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Revista de Indias
ISSN 0034-8341 · eISSN 1988-3188 · Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Spain
Revista de Indias: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 48 weeks (community reports); 54 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Indias is published by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Studies in Latin America, History and Politics in Latin America and Latin American history and culture, together about 46.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Revista de Indias es una publicación científica publicada por el CSIC, editada en el Instituto de Historia del CCHS, es un foro de debate sobre la historia de América destinado a un público especializado. Su objetivo es la publicación de artículos originales que, además de contribuir al conocimiento de América, fomenten el debate entre los investigadores, y recojan las corrientes historiográficas del momento. Las temáticas están abiertas a distintos aspectos como los sociales, culturales, políticos y económicos, abarcando desde el mundo prehispánico a la actualidad de Iberoamérica. Los idiomas de publicación son el español, inglés y portugués.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences22.2%
- History and Politics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences13.7%
- Latin American history and cultureArts and Humanities10.6%
- Historical Studies on SpainArts and Humanities8.4%
- Cuban History and SocietySocial Sciences5.7%
- Argentine historical studiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Indigenous Cultures and HistorySocial Sciences3.6%
- History of Education in SpainArts and Humanities2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: CWTS Leiden Ranking (Journal indicators), REDIB, Catálogo Latindex 2.0, Sello de Calidad de la FECYT
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 119OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,289 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 2025 | 54 | 54 | 8 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | 10 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | 23 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 50 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 48 |
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 48 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 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 | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 4–6
Article types accepted3
- artículosArtículosLength not stated
- dossierDossierLength not stated
- reseñas bibliográficasReseñas bibliográficasLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access
- Authorship
Política de desautorización de artículos Model summary
Política de desautorización de artículos
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Política de depósito de datos de investigación Model summary
Política de depósito de datos de investigación
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Política sobre uso de inteligencia artificial Model summary
Política sobre uso de inteligencia artificial
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Política de acceso y reutilización de contenidos Model summary
Política de acceso y reutilización de contenidos
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
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, French
- ISSN
- 0034-8341
- Electronic ISSN
- 1988-3188
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista de Indias
What CAS zone is Revista de Indias in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista de Indias is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Revista de Indias?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at Revista de Indias?
Authors report an average review time of about 48 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 de Indias?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Indias is indexed in AHCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista de Indias open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Indias 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, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .