Journal profile
Kalpana
ISSN 1390-5775 · eISSN 2661-6696 · Universidad de Especialidades Turísticas · Ecuador
Kalpana: fully open access; no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kalpana is published by Universidad de Especialidades Turísticas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability and Culinary Culture and Tourism, together about 51.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences27.5%
- Community-based Tourism Development and SustainabilitySocial Sciences17.7%
- Culinary Culture and TourismAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Archaeology and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences5.9%
- Finance, Taxation, and GovernanceEnvironmental Science3.9%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities3.4%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences2.9%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 93 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
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 ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 de Especialidades Turísticas
- Country or region
- Ecuador
- Language
- Portuguese, English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1390-5775
- Electronic ISSN
- 2661-6696
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kalpana
How long does peer review take at Kalpana?
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.
Is Kalpana open access, and what is the APC?
Kalpana is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .