Cogency

Universidad Diego Portales · Chile

ISSN0718-8285eISSN0719-9430

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.119

Total Worksi

104

Total Citationsi

103

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Cogency is an international journal dedicated to research and academic work around reasoning and argumentation. The journal seeks to be a reference point that elucidates our understanding of these fields of study, with a particular interest in the philosophical dimension. Its objective is to contribute to both theory and practice, taking into account perspectives originating from philosophy, formal and informal logic, rhetoric, linguistics, and psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionChile

Primary LanguageSpanish, English

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 11 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications104

Publisher OrgDiego Portales University

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad Diego Portales

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0718-8285 / 0719-9430

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish, English

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

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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.

CommunicationQ4

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

CommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Literary and Cultural StudiesEducation and Teacher TrainingClassical Philosophy and ThoughtLegal processes and jurisprudencePhilosophical Thought and Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Cogency

Is Cogency a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cogency: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Cogency?

Cogency is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.101.

Is Cogency indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cogency is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.