Journal profile
Sudamerica
ISSN 2250-7779 · eISSN 2314-1174 · Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata · Argentina
Sudamerica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sudamerica is published by Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, Argentine historical studies and Memory, violence, and history, together about 44.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
SUDAMÉRICA. Revista de Ciencias Sociales es una revista semestral del Centro de Estudios Sociales y Políticos de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Humanidades. Orientada a la comunidad académica de las ciencias sociales a nivel nacional y regional. Su propósito principal es la publicación de artículos científico-académicos de las más variadas temáticas en el campo de las ciencias sociales. Los artículos con pedido de publicación deben ser inéditos y originales en sus respectivos campos de conocimiento, de autores nacionales o extranjeros. El idioma de la revista es el español, aunque se considera la posibilidad de recibir trabajos en portugués, francés e inglés. Los artículos pueden ser el resultado de una investigación científica, pero también se recibirán balances temáticos y reflexiones académicas sobre el campo de las ciencias sociales. La definición de la pertinencia o no de los artículos quedará a cargo del Comité Editorial en acuerdo con el Comité de Asesores. La calidad de los artículos se asegura mediante un proceso de evaluación interna y externa, el cual es realizado por pares académicos de los ámbitos nacional e internacional. SUDAMÉRICA publica dos números al año, uno en julio y otro en diciembre. La Revista está dividida en cinco (5) secciones que contendrán un número variables de contribuciones, sin exceder de 20 textos en total por número. Se realizan dos llamados anuales para la recepción de artículos, uno entre los meses de febrero y marzo, y otro entre los meses de julio y setiembre. Las secciones de la Revista son: DossierArtículos libresAvances de investigación-ensayoReseñas de librosApéndice Números de Identificación ISSN 2250-7779 (Versión impresa) ISSN 2314-1174 (Versión en línea) Approach and scope SUDAMERICA. Social sciences journal, is a biannual journal of the Center for Social and Political Studies of the National University of Mar del Plata, Faculty of Humanities. Oriented to the academic community of social sciences at national and regional level. Its main purpose is the publication of scientific-academic articles of the most varied themes in the field of social sciences. The articles with publication request must be unpublished and original in their respective fields of knowledge, of national or foreign authors. The language of the journal is Spanish, although the possibility of receiving papers in Portuguese, French and English is considered. The articles may be the result of scientific research, but the
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 49, Portugal 1, Chile 1, Colombia 1 (52 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceSocial Sciences22.2%
- Argentine historical studiesSocial Sciences11.1%
- Memory, violence, and historyPsychology11.1%
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences11.1%
- Environmental Philosophy and EthicsEnvironmental Science11.1%
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences11.1%
- Travel Writing and LiteratureArts and Humanities11.1%
- Animal Law and WelfareSocial Sciences11.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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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
Latindex Directorio, Euro Pub Directory of Academic and Scientific Journals, Actualidad Iberoamericana (Indice Internacional de revistas), BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), CIRC (Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Científicas), MIAR (Matriz de Información para el Análisis de Revistas), DRJI (Directory of Research Journals Indexing), CiteFactor Academic Scientific Journals, OAJI (Open Academic Journals Index), ROAD (Directory of Open Acces Scholarly Resources), Núcleo Básico de Revistas Científicas Argentinas, Journals for Free, ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), Malena, Latino Americana, Latindex Catálogo 2.0Publisher 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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Model summary
Sudamérica: Revista de Ciencias Sociales está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 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
- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
- Country or region
- Argentina
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2250-7779
- Electronic ISSN
- 2314-1174
- 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 Sudamerica
How long does peer review take at Sudamerica?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Sudamerica based?
Of the 52 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (49), Portugal (1) and Chile (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Sudamerica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sudamerica is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Sudamerica open access, and what is the APC?
Sudamerica 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: .