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Ciencia da Informacao

Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology · Brazil

ISSN1518-8353

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

0.107

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.156

Total Worksi

1,330

Total Citationsi

8,785

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal Ciência da Informação publishes articles related to the field of Information Science, covering topics such as data, information, technology, and the impacts of Artificial Intelligence. It aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among academia, the public sector, private initiative, and civil society, exploring ethical, technical, and social challenges in the contemporary information and technology landscape.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageSpanish, English, Portuguese

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 65 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,330

Publisher OrgSciELO

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1518-8353

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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?

LOCKSS, PKP PN

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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, English, Portuguese

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

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

105

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.

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Information Science and LibrariesBusiness and Management StudiesEducation and Digital TechnologiesScience and Science EducationCompetitive and Knowledge IntelligenceInformation Architecture and UsabilityBig Data and Business IntelligenceEducation and Public PolicyE-Learning and Knowledge ManagementLegal case studies and regulations

Frequently asked questions about Ciencia da Informacao

Is Ciencia da Informacao a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ciencia da Informacao: 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 Ciencia da Informacao?

Ciencia da Informacao is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.107.

Is Ciencia da Informacao indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ciencia da Informacao is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.