Journal profile
Sinectica
ISSN 2007-7033 · Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente · Mexico
Sinectica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sinectica is published by Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education Pedagogy and Practices, Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics and Higher Education in Latin America, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sinéctica is a multidisciplinary, continuously published academic journal that publishes research on education as a phenomenon embedded in diverse sociocultural contexts, examined through a variety of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches. The journal welcomes contributions that explore key educational issues within three broad domains: Institutional Educational policies Emerging methodologies in educational research Curriculum planning and evaluation Pedagogical innovation Educational models Educational leadership and management Teacher education Educational technologies Social Education, labor, and poverty Community perspectives on education Education and social movements Migration and education Cultural Intercultural education Formal and non-formal education Linguistics in educational contexts Inclusion and diversity in education Education and social coexistence Sinéctica has an international scope and accepts manuscripts in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. All submissions are subject to a double-blind peer review process. Editorial Policy Please note that Sinéctica does not consider: Opinion pieces or informal essays Manuscripts without theoretical or conceptual grounding Narratives, anecdotes, or institutional/personal accounts not derived from research Pedagogical proposals lacking empirical evidence Submissions with serious writing issues or that fall outside the journal’s thematic scope Each author may submit only one manuscript per year for peer review. The maximum number of authors per submission is three. Exceptions (four or more authors) are permitted only when justified by the complexity of the research. Evaluation Criteria Manuscripts submitted to Sinéctica are evaluated according to the following criteria: Quality: Contributions must advance understanding of the educational phenomena studied and be supported by a sound methodological design and solid theoretical-conceptual framework. Originality: Submissions must be unpublished, not under review elsewhere, and offer new knowledge or significant findings. Relevance to the journal’s scope and focus Timeliness: Preference is given to manuscripts addressing current educational issues and debates.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences14%
- Migration, Education, Indigenous Social DynamicsSocial Sciences8.4%
- Higher Education in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences7.8%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences6.4%
- Education, Philosophy, and SocietyArts and Humanities5.9%
- Indigenous Cultures and Socio-EducationSocial Sciences4.8%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4.6%
- Values and Moral EducationSocial Sciences4.5%
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
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 958 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 128 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 260 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 295 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 464 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 246 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 227 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted6
- essays (open section)Essays (open section) We accept papers that deal with some educational aspect or subject from a substantiated and propositional perspective and which is not str…Length not stated
- research articles (open section)Research articles (open section) We receive papers that, without responding to the thematic of the current calls, report the results of educational research pro…Length not stated
- reviewDiscussion contributions, thematic, methodological and book reviews, whose own characteristics require introduction, development of the text, presentation of co…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews Discussion contributions, thematic, methodological and book reviews, whose own characteristics require introduction, development of the text, presentati…Length not stated
- thematic essaysThematic essays We accept submissions of papers that deal with some educational aspect or subject from a substantiated and propositional perspective and which a…Length not stated
- thematic researchThematic research We receive papers that report the results of educational research projects that make a better comprehension of the studied phenomenon possible…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship
No fees charged to authors for submission, processing and publication Model summary
In Sinéctica there are no fees charged to authors for the submission, processing and publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Model summary
All contents of Sinéctica are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, full text without restrictions Model summary
In addition, the contents are available in full text and without restrictions.
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
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2007-7033
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Sinectica
How long does peer review take at Sinectica?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Sinectica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sinectica is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Sinectica open access, and what is the APC?
Sinectica 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: .