Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Pensamiento Educativo
ISSN 0717-1013 · eISSN 0719-0409 · Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile · Chile
Pensamiento Educativo: fully open access; no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pensamiento Educativo is published by Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education Pedagogy and Practices, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Education and Teacher Training, together about 30.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 7, Argentina 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences15.1%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences10.1%
- Education and Teacher TrainingSocial Sciences5.5%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences5%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences4.8%
- Higher Education in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.6%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences4.4%
- Historical Education Studies WorldwideSocial Sciences4.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Q3 | 1073/1698 | 36th |
| Development | Q3 | 216/314 | 31st |
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
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,055 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 169 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 254 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 355 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 352 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 298 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 275 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) Model summary
PEL publica artículos usando la licencia Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC).
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
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
- Country or region
- Chile
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0717-1013
- Electronic ISSN
- 0719-0409
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pensamiento Educativo
How long does peer review take at Pensamiento Educativo?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Pensamiento Educativo based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Chile (7) and Argentina (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Pensamiento Educativo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pensamiento Educativo is indexed in Scopus.
Is Pensamiento Educativo open access, and what is the APC?
Pensamiento Educativo is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .