Journal profile
Perspectivas
ISSN 1409-3669 · eISSN 2215-4728 · Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Perspectivas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Perspectivas is published by Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, Citizenship Education and Democracy and Education Pedagogy and Practices, together about 47.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista Perspectivas: Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica constituye un medio indexado de difusión crítico, en formato digital y de publicación semestral, que pretende compartir, desde una perspectiva pedagógica, inquietudes, avances, retos y limitaciones concernientes al desarrollo de la enseñanza de los Estudios Sociales y la Educación Cívica, así como en campos afines a la enseñanza de otras disciplinas y ciencias sociales.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences30.2%
- Citizenship Education and DemocracySocial Sciences9.5%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities7.7%
- Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social SciencesSocial Sciences6.3%
- Sociology and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences5.3%
- Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences4.2%
- Geography Education and PedagogySocial Sciences2.8%
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
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 134 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 18 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 46 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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-SA | |
| 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1
- artículos convocatoria general (sección arbitrada)Artículos convocatoria general (sección arbitrada)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license Model summary
Esta obra está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional
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, Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1409-3669
- Electronic ISSN
- 2215-4728
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Perspectivas
How long does peer review take at Perspectivas?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Perspectivas?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Perspectivas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Perspectivas is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Perspectivas open access, and what is the APC?
Perspectivas 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: .