Journal profile
Semestre Economico
ISSN 0120-6346 · eISSN 2248-4345 · Universidad de Medellín, Sello Editorial · Colombia
Semestre Economico: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 134 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Semestre Economico is published by Universidad de Medellín, Sello Editorial. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economic Theory and Policy, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact and Education and Labor Relations, together about 26.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
DOI: 10.22395/seec Semestre Económico is a publication of the Administrative and Economic Sciences Faculty at the University of Medellin. It was founded in 1983 and has been edited continuously since 1997. It is an open-access scientific journal. It is a specialized journal in economic topics. It has the purpose of broadcasting research results, which must become an invitation for reflection, debate, and the pursuit of innovative solutions for the problems related to the study of the economic sciences. The journal accepts research, review, and reflection articles in Spanish, English, or Portuguese that had not been published in other journals or any other broadcasting medium. The articles are subjected to an external assessment process and a double-blind peer review for determining their publication possibility. The journal has a biannual periodicity, which consists of one volume and two issues per year, every issue having 10 articles, for a total of 20 articles every year. Since the 56th issue of 2021, the journal started a continuous publication strategy, which shortens publication times and allows the journal to publish them immediately after being accepted, without having to wait for the rest of the articles to be accepted for publishing the issue.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Orcid IdPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 9, Argentina 2, Chile 2, Hong Kong, China 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.7%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.8%
- Education and Labor RelationsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences4.4%
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences4.2%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitSciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Redib, Dialnet, Latindex, Biblat, Clase, Publindex, Fuente académica plus, MIAR, ABI/Inform, ProQuest
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
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.28OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 563 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 76 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 101 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 135 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 207 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 195 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 159 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
134 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 87 days – 200 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 140 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 297 days
- Sample
- 44 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 | |
| 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)
Article types accepted6
- reflectionThe journal accepts research, review, and reflection articles in Spanish, English, or Portuguese that had not been published in other journals or any other broa…Length not stated
- reflection articlesReflection articles: Sthey are structured pieces of writing in accordance with the guidelines for authors that must contain preliminaries, introduction, topic d…Length not stated
- researchThe journal accepts research, review, and reflection articles in Spanish, English, or Portuguese that had not been published in other journals or any other broa…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles: this type of article is derived from original research. For this reason, the author’s guidelines require that these articles state the name o…Length not stated
- reviewThe journal accepts research, review, and reflection articles in Spanish, English, or Portuguese that had not been published in other journals or any other broa…Length not stated
- review articlesReview articles: they must cover topics within the scope of the journal. The review articles generally require the inclusion of at least 50 references and must …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Los artículos que se aprueban para publicación en la revista Semestre Económico deben acogerse a las siguientes condiciones: a) Los autores ceden a la revista Semestre Económico los derechos patrimoniales (copy right), para lo cual debe entregar el formato de originalidad y derechos de autor debidamente diligenciado y con firmas originales. b) Los artículos que se publican en la revista Semestre E…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access policy
Semestre Económico is an open-access journal free of charge to readers and its articles can be reproduced and broadcasted if it complies with the copyright conditions. The authors can archive the final laid-out version (post-print) with non-commercial purposes, including topic or institutional repositories, or their web pages. AUTHOR’S RIGHTS Readers have a right to read all the articles published…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-review process
Anonymous double-blind review.All the articles submitted to the journal are anonymously assessed by two expert reviewers in the field, which are assigned in such a way that neither the author nor the reviewer can know who they are. The decision regarding the publication or dismissal of the article depends on the concept given by the reviewers. The criteria for the assessment of the articles are de…
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 de Medellín, Sello Editorial
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0120-6346
- Electronic ISSN
- 2248-4345
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 67 (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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Semestre Economico
How long does peer review take at Semestre Economico?
Based on the dates recorded on 44 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 134 days (interquartile range 87–200 days); 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Semestre Economico based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (9), Argentina (2) and Chile (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Semestre Economico?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Semestre Economico is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EconLit and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Semestre Economico open access, and what is the APC?
Semestre Economico 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: .