Journal profile · Engineering, Chemical
LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH
ISSN 0327-0793 · eISSN 1851-8796 · Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica, CONICET / Universidad Nacional del Sur · ARGENTINA · Quarterly
LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.47; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 52 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH is published by Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica, CONICET / Universidad Nacional del Sur and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows and Heat Transfer Mechanisms, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publicar artículos originales en las áreas de Ingeniería Química, Química Aplicada, Transferencia de Calor y Materia, Mecánica Aplicada, Control y Procesamiento de la Información.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Chemical
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferEngineering12.8%
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering8.8%
- Heat Transfer MechanismsEngineering7%
- Advanced Control Systems OptimizationEngineering6.9%
- Food Drying and ModelingAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Process Optimization and IntegrationEngineering5.5%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science4.8%
- Heat Transfer and OptimizationEngineering4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.47LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 146OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,340 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 22 |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | 92 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 108 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | 137 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 149 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
Creative Commons license for all content except where identified Model summary
Todo el contenido de esta revista, excepto dónde está identificado, está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons
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
- Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica, CONICET / Universidad Nacional del Sur
- Country or region
- ARGENTINA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0327-0793
- Electronic ISSN
- 1851-8796
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH
What CAS zone is LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Chemical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.47; CiteScore 1, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH open access, and what is the APC?
LATIN AMERICAN APPLIED RESEARCH is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .