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FLACSO Ecuador · Ecuador · Est. 2013

ISSN1390-1249eISSN1390-8065
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 1.3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.301
H-Indexi
29
CiteScorei
1.3
SNIPi
0.897
Total Worksi
1,264
Total Citationsi
5,895
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.40
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

ÍCONOSes una revista de ciencias sociales, múltidisciplinaria, de publicación cuatrimestral, fundada en 1997 por la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales – Sede Ecuador. El objetivo de la revista es estimular un tipo de reflexión que vincule las inquietudes académicas de las ciencias sociales con problemas de la realidad social. La revista está dirigida a la comunidad científica y a quienes se interesen por conocer, ampliar y profundizar, desde perspectivas académicas, temas de debate social, político, cultural y económico de la Región Andina y América Latina en general. Íconos es una publicación arbitrada que utiliza el sistema de revisión externa por expertos (peer-review conforme a las normas de publicación Chicago Deusto https://bit.ly/396GMRv) El cumplimiento de estos requisitos facilita su indexación en las principales bases de datos internacionales, garantizándose una mayor difusión de los artículos publicados y, por lo tanto, de sus autores y centros de trabajo. Íconos está indexada en Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) de Web of Science, SciELO Ecuador, REDALYC, Dialnet, DOAJ y en más de 308 bases de datos internacionales, plataformas de evaluación de revistas, directorios selectivos, portales especializados y catálogos hemerográficos de todo el mundo. Adicionalmente, Íconos se ha posicionado en varios rankings que miden el impacto de sus contenidos, ubicándose en el cuartil Q2 del SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), cuartil Q2 de CiteScore de Scopus y en el cuartil Q3 del Journal Citation Report (JCR). La revista se edita en doble versión: impresa (ISSN: 1390-1249) y electrónica (e-ISSN: 1390-8065) en español (www.revistaiconos.ec), además de interfaz, títulos, resúmenes y palabras clave en inglés y portugués. Cada trabajo se identifica con un DOI (Digital Object Identifier System). Íconos busca estimular una reflexión crítica desde las ciencias sociales sobre temas de debate social, político, cultural y económico de América Latina. La revista

General Information

Country / RegionEcuador
Primary LanguageSpanish
1st Year Published2013
Frequencycuatrimestral
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,264
Publisher OrgFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
Region🌍 Global South
OA Since2012
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
PKP Preservation NetworkLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
FLACSO Ecuador
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1390-1249 / 1390-8065
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
PKP Preservation Network, LOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
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
56
294
2019
33
224
2020
33
145
2021
33
137
2022
23
52
2023
33
44
2024
44
97
2025
22
2
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.

AnthropologyQ2
Gender StudiesQ2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2
Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesAnthropologySociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Relations in Latin AmericaLatin American socio-political dynamicsPublic Policy and GovernanceLatin American Cultural PoliticsHistory and Politics in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences and PoliciesIndigenous Cultures and HistoryLatin American Urban StudiesPolitical Dynamics in Latin AmericaEconomic and Social Development

Frequently asked questions about Iconos

Is Iconos a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Iconos: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Iconos?

Iconos 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3.

Is Iconos indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Iconos is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Iconos?

ÍCONOSes una revista de ciencias sociales, múltidisciplinaria, de publicación cuatrimestral, fundada en 1997 por la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales – Sede Ecuador. El objetivo de la revista es estimular un tipo de reflexión que vincule las inquietudes académicas de las ciencias sociales con problemas de la realidad social. La revista está dirigida a la comunidad científica y a quienes se interesen por conocer, ampliar y profundizar, desde perspectivas académicas, temas de debate social, político, cultural y económico de la Región Andina y América Latina en general. Íconos es una

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref