Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Juridicas
ISSN 1794-2918 · eISSN 2590-8928 · Universidad de Caldas · Colombia
Juridicas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 50 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Juridicas is published by Universidad de Caldas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia and Comparative International Legal Studies, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista Jurídicas, es una publicación científica de acceso abierto sin cobro de APC (Article Processing Charge) que circula semestralmente en el ámbito nacional e internacional, adscrita a la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales de la Universidad de Caldas. Recibe artículos en inglés, portugués, francés y español sobre investigaciones originales e inéditas que contribuyan al avance del conocimiento y a la discusión académico-científica en ciencias sociales y particularmente, en el área de derecho. La Revista Jurídicas constituye en un espacio donde académicos y profesionales pueden publicar artículos de investigación, reflexión o revisión, relacionados con el desarrollo de la ciencia jurídica y el estado del arte en los campos jurídicos y sociojurídicos. Pretende así contribuir en la consolidación de una producción intelectual permanente que difunda el conocimiento jurídico en los ámbitos de lo regional, nacional e internacional.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 2, Colombia 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences20.5%
- Conflict, Peace, and Violence in ColombiaSocial Sciences7.9%
- Comparative International Legal StudiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Brazilian Legal IssuesSocial Sciences5%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.7%
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences3.5%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences3.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q4 | 921/1162 | 20th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 330 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 72 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 61 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 51 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 50 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 32 |
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 50 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 50 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 | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright license
Licencia Todos los documentos publicados en nuestras revistas se distribuyen, a partir del año 2015, bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)
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 Caldas
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1794-2918
- Electronic ISSN
- 2590-8928
- 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 Juridicas
How long does peer review take at Juridicas?
Authors report an average review time of about 50 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Juridicas based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Chile (2) and Colombia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Juridicas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Juridicas is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Juridicas open access, and what is the APC?
Juridicas 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: .