Journal profile
Zona Franca
ISSN 2545-6504 · Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de las Mujeres · Argentina
Zona Franca: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zona Franca is published by Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de las Mujeres. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economic Zones and Regional Development, Economic, financial, and policy analysis and Gender and Feminist Studies, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic Zones and Regional DevelopmentEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
- Economic, financial, and policy analysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences11.7%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
- Feminism, Gender, and Social IssuesSocial Sciences10.7%
- Historical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.3%
- Argentine historical studiesSocial Sciences4.1%
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 265 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 21 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
| 2023 | 87 | 87 | 45 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 15 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 15 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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-ND | |
| 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)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
No APC or submission fees. Model summary
La revista no cobra tarifas o tasas de publicación de artículo (Article Processing Charge-APC), ni tampoco por el envío de textos a la publicación.
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
- Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de las Mujeres
- Country or region
- Argentina
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2545-6504
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Zona Franca
How long does peer review take at Zona Franca?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Zona Franca?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Zona Franca based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Zona Franca?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zona Franca is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Zona Franca open access, and what is the APC?
Zona Franca 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: .