Journal profile
La Calera
ISSN 1998-7846 · eISSN 1998-8850 · Universidad Nacional Agraria · Nicaragua
La Calera: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
La Calera is published by Universidad Nacional Agraria. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant and soil sciences, Agricultural and Food Production Studies and Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, together about 40.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La revista La Calera es una publicación nacional y regional sobre resultados de procesos de investigación referidos a las ciencias agropecuarias, los recursos naturales y el ambiente, para promover un aprovechamiento de los Recursos Naturales acorde a las posibilidades ecológicas y necesidades sociales de la región. Está dirigida a satisfacer las necesidades de información de investigadores, extensionistas, técnicos, agrónomos, zootecnistas, médicos veterinarios, forestales y planificadores en el campo de las ciencias agrarias.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
- Agricultural and Food Production StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.5%
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Banana Cultivation and ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences4.5%
- Moringa oleifera research and applicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 366 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 7 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 11 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 30 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 14 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Política de cargos por procesamiento de artículos (APC) Model summary
Política de cargos por procesamiento de artículos (APC)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Acceso abierto con licencia Creative Commons (Reconocimiento, No Comercial, Compartir Igual) Model summary
Política de acceso abierto. La revista La Calera fomenta el intercambio del conocimiento al permitir el acceso libre e inmediato de su contenido. Sus publicaciones están protegidas y se comparten bajo términos de la licencia Creative Commons con las atribuciones de Reconocimiento, No Comercial y Compartir Igual.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Arbitraje externo con revisión doble ciego Model summary
Sistema de arbitraje. El sistema de arbitraje es externo y el tipo de revisión es a ciega doble, por lo que los revisores no tienen conocimiento de la autoría del escrito y el autor(es) no conocen a los revisores.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uso de Turnitin para detección de plagio Model summary
Detección de plagio. Se hace uso del sistema Turnitin para obtener un reporte de similitud o detección de plagio.
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 Agraria
- Country or region
- Nicaragua
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1998-7846
- Electronic ISSN
- 1998-8850
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗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 La Calera
How long does peer review take at La Calera?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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 La Calera?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, La Calera is indexed in DOAJ.
Is La Calera open access, and what is the APC?
La Calera 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: .