Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Mercados y Negocios
ISSN 2594-0163 · Universidad de Guadalajara · Mexico
Mercados y Negocios: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mercados y Negocios is published by Universidad de Guadalajara. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Financial Analysis and Corporate Governance, Management and Organizational Practices and Innovation and Knowledge Management, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mercados y Negocios (MyN) aims to disseminate and encourage discussion of research results and advances on international markets and business as phenomena in the study of competitiveness. Mercados y Negocios is a quarterly publication with an anonymous international peer review. The estimated time between the reception of a paper and its publication is three months (estimated time). Papers submitted are expected to be at the leading edge of knowledge. Mercados y Negocios does not charge authors submission or publication fees (no APC or Article Processing Charges) and accepts papers in English. Mercados y Negocios adheres to the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practices. https://www.um.es/ead/red/etica_cope.pdf
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 7, Mexico 6, Greece 3, United States 1, Germany 1 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.9%
- Management and Organizational PracticesBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Global Trade and CompetitivenessBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Marketing and Advertising StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 169/235 | 28th |
| Marketing | Q4 | 189/221 | 14th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: LATINDEX 2.0, MIAR, Dialnet, Redalyc, CLASE-Biblat, Redib
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 486 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 78 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 122 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 127 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 95 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 49 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 39 |
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
- 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 | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance refers only to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process: Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and language of the manuscr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
No submission or publication fees (no APC). Model summary
Mercados y Negocios does not charge authors a fee for submitting their manuscripts, nor does it charge fees for publishing articles (no APC—Article Publishing Charges).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Reviewers and editors prohibited from using generative AI during peer review. Model summary
As an additional restriction, Mercados y Negocios currently prohibits reviewers and editors from using generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT or similar applications, during the peer-review and manuscript evaluation processes.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Mercados y Negocios by Department of Mercadotecnia y Negocios Internacionales. University of Guadalajara is licensed under a License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. The author retains the copyright. Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing Authors must declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access policy
Mercados y Negocios provides immediate, open access to its content, offering the public free access to research and enabling greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Approval of a paper for publication Two or more national or international researchers, preferably from outside the University of Guadalajara, evaluate submissions alongside related studies (double-blind peer review). The papers' publication will depend on two approving opinions and the fulfillment of the conditions indicated by the referees. The referees may re-evaluate a paper with a conditional …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
DOIs assigned; preservation via LOCKSS and CLOCKSS. Model summary
Mercados y Negocios assigns a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to articles published in the journal. For digital preservation, articles will be archived in LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), thus guaranteeing the journal a permanent and secure archive.
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 Guadalajara
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISSN
- 2594-0163
- Print ISSN
- 1665-7039
- 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 Mercados y Negocios
How long does peer review take at Mercados y Negocios?
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 Mercados y Negocios based?
Of the 20 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (7), Mexico (6) and Greece (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Mercados y Negocios?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mercados y Negocios is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Mercados y Negocios open access, and what is the APC?
Mercados y Negocios 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: .