript Published article (Ver
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Sonia C. MangonesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 11, United States 2, Spain 1, Poland 1, Greece 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
- Knowledge Societies in the 21st CenturySocial Sciences8%
- Environmental and Ecological StudiesEnergy7.2%
- Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Science, Technology, and Education in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.4%
- Occupational Health and Safety in WorkplacesHealth Professions4.3%
- Educational Research and Science TeachingAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Process Optimization and IntegrationEngineering4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: IBN Publindex, REDIB, Latindex, Dialnet
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
- 0.66LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 127OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,683 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 2 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 19 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 109 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 68 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 79 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 268 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | |
| 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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- IEEE
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted6
- case reportsI&I publishes scientific and technological research articles, review articles, and case reports in the following areas of engineering:Length not stated
- case studiesCase studies: detailed reports of one or more cases that illustrate a particular phenomenon or problem.Length not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the editor: short articles that usually comment on an article previously published in the journal or on a relevant topic within the scope of the jour…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles: original articles presenting the results of an original research work conducted by the authors.Length not stated
- review articlesReview articles: articles that summarize and critically evaluate the existing literature on a particular topic.Length not stated
- scientific and technological research articlesI&I publishes scientific and technological research articles, review articles, and case reports in the following areas of engineering:Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship Author contributions
This section should mention the specific contribution of each author according to the CRediT taxonomy. This, with the purpose of recognizing the individual contributions of the authors, minimizing controversies with regard to authorship, and encouraging collaboration.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
Authors should report any possible conflict of interest in the development of their research.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
The authors or holders of the copyright for each article hereby confer no-exclusive, limited and free authorization on the Universidad Nacional de Colombia's journal Ingeniería e Investigación concerning the aforementioned article which, once it has been evaluated and approved, will be submitted for publication, in line with the following items: 1. The version which has been corrected according to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Directory of Open Access Journals
Diamond open access model, no cost for readers or authors. Model summary
DOAJ aumenta la visibilidad y la facilidad de uso de las revistas científicas y académicas de acceso abierto, pretende ser global y abarcar todas las revistas que utilizan un sistema de control de calidad para garantizar el contenido.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review system to ensure the quality and originality of the published content. Model summary
I&I is an international journal published in English which uses a double-blind peer review system to ensure the quality and originality of the published content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving policy
Authors are allowed to deposit all versions of their paper in an institutional or subject repository, including:
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 Nacional de Colombia
- Country or region
- COLOMBIA
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0120-5609
- Electronic ISSN
- 2248-8723
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 Ingenieria e Investigacion
What CAS zone is Ingenieria e Investigacion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Ingenieria e Investigacion is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Ingenieria e Investigacion?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.66; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Ingenieria e Investigacion?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Ingenieria e Investigacion?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: IEEE; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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 Ingenieria e Investigacion based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (11), United States (2) and Spain (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Ingenieria e Investigacion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ingenieria e Investigacion is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Ingenieria e Investigacion open access, and what is the APC?
Ingenieria e Investigacion 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: .