Journal profile · COMMUNICATION
Question
ISSN 1669-6581 · Universidad Nacional de La Plata · Argentina
Question: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 81 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Question is published by Universidad Nacional de La Plata and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Communication and COVID-19 Impact, Media and Digital Communication and Advertising and Communication Studies, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Question/Cuestión es una publicación periódica sobre resultados de investigación arbitrada e indexada que edita el Instituto de Investigaciones en Comunicación (IICom) de la Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Creada en el año 2000, contiene trabajos sobre Periodismo y Comunicación, tanto en lo que se produce sobre lo que sucede en y sobre Medios de Comunicación, como en lo referido a Prácticas y Saberes socioculturales. Con una periodicidad cuatrimestral, edita tres números al año y está organizada en Secciones: Ensayos, Estudios, Informes, Iniciación a la investigación, Entrevistas y Reseñas/Críticas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 13 (13 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Communication and COVID-19 ImpactSocial Sciences12%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science10.9%
- Advertising and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Latin American socio-political dynamicsSocial Sciences5.1%
- Radio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaSocial Sciences4.9%
- Memory, violence, and historyPsychology4.8%
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
arbitrada e indexadaPublisher 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
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,109 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 1 |
| 2025 | 81 | 81 | 6 |
| 2024 | 103 | 103 | 30 |
| 2023 | 94 | 94 | 65 |
| 2022 | 111 | 111 | 59 |
| 2021 | 146 | 146 | 69 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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-SA | |
| 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)
Article types accepted6
- ensayosestá organizada en Secciones: Ensayos, Estudios, Informes, Iniciación a la investigación, Entrevistas y Reseñas/CríticasLength not stated
- entrevistasestá organizada en Secciones: Ensayos, Estudios, Informes, Iniciación a la investigación, Entrevistas y Reseñas/CríticasLength not stated
- estudiosestá organizada en Secciones: Ensayos, Estudios, Informes, Iniciación a la investigación, Entrevistas y Reseñas/CríticasLength not stated
- informesestá organizada en Secciones: Ensayos, Estudios, Informes, Iniciación a la investigación, Entrevistas y Reseñas/CríticasLength not stated
- iniciación a la investigaciónestá organizada en Secciones: Ensayos, Estudios, Informes, Iniciación a la investigación, Entrevistas y Reseñas/CríticasLength not stated
- reseñas/críticasestá organizada en Secciones: Ensayos, Estudios, Informes, Iniciación a la investigación, Entrevistas y Reseñas/CríticasLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open Access Model summary
La revista apoya el movimiento de Acceso Abierto al conocimiento como bien común, por lo que provee acceso inmediato y completo a todo su contenido
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 de La Plata
- Country or region
- Argentina
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1669-6581
- 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 Question
What CAS zone is Question in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Question is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Communication. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Question?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Question based?
Of the 13 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (13). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Question?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Question is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Question open access, and what is the APC?
Question 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: .