Journal profile
Revista de las Cortes Generales
ISSN 0213-0130 · eISSN 2659-9678 · Congreso de los Diputados · Spain
Revista de las Cortes Generales: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 39 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de las Cortes Generales is published by Congreso de los Diputados. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Law and Political Science, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and Spanish History and Politics, together about 32.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The publication, uninterrupted since then, has maintained its interest throughout these more than thirty years in the subjects of constitutional and parliamentary law, sociology, history and political theory and, in general, in any intellectual reflection that would lead to the understanding of Parliament and its history.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Law and Political ScienceSocial Sciences11.1%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences10.9%
- Spanish History and PoliticsArts and Humanities10.5%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences10%
- Public Administration and GovernanceSocial Sciences10%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences6%
- Political Dynamics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences5.9%
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.3%
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
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,009 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 66 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 104 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 123 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 120 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | 110 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 96 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- 5–10
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted4
- articlesArticles En esta sección se publicarán trabajos originales de investigación. Tendrán una longitud máxima de 60.000 caracteres (aprox. 30 páginas) incluyendo not…Length not stated
- reports and parliamentary case law with commentariesReports and Parliamentary Case law with commentaries Política general definida para los envíos realizados a la sección.Length not stated
- reviewsReviews Los trabajos presentados a la sección de Recensiones deberán tener una extensión máxima de 9.600 caracteres (aprox. 4 páginas).Length not stated
- reviews and brief biographiesReviews and brief biographies Los trabajos presentados a la sección de Recensiones deberán tener una extensión máxima de 9.600 caracteres (aprox. 4 páginas).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. © Congress of Deputies. The original copies published in the online and printed versions of this Journal constitute the property of the Cortes Generales, recognizing the need to refer to the authorship and source of every partial or total reproduction. Unless otherwise specified, all contents of the online versio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 3. Open Access Policy
This Journal provides immediate free access to its content in OJS, under the principle that making research freely available fosters greater global knowledge exchange. The Journal of the Cortes Generales is committed to promoting the dissemination, visibility, and accessibility of its scientific production, and is therefore committed to a policy of open access, which means that all its content fro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review by at least two external reviewers. Model summary
The Journal of the Cortes Generales submits for evaluation all the originals that it is sent for publication, using a double-blind system whereby the articles are evaluated by at least two reviewers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 5. Anti-plagiarism Policy
The Journal of the Cortes Generales declares its commitment to the respect and integrity of the published works. For this reason, plagiarism is strictly forbidden and texts that are identified as plagiarised, or whose content is fraudulent, will be removed from the evaluation process. The Similarity Check tool powered by iThenticate from Crossref is used for this detection. [Top]
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
- Congreso de los Diputados
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0213-0130
- Electronic ISSN
- 2659-9678
- 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 Revista de las Cortes Generales
How long does peer review take at Revista de las Cortes Generales?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Revista de las Cortes Generales?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: 5–10; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 Revista de las Cortes Generales?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de las Cortes Generales is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Revista de las Cortes Generales open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de las Cortes Generales 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: .