Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Kepes
ISSN 1794-7111 · eISSN 2462-8115 · Departamento de Diseno Visual, Universidad de Caldas · Colombia
Kepes: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kepes is published by Departamento de Diseno Visual, Universidad de Caldas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Modernity, and Design, Design Education and Practice and Art, Technology, and Culture, together about 28.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista KEPES, es una publicación de acceso abierto sin cobro de APC (Article Processing Charge) con periodicidad semestral, de carácter científico y alcances nacionales e internacionales, adscrita y financiada por la Facultad de Artes y Humanidades, y la Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones y Posgrados de la Universidad de Caldas. Recibe artículos originales e inéditos en temáticas relacionadas con el diseño, la imagen, las comunicaciones y áreas afines en las siguientes tipologías: artículos de investigación científica y tecnológica, artículos resultado de investigación creación, artículos de reflexión derivados de investigación y artículos de revisión; que corresponden a categorías nacional e internacionalmente aceptadas como productos de investigación. La Revista KEPES acepta artículos en español, inglés o portugués.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 2, Portugal 1, Chile 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering12.2%
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering8.9%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities7.7%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities6.9%
- Digital Media and Visual ArtComputer Science6.7%
- Graphic Design and TypographyArts and Humanities6.6%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities4.1%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities4.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q1 | 139/697 | 80th |
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 487 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 69 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 83 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 82 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 107 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 102 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 68 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 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 |
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)
Article types accepted5
- artículoArtículosLength not stated
- artículo de investigación científica y tecnológicaArtículo de investigación científica y tecnológica: incluyen artículos resultados de investigaciones originales o procesos documentados en las áreas temáticas a…Length not stated
- artículo de reflexiónArtículo de reflexión: estos artículos presentan resultados de investigación concluida desde una perspectiva analítica, interpretativa o crítica del autor, sobr…Length not stated
- artículo de revisiónArtículo de revisión: este tipo de artículo se caracteriza por presentar una cuidadosa revisión bibliográfica que en promedio tiene 50 referencias debidamente c…Length not stated
- artículos resultado de investigación creaciónArtículos resultado de investigación creación: se entienden como los reportes de una investigación que contempla la generación de un producto creativo asociado …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- 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 ·- Peer review
Publicar artículos originales e inéditos de investigación y revisión que hayan surtido el proceso evaluativo bajo la modalidad par ciego, el cual garantiza la calidad de las postulaciones. Model summary
Publicar artículos originales e inéditos de investigación y revisión que hayan surtido el proceso evaluativo bajo la modalidad par ciego, el cual garantiza la calidad de las postulaciones.
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
- Departamento de Diseno Visual, Universidad de Caldas
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- Portuguese, Spanish, English
- ISSN
- 1794-7111
- Electronic ISSN
- 2462-8115
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kepes
How long does peer review take at Kepes?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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 Kepes based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (2), Portugal (1) and Chile (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Kepes?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kepes is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Kepes open access, and what is the APC?
Kepes 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: .