Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora

What Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora does

Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora (Instituto Mora) is a Mexican public, non-profit research institute dedicated to historical and social science research and graduate education. Headquartered in Mexico City with three physical locations (Plaza Valentín Gómez Farías, Poussin, and Madrid), it employs approximately 251 staff and offers academic programs spanning undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels in history, social sciences, and related disciplines.

The institute's core products consist of peer-reviewed academic journals (notably Secuencia, focused on Mexican/Latin American history, and América Latina en la Historia Económica or ALHE, ranked Q2 in Scimago History), an extensive catalog of academic books, open-access digital repositories, and a Koha-based digital library system. Its technology stack is built on open-source academic infrastructure: OJS3/PKP for journal publishing (via UNAM partnership), WordPress/WooCommerce for the online bookstore (libreria.mora.edu.mx), and Koha for library catalog management. The institute also operates continuing education programs and competency certification services.

Instituto Mora's revenue model is primarily government-funded, with operations supported through SECIHTI (formerly CONAHCyT) oversight and classification. Secondary revenue streams include direct-to-consumer book sales (MX$20–MX$650 unit pricing with MX$180 domestic shipping), institutional sales to universities and libraries, and tuition and professional services from academic programs. The institute reaches its academic audience through digital channels including its website, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube), and open-access journal platforms. Its primary customer segments are academic researchers, graduate/postgraduate students, and universities/research libraries in Mexico.

Name

Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora

Legal name

Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora

Website

https://mora.edu.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Instituto Mora is a Mexican public non-profit research institute specializing in historical and social science research, graduate education, and peer-reviewed academic publishing, serving academic researchers, students, and universities in Mexico.

Ownership category

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Product category

Academic Research and Humanities Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Libraries and Archives (51921)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAI), Reference Works & Academic Databases (Encyclopedias, Indexes, Abstracts) (MPAJABAI)

Keywords

• Historical research
• Social science research
• Academic publishing
• Graduate education
• Humanities research

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad de México

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Book and Publication Sales: The institute generates revenue through the sale of academic books, journals, and publications via its online bookstore (libreria.mora.edu.mx). Books are sold at various price points ranging from approximately $20 to $650 MXN, with fixed shipping rates within Mexico.
2. Academic Programs and Services: The institute offers educational programs including undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as continuing education and competency certification services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Instituto Mora is a Mexican public research institute that conducts scholarly research and graduate-level teaching in history and the social sciences. It publishes peer-reviewed academic journals (including Secuencia, América Latina en la Historia Económica, and BiCentenario), offers master's and doctoral degree programs, and operates an online bookstore that sells its own academic publications. The institute is publicly funded and affiliated with SECIHTI, the Mexican government agency for science, humanities, technology, and innovation.

Product overview

Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora is a Mexican public research institute specializing in historical and social science research, publishing, and graduate education. Its portfolio consists primarily of academic journals (Secuencia and América Latina en la Historia Económica), a digital library and repository system (Koha), an e-commerce bookstore (Librería en Línea), open access publication platforms, and graduate academic programs. The institute operates multiple web-based platforms: its journals are published using OJS3/PKP software, its library uses Koha, and its bookstore runs on WordPress/WooCommerce. The core offering centers on peer-reviewed scholarly publishing in history, economics, political science, and Latin American studies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Graduate academic programs

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCyT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONAHCyT supports the institute's journal publications through the Sistema de Clasificación de Revistas Mexicanas de Ciencia y Tecnología, providing institutional recognition and classification for academic publications.
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) - Dirección General de Publicaciones y Fomento EditorialcoreTechnology or IntegrationUNAM's Subdirección de Revistas Académicas y Publicaciones Digitales provides the OJS3/PKP platform infrastructure for the institute's journal publications, including technical implementation and workflow support.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE): Mexican public research and graduate teaching institution focused on social sciences, particularly economics and political science. Comparable to Instituto Mora in publishing indexed journals and offering master's and doctoral programs in overlapping disciplines.
• El Colegio de Michoacán: Mexican public research center concentrating on history, social sciences, and humanities with graduate programs and academic publishing. Shares the same CONAHCyT/SECIHTI funding architecture and a similar journal-publishing model as Instituto Mora.
• El Colegio de México (COLMEX): Mexico's premier center for advanced social sciences and humanities research and graduate education. Direct peer to Instituto Mora in mission, publishing model, and Mexican public research institute status, with a much larger portfolio of indexed journals and graduate programs.
• Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas (UNAM): UNAM's history research institute publishes historical scholarship and hosts graduate researchers. Direct peer in the history and social sciences publishing space and provides the OJS3 platform that Instituto Mora uses.
• FLACSO México: Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico campus, offers graduate social science programs and publishes indexed academic output. Comparable to Instituto Mora as a regional research and graduate education body in social sciences with publishing activities.
• El Colegio de San Luis: Mexican public research center with graduate programs and academic publishing in social sciences and humanities. Comparable scale and mission to Instituto Mora, and a fellow member of Mexico's federal research institute system.

Emerging players

• Redalyc: Latin American open-access scholarly publishing network and indexing platform. Instituto Mora's journals are indexed in Redalyc; the platform is a thematic peer as both an enabler of open-access dissemination and an emerging venue for social science scholarship.
• SciELO México: Mexican node of the SciELO open-access journal indexing network. Instituto Mora's ALHE is indexed in SciELO Citation Index; SciELO is comparable as the regional infrastructure through which Mexican social science journals reach global readers.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM): Mexico's largest public university and a broad incumbent across higher education, scholarly publishing, and research. Operates the OJS infrastructure that Instituto Mora uses, and competes as a publisher of indexed journals and graduate programs.
• Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM): Large Mexican public university with social science departments, graduate programs, and indexed journals. Operates at much greater scale than Instituto Mora but overlaps in social science scholarship and open-access publishing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/institutomora
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCd31wu6EQGqOzgLlcv4dykg
• Facebookfacebook.com/Institutomora
• Instagraminstagram.com/instituto.mora
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instituto-de-investigaciones-dr.-jos-mar-a-luis-mora

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