Journal profile
Letras
ISSN 1409-424X · eISSN 2215-4094 · Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Letras: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 36 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Letras is published by Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Latin American Literature Analysis, Spanish Literature and Culture Studies and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, together about 38.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Letras es una revista académica de periodicidad semestral, de la Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje. Tiene como objetivo principal la difusión de la producción intelectual pertinente generada a lo interno de la Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje, aunque no se limita a ella. Letras publica artículos relacionados con diversos campos de la lingüística, la literatura y cultura de diferentes países, la enseñanza, aprendizaje y adquisición de lenguas, la semántica, semiótica y pragmática, el análisis del discurso y la lingüística textual, la traducción e interpretación, la terminología, las lenguas y culturas indígenas, y las lenguas de Costa Rica, entre otros.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities19.7%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities9.9%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities9%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Spanish Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.8%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities4.9%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities3.5%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities3.3%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Actualidad Iberoamericana, BASE, CCUC, CIRC, Dialnet, ERIHPlus, ESJI, EZB, Genamics, J4F, Journal TOCS, LATINDEX, MIAR, MLA, OCLC World-Cat, REAO, REBIUN, REDIB, RETI, ROAD, SHERPA/RoMEO, SUDOC, Ulrich's, ZBDPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 417 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 30 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 32 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 29 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 34 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 47 |
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 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 36 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-ND | |
| 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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- MLA
- Templates
- Word
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- artículoLetras publica artículos relacionados con diversos campos de la lingüística, la literatura y cultura de diferentes países, la enseñanza, aprendizaje y adquisici…Length not stated
- artículosArtículosLength not stated
- artículos: semióticaArtículos: SemióticaLength not stated
- monografíaMonografíaLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Peer review
- Data availability
Los nombres y direcciones de correo electrónico introducidos en la revista se usarán exclusivamente para los fines declarados por la revista y no estarán disponibles para ningún otro propósito u otra persona. Model summary
Los nombres y direcciones de correo electrónico introducidos en esta revista se usarán exclusivamente para los fines declarados por esta revista y no estarán disponibles para ningún otro propósito u otra persona.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Los autores conservan los derechos de propiedad intelectual de sus artículos. Model summary
Los autores conservarán los derechos de propiedad intelectual de sus aportes o artículos
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Todo manuscrito enviado a la revista Letras como propuesta de artículo será sometido a un proceso de revisión que involucra tanto los Comités editoriales como a evaluadores especialistas externos. Este proceso se realiza de manera anónima, esto es, ni los evaluadores conocen la identidad de los autores, ni los autores la de los evaluadores.
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, Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- English, French, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1409-424X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2215-4094
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Letras
How long does peer review take at Letras?
Authors report an average review time of about 36 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 Letras?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: MLA; Templates: Word; 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.
Which databases index Letras?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Letras is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Letras open access, and what is the APC?
Letras 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .