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Bibliotecas

Universidad Nacional · Costa Rica · Est. 2016

ISSN1409-3049eISSN1659-3286

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open 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.

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📊 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

0.12

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Bibliotecas es una revista de carácter académico de la Escuela de Bibliotecología, Documentación e Información de la Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Tiene como objetivo principal la divulgación del conocimiento científico resultado de las investigaciones realizadas por profesionales en bibliotecología, documentación, información y temáticas afines. La revista se publica semestralmente en los siguientes periodos: Enero - Junio y Julio - Diciembre, con la metodología de publicación continua (los artículos se reciben durante todo el año). La revista está dirigida los profesionales de la información, docentes, bibliotecólogos en ejercicio y estudiantes en formación.

General Information

Country / RegionCosta Rica

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencySemestral

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications91

Publisher OrgNational University, Costa Rica

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since1979

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad Nacional

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1409-3049 / 1659-3286

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

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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.

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information Sciences

Frequently asked questions about Bibliotecas

Is Bibliotecas a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bibliotecas: 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 Bibliotecas?

Bibliotecas 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.59.

Is Bibliotecas indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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