Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte
ISSN 0124-5821 · Universitaria Católica del Norte · Colombia
Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 50 weeks (community reports); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte is published by Universitaria Católica del Norte 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 Educational Innovations and Technology, E-Learning and Knowledge Management and Education and Teacher Training, together about 31.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 21, Argentina 1 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science13.6%
- E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science10.3%
- Education and Teacher TrainingSocial Sciences7.6%
- Educational theories and practicesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences6.8%
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Educational Technology in LearningComputer Science3.8%
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 Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | 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
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
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 62.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 870 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 2 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 85 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 129 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | 153 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 457 |
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 50 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 50 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-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)
Article types accepted3
- artículos de investigaciónArtículos de Investigación Exponen resultados originales derivados de ejercicios investigativos, a través de los cuales se genera nuevo conocimiento de utilidad…Length not stated
- artículos de reflexiónArtículos de Reflexión Son contribuciones que presentan resultados de investigaciones terminadas desde una perspectiva analítica, crítica o interpretativa del a…Length not stated
- artículos de revisiónArtículos de Revisión Se constituyen en un ejercicio riguroso, a través del cual el autor presenta los avances y tendencias de una temática específica -para efe…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright
- AI use Posibilidades y retos del uso del ChatGPT en la escritura argumentativa en el nivel universitario
Emilce Moreno Mosquera , Ligia Ochoa Sierra , María Mercedes Hernández Henríquez 197-227 PDF XML HTML
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license for all texts published from 2019 onwards Model summary
Todos los textos publicados en esta revista, a partir del año 2019, están bajo una licencia Creative Commons «Reconocimiento - No Comercial - Sin Derivativas 4.0 Internacional.
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
- Universitaria Católica del Norte
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0124-5821
- 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 Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte
What CAS zone is Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. 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 Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte?
Authors report an average review time of about 50 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (21) and Argentina (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Virtual Universidad Catolica del Norte 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; 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: .