Journal profile
La Colmena
ISSN 2220-4490 · eISSN 2414-1321 · Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú · Peru
La Colmena: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
La Colmena is published by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gender and Feminist Studies, Latin American Urban Studies and Urban Planning and Governance, together about 29.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Colmena es una revista académica impulsada por estudiantes de la especialidad de Sociología de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Desde su primera publicación, en el 2007, tiene el objetivo de ser una plataforma de encuentro para que estudiantes, investigadores y profesores del Perú y Latinoamérica incursionen en la investigación crítico-social y expandan el conocimiento. El público objetivo de La Colmena, tanto de autores como lectores, son estudiantes y profesores de pregrado y posgrado de universidades peruanas y latinoamericanas, así como investigadores académicos y especialistas vinculados a la sociología y a otras disciplinas de las ciencias sociales. Respecto de la cobertura temática, la revista ha publicado sobre todo investigaciones sociológicas teóricas y aplicadas vinculadas a los siguientes temas: el género, los cuidados, la migración interna y externa, la educación, los procesos de acción colectiva, la religión, el medioambiente, entre otros. Sin embargo, recibe colaboraciones de las ciencias sociales, ciencias empíricas y humanidades en tanto dialoguen con el saber sociológico y aporten a la comprensión teórico-práctica de la sociedad. La revista tiene una periodicidad anual y se publica en formato digital cada mes de diciembre. En todas sus ediciones, acepta colaboraciones individuales o grupales sin importar la filiación institucional o el país de las personas autoras, en tanto estas sean originales e inéditas y estén escritas en castellano.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences13.5%
- Latin American Urban StudiesSocial Sciences10.8%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.4%
- Politics and Society in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences5.4%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences5.4%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities5.4%
- Indigenous Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences5.4%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 27 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Anti-plagiarism policy; Turnitin screening; texts with plagiarism signals are removed from the selection process and the decision is final. Model summary
La Colmena rechaza firmemente todo tipo de plagio académico al representar una falta grave a los derechos de propiedad intelectual.
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
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Country or region
- Peru
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2220-4490
- Electronic ISSN
- 2414-1321
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about La Colmena
How long does peer review take at La Colmena?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Colmena?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, La Colmena is indexed in DOAJ.
Is La Colmena open access, and what is the APC?
La Colmena 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: .