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Acta Comportamentalia

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico · Mexico

ISSN0188-8145

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2016-02-15). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.189

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.469

Total Worksi

863

Total Citationsi

1,771

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics and Language; Applied Psychology; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionMexico

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications863

Publisher OrgUniversidad de Antioquia

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0188-8145

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

129

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

Applied PsychologyQ4

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ4

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Behavioral and Psychological StudiesBusiness and Management StudiesPsychology and Mental HealthEducation Pedagogy and PracticesPsychology Research and BibliometricsLinguistics and Education ResearchPsychological Treatments and DisordersHealth and Lifestyle StudiesYouth, Drugs, and ViolenceEducation and Digital Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Acta Comportamentalia

Is Acta Comportamentalia a predatory journal?

Acta Comportamentalia was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2016-02-15). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Comportamentalia?

Acta Comportamentalia is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.189.

Is Acta Comportamentalia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Comportamentalia is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Comportamentalia?