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Revista de Estudios Sociales
ISSN 0123-885X · eISSN 1900-5180 · Universidad de los Andes · Colombia
Revista de Estudios Sociales: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.72; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 9.8% (journal website); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Estudios Sociales is published by Universidad de los Andes and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History and Politics in Latin America, Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia and Social Sciences and Policies, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista de Estudios Sociales (rev. estud. soc.), creada en 1998, es una publicación de acceso abierto diamante*, que se acoge a criterios internacionales de calidad, posicionamiento, periodicidad y disponibilidad en línea. Se publica al inicio de cada trimestre (enero-marzo, abril-junio, julio-septiembre y octubre-diciembre) y es financiada por la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). Todos los contenidos digitales pueden accederse a través de su página web: https://res.uniandes.edu.co La revista tiene como objetivo contribuir a la difusión de las investigaciones, los análisis, las reflexiones y las revisiones temáticas que sobre los problemas sociales elabora la comunidad académica nacional, regional e internacional. Publica contenidos en español, inglés y portugués, que aportan a debates sobre temas relevantes con enfoques desde la sociología, la historia, la antropología, la ciencia política, la filosofía, la psicología, así como desde los estudios culturales y de género. Los contenidos que publica la revista, en sus diferentes secciones, están dirigidos a públicos especializados y público general, con el propósito de que contribuyan a la construcción de nuevo conocimiento, fortalezcan las redes académicas y sean un insumo para profesores y estudiantes, así como para entablar diálogos de construcción comunitaria, local y regional. La estructura de la revista contiene las siguientes secciones: Dossier integra un conjunto de contenidos sobre un problema o tema específico, que desde una perspectiva crítica y analítica ofrecen avances o resultados de investigación, reflexión o revisión temática, dando cuenta de las nuevas tendencias en un área específica del conocimiento. Otras voces se diferencia del Dossier en que incluye textos que presentan investigaciones, reflexiones o revisiones, que tratan problemas o temáticas diversas. Documentos difunde uno o más textos sobre temáticas de interés social que son abordadas de manera reflexiva, por lo general de autoridades en la materia. También se publican traducciones y transcripciones de contenidos relevantes de las diferentes áreas de las Ciencias Sociales. Debate es una sección donde se incluyen contenidos sobre temáticas específicas, orientadas a generar discusiones académicas desde diferentes perspectivas, bien sea mediante entrevistas o escritos analíticos. La revista cambia la estructura de presentación de sus secciones en los números que son de tema libre. En esas edi
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History and Politics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences12.5%
- Conflict, Peace, and Violence in ColombiaSocial Sciences10.4%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences6.6%
- Memory, violence, and historyPsychology5.1%
- Latin American Urban StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Latin American Cultural PoliticsSocial Sciences4.5%
- Public Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.3%
- Latin American socio-political dynamicsSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Scimago Journal Rank (SJR), Google Scholar h5-index, Publindex-ColcienciasPublisher 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
- Impact factor
- 0.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.28Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 306OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,858 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 3 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 41 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 90 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 377 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 146 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 241 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9.8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 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
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 | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access, quarterly publication Model summary
Publicación trimestral de acceso abierto.
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 de los Andes
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0123-885X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1900-5180
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Revista de Estudios Sociales
What CAS zone is Revista de Estudios Sociales in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista de Estudios Sociales is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Issues / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Revista de Estudios Sociales?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.72; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Revista de Estudios Sociales?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9.8%. 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 Revista de Estudios Sociales?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Reference style: Chicago. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Revista de Estudios Sociales based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista de Estudios Sociales?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Estudios Sociales is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista de Estudios Sociales open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Estudios Sociales 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .