Journal profile
Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas
ISSN 2661-6521 · eISSN 2631-2662 · Universidad Metropolitana de Ecuador · Ecuador
Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas: fully open access; no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 248 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas is published by Universidad Metropolitana de Ecuador. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Criminal Law and Policy, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and Education Pedagogy and Practices, together about 21.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences8%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences6.7%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences6.4%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Labor Law and Work DynamicsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science5.1%
- Inclusive Education and DiversitySocial Sciences4.4%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,188 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 149 | 149 | 396 |
| 2025 | 248 | 248 | 377 |
| 2024 | 161 | 161 | 210 |
| 2023 | 167 | 167 | 109 |
| 2022 | 121 | 121 | 40 |
| 2021 | 118 | 118 | 32 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad Metropolitana de Ecuador
- Country or region
- Ecuador
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2661-6521
- Electronic ISSN
- 2631-2662
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas
How long does peer review take at Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Is Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .