Journal profile · BUSINESS
Inquietud Empresarial
ISSN 0121-1048 · Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia · Colombia
Inquietud Empresarial: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Inquietud Empresarial is published by Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Business, Innovation, and Economy, Business, Education, Mathematics Research and Higher Education and Sustainability, together about 41.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance26.1%
- Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting8.4%
- Higher Education and SustainabilitySocial Sciences6.8%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.8%
- Organizational Management and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Diverse Applied Research StudiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Educational and Organizational DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Global Trade and CompetitivenessBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | 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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 66.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 207 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 12 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 4 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 25 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 53 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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 | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0121-1048
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Inquietud Empresarial
What CAS zone is Inquietud Empresarial in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Inquietud Empresarial is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Inquietud Empresarial?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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 Inquietud Empresarial?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Inquietud Empresarial is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Inquietud Empresarial open access, and what is the APC?
Inquietud Empresarial 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; 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: .