Journal profile
Revista Costarricense de Orientacion
ISSN 2215-6615 · Colegio de Profesionales en Orientación · Costa Rica
Revista Costarricense de Orientacion: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 27 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Costarricense de Orientacion is published by Colegio de Profesionales en Orientación. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Career Development and Diversity, Counseling Practices and Supervision and Higher Education and Employability, together about 52.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Josué Jiménez UlatePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Career Development and DiversitySocial Sciences21.2%
- Counseling Practices and SupervisionPsychology17%
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences14.4%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences5.9%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences3.4%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences2.5%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology2.5%
- Film in Education and TherapyHealth Professions2.5%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Redalyc
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.31OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 52 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 18 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
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 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-ND | |
| 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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted5
- essayThe journal publishes research articles, theoretical review article and essays.Length not stated
- research articleThe journal publishes research articles, theoretical review article and essays. Donwload the "Norms for the preparation of an article" to kwown the specificatio…Length not stated
- review articleThe journal publishes research articles, theoretical review article and essays. Donwload the "Norms for the preparation of an article" to kwown the specificatio…Length not stated
- scientific article1. Scientific article derived from: Research. Theoretical review (Articles that merely summarize without specific objectives or methodology will be rejected.)Length not stated
- theoretical review articleThe journal publishes research articles, theoretical review article and essays.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP.
The journal adheres to the criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors for recognizing authorship and contributions to articles submitted to it:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE Model summary
The journal has a Code of Ethics, which upholds the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 CR Model summary
The authors offer the free, exclusive assignment of the patrimonial rights of their articles to the Colegio de Profesionales en Orientación (Bar Association of Guidance Professionals) to carry out the following activities:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS.
Open access Model summary
This is an open-access journal, which means that all content is available free of charge to users. It is available to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text, or use it for any other lawful purpose, without prior permission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review External peer review.
PKP-PN Model summary
All scientific articles and essays will be reviewed by two external peer reviewers through a single-blind process; only the identity of the reviewers will be concealed, even after publication. For this reason, reviewers are asked to declare any potential conflicts of interest that may affect their impartiality, as established in the journal's Code of Ethics. If a conflict is identified, the articl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism ETHICS AND PLAGIARISM DETECTION.
Similarity tool Model summary
The journal has a Code of Ethics, which upholds the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
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
- Colegio de Profesionales en Orientación
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- English, Portuguese, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2215-6615
- Society / sponsor
- College of Guidance Professionals
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Costarricense de Orientacion
How long does peer review take at Revista Costarricense de Orientacion?
Authors report an average review time of about 27 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 Revista Costarricense de Orientacion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Costarricense de Orientacion is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Costarricense de Orientacion open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Costarricense de Orientacion 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: .