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Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación

Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Spain · Est. 1995

ISSN1135-7991eISSN1988-4001
WOS ESCIDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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Aims & Scope

CIC. Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación is an international journal with an annual periodicity and a format of 17x24 cm. It is an editorial project of the Department of Journalism and New Media - Teaching Unit of Information Theory, Semiotics and Ethics - of the Complutense University of Madrid. CIC is aimed at professionals and researchers in communication and information and covers authors, contributions and themes from all over the globe. It aims to disseminate the most current and relevant contributions in this field of knowledge to the community of experts and researchers, both Spanish-speaking and in other languages. It is dedicated to publishing unpublished texts of cutting-edge international research in communication and information, both recent and classic. It also publishes book reviews and translations.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain
Primary LanguageItalian, French, English, Spanish
1st Year Published1995
FrequencyAnnual
StatusActive
Total Publications
Publisher OrgServicio de Publicaciones
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1135-7991 / 1988-4001
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
Italian, French, English, Spanish

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
14
69
2018
23
88
2019
25
179
2020
19
55
2021
16
14
2022
16
17
2023
14
1
2024
18
2
2025

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media and Digital CommunicationAdvertising and Communication StudiesCommunication and COVID-19 ImpactJournalism and Media StudiesMedia, Journalism, and Communication HistoryLiterary and Cultural StudiesCinema History and CriticismSocial Sciences and PoliciesRadio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaCultural and political discourse analysis

Frequently asked questions about Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación

Is Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación?

Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación?

CIC. Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación is an international journal with an annual periodicity and a format of 17x24 cm. It is an editorial project of the Department of Journalism and New Media - Teaching Unit of Information Theory, Semiotics and Ethics - of the Complutense University of Madrid. CIC is aimed at professionals and researchers in communication and information and covers authors, contributions and themes from all over the globe. It aims to disseminate the most current and relevant contributions in this field of knowledge to the community of experts and researchers, both Spani

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