Journal profile
Maskay
ISSN 1390-6712 · Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE · Ecuador
Maskay: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Maskay is published by Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Arduino and IoT Applications, Advanced Control Systems Design and Engineering and Technology Innovations, together about 21.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Maskay is a scientific journal with semestral periodicity edited by the Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Telecommunications Engineering of the Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE since 2011. Each volume of the Maskay journal comprises two issues; the first corresponds to the period between December and May, whereas the second number covers the period between June and November of each year. Makay journal is indexed in SciELO-Ecuador (Indexing suspended in 2023), Latindex, LatAmPlus, MIAR, DOAJ, Dialnet, and REDIB (Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico) platform; seeking to be a benchmark of advances related to Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the region.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Arduino and IoT ApplicationsEngineering8.4%
- Advanced Control Systems DesignEngineering6.6%
- Engineering and Technology InnovationsEngineering6.6%
- Telecommunications and Broadcasting TechnologiesEngineering6.6%
- Electrical and Electromagnetic ResearchPhysics and Astronomy6.6%
- Advanced Control Systems OptimizationEngineering5.4%
- Antenna Design and AnalysisEngineering4.8%
- Wireless Networks and ProtocolsComputer Science4.8%
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
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Latindex, LatAmPlus, MIAR, Dialnet
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 125 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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 12 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 | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- IEEE
Article types accepted2
- special section on telecommunicationsSPECIAL SECTION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONSLength not stated
- technical papersTECHNICAL PAPERSLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain the copyright and guarantee the journal the right to be the first publication of the work, as well as, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others share the work with an acknowledgment of the authorship of the work and the initial publication in this journal. Authors may separately establi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Originality of papers is an essential requirement for publication; papers must be the product of an investigation, a practical experience of the profession or a review of a specific topic. Model summary
The originality of the papers is an essential requirement for their publication, since they must be the product of an investigation, a practical experience of the profession or a review of a specific topic.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only; not under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
The work has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted to another magazine (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the editor).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed and encouraged. Model summary
Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their work electronically (for example, in institutional repositories or on their own website) before and during the submission process, as it may lead to productive exchanges as well as further citation earliest and oldest of published works.
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 las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE
- Country or region
- Ecuador
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1390-6712
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 1 (2027)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Maskay
How long does peer review take at Maskay?
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.
Which databases index Maskay?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Maskay is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Maskay open access, and what is the APC?
Maskay 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: .