Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia
ISSN 1853-6530 · Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnología · Argentina
Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia is published by Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnología and is in Zone 4 of Education 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 Educational Technology in Learning, together about 62.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science27.1%
- E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science26.3%
- Educational Technology in LearningComputer Science9%
- Digital literacy in educationComputer Science6%
- Knowledge Societies in the 21st CenturySocial Sciences5.8%
- Higher Education Teaching and EvaluationSocial Sciences4.5%
- Education and Teacher TrainingSocial Sciences3%
- Educational theories and practicesSocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | 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
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 352 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 9 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 33 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | — |
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 websiteData availability
- Data availability
The site uses Anubis Proof-of-Work protection against aggressive AI scraping to prevent downtime. Model summary
Anubis uses a Proof-of-Work scheme in the vein of Hashcash, a proposed proof-of-work scheme for reducing email spam.
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
- Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnología
- Country or region
- Argentina
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1853-6530
- 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 Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia
What CAS zone is Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia open access, and what is the APC?
Virtualidad Educacion y Ciencia 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .