Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Tec Empresarial
ISSN 1659-2395 · eISSN 1659-3359 · Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Tec Empresarial: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tec Empresarial is published by Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Business, Innovation, and Economy, Business, Education, Mathematics Research and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance21%
- Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Educational and Organizational DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Diverse Applied Research StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Higher Education and SustainabilitySocial Sciences4.4%
- Organizational Management and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 284 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 19 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 52 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 182 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 87 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 44 |
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 ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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
- Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1659-2395
- Electronic ISSN
- 1659-3359
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tec Empresarial
What CAS zone is Tec Empresarial in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tec Empresarial is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Tec Empresarial?
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.
Which databases index Tec Empresarial?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tec Empresarial is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Tec Empresarial open access, and what is the APC?
Tec Empresarial 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: .