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Formacion Universitaria

Centro de Informacion Tecnologica · Chile

ISSN0718-5006

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2017-06-15). 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.28

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.097

Total Worksi

1,132

Total Citationsi

9,765

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Formación Universitaria is dedicated to the transmission of information, comments, ideas, reflections, and projects related to academic work in universities. It particularly focuses on the teaching of engineering and sciences, and publishes original articles in all areas of university teaching work.

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General Information

Country / RegionChile

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 74 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,132

Publisher OrgSciELO

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Centro de Informacion Tecnologica

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0718-5006

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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

865

2019

122

1.6k

2020

112

1.3k

2021

611

2022

204

2023

166

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.

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Educational Innovations and TechnologyEducation and Teacher TrainingE-Learning and Knowledge ManagementHigher Education Teaching and EvaluationEducational Research and Science Teaching

Frequently asked questions about Formacion Universitaria

Is Formacion Universitaria a predatory journal?

Formacion Universitaria was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-06-15). 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 Formacion Universitaria?

Formacion Universitaria is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.28.

Is Formacion Universitaria indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Formacion Universitaria is indexed in Scopus.