Journal profile · GEOGRAPHY
Revista Geografica de America Central
ISSN 1011-484X · eISSN 2215-2563 · Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Revista Geografica de America Central: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 22 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Geografica de America Central is published by Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 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 Regional Development and Innovation, Urban Development and Societal Issues and Environmental and Ecological Studies, together about 33% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL OF CENTRAL AMERICA is a printed and online publication, directed by the School of Geographical Sciences (Faculty of Earth and Sea Sciences) of the Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica and periodically edited by the Editorial de la Universidad Nacional (EUNA) since 1974. The focus and scope is to disseminate research and geographical and related work carried out nationally and internationally, as well as promote discussion and the contribution of geographers to today's society. The publication is aimed at students and professionals interested in geographic studies, territorial planning, natural resource management, regional studies and the technologies associated with these fields. The journal publishes articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GEOGRAPHY
Editor-in-chief Dra. Meylin Alvarado-SánchezPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences13.2%
- Urban Development and Societal IssuesSocial Sciences10.3%
- Environmental and Ecological StudiesEnergy9.6%
- Environmental Sustainability and EducationEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science6.6%
- Rural Development and AgricultureEnvironmental Science6.1%
- Geography and Education MethodsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Water Resource Management and QualityEnvironmental Science4.1%
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 | Geography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | 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
Web of SciencePublisher 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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 78.02%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 886 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 7 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 17 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 64 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 99 |
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 22 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 22 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 | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Proposed policy for journals offering Open Access Authors publishing their works in the Journal acknowledge and agree to the following terms: a) Authors retain the copyrights to their works and guarantee the Journal the right to be the first to publish their works, under the Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International (https://crea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Proposed policy for journals offering Open Access
Authors publishing their works in the Journal acknowledge and agree to the following terms:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with Turnitin; similarity >25% returned to author. Model summary
The Journal checks for plagiarism by running the text through Turnitin software to detect and determine the degree of similarity between the submitted manuscript and other published works.
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, Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1011-484X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2215-2563
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 2, Issue 78-1 (2026)
- 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 Geografica de America Central
What CAS zone is Revista Geografica de America Central in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista Geografica de America Central is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geography. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Revista Geografica de America Central?
Authors report an average review time of about 22 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 Geografica de America Central?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Geografica de America Central is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Geografica de America Central open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Geografica de America Central 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .