Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Lecturas de Economia
ISSN 0120-2596 · eISSN 2323-0622 · Universidad De Antioquia · Colombia
Lecturas de Economia: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lecturas de Economia is published by Universidad De Antioquia and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economic Theory and Policy, History and Politics in Latin America and Economic and Social Development, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Lecturas de Economía es una revista arbitrada que publica trabajos que contribuyen a la difusión y el avance de la ciencia económica en Colombia y América Latina desde 1980. La revista considera contribuciones teóricas, empíricas y metodológicas que enfatizan en los problemas económicos y sociales de la región. Está dirigida a investigadores, tomadores de decisión y estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado en economía y disciplinas afines de las ciencias sociales. La revista publica principalmente artículos de investigación, así como reseñas y notas complementarias.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 7, Canada 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance19.2%
- History and Politics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences11.3%
- Economic and Social DevelopmentSocial Sciences8.9%
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences6.9%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitSciELOPublisher website
Other: Redalyc, EBSCO - Fuente Académica Premier, RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), LATINDEX, REDIB, PUBLINDEX - Minciencias
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 48Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,031 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 48 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 183 |
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 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 29 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 | No APC | — | — |
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)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- 5–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- artículosEsta publicación está compuesta por artículos teóricos y aplicados que, generalmente, son resultados de investigaciones.Length not stated
- artículos de investigaciónpublica artículos de investigación en economíaLength not stated
- notas complementariasLa revista publica principalmente artículos de investigación, así como reseñas y notas complementarias.Length not stated
- reseñasTambién se publican reseñas y notas como complemento.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Los autores retienen los derechos de autor y otorgan a la revista el derecho de primera publicación. Model summary
Los autores que publican en Lecturas de Economía retienen todos los derechos de autor sobre sus obras y otorgan a la revista el derecho de primera publicación.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Los autores deben declarar cualquier conflicto de interés financiero o personal. Model summary
Los autores deben declarar cualquier conflicto de interés financiero o personal en relación con el trabajo enviado.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Los artículos se publican bajo la licencia CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Model summary
Los artículos se publican bajo la licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), que permite compartir y adaptar la obra para fines no comerciales, siempre que se reconozca la autoría original y la publicación en esta revista.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Se espera que todos los envíos sean originales y no estén en revisión simultánea en otra publicación. Model summary
Se espera que todos los envíos sean originales y no estén en revisión simultánea en otra publicación.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Se recomienda a los autores depositar sus artículos en repositorios institucionales, sitios web personales o redes académicas. Model summary
Se recomienda a los autores depositar sus artículos en repositorios institucionales, sitios web personales o redes académicas, con el fin de fomentar el intercambio académico y aumentar la visibilidad y citación de sus trabajos.
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 De Antioquia
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0120-2596
- Electronic ISSN
- 2323-0622
- 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 Lecturas de Economia
What CAS zone is Lecturas de Economia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Lecturas de Economia is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Lecturas de Economia?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Lecturas de Economia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 5–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Lecturas de Economia based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (7) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Lecturas de Economia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lecturas de Economia is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EconLit and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Lecturas de Economia open access, and what is the APC?
Lecturas de Economia 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .