Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Letras-Lima
ISSN 0378-4878 · eISSN 2071-5072 · Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos · Peru
Letras-Lima: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Letras-Lima is published by Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America, Literary and Cultural Studies and Latin American history and culture, together about 29.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About the Journal Letras (Lima) is the research journal intended for the publication of articles and results of original research studies, bibliographic review and opinion articles related to humanistic studies in the Peruvian and Latin American field, with emphasis but not limited to: literature and literary theory, language and linguistics, and arts & humanities in general. Read more View current issue
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Peru 5, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, France 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaArts and Humanities12%
- Literary and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences8.8%
- Latin American history and cultureArts and Humanities8.4%
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities8.3%
- Historical Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences6.6%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Spanish Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.5%
- Philosophical Thought and AnalysisSocial Sciences5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | 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
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 145,228Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,478 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 3 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 64 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 17 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 37 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 65 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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 Mayor de San Marcos
- Country or region
- Peru
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0378-4878
- Electronic ISSN
- 2071-5072
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 97, Issue 146 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Letras-Lima
What CAS zone is Letras-Lima in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Letras-Lima is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Letras-Lima?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Letras-Lima based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Peru (5), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Letras-Lima?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Letras-Lima is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Letras-Lima open access, and what is the APC?
Letras-Lima 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .