Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Orbis
ISSN 1856-1594 · Fundación Unamuno · Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Orbis: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Orbis is published by Fundación Unamuno. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Emotional Intelligence and Performance and Education and Critical Thinking Development, together about 19.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ORBIS focaliza su atención en temas de Ciencias Humanas, y campos afines como Comunicación, Psicología, Educación, Lingüística. Orbis promueve la producción intelectual que contribuya directamente a la Convivencia y la Cultura de Paz. Publica artículos inéditos, estudios, reseñas, y documentos relacionados con las Ciencias Humanas y con especial interés en los temas de Cultura de Paz. La revista prefiere trabajos interdisciplinarios y en equipo, contribuciones que incluyan jóvenes investigadores.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Emotional Intelligence and PerformancePsychology6.5%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.5%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences6.5%
- Dental Education, Practice, ResearchHealth Professions6.5%
- Social Skills and EducationSocial Sciences6.5%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting3.2%
- Mathematics Education and Teaching TechniquesSocial Sciences3.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 731/1530 | 52nd |
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
La Revista Oribs se encuentra indizada en:Publisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 16 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access: revista electrónica (electronic journal) Model summary
ORBIS es una revista electrónica científica, arbitrada con Indización internacional, de carácter independiente editada por la Fundación Unamuno, institución educativa, privada, sin fines de lucro, dedicada a la promoción de la ciencia.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: arbitrada (peer-reviewed) Model summary
ORBIS es una revista electrónica científica, arbitrada con Indización internacional, de carácter independiente editada por la Fundación Unamuno, institución educativa, privada, sin fines de lucro, dedicada a la promoción de la ciencia.
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
- Fundación Unamuno
- Country or region
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1856-1594
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Orbis
How long does peer review take at Orbis?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Orbis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Orbis is indexed in Scopus.
Is Orbis open access, and what is the APC?
Orbis is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .