Materia

Departament d'Historia de l'Art. Universitat de Barcelona · Spain · Est. 2011

ISSN1579-2641eISSN2385-3387

SJR Q3✓ 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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.104

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.019

Total Worksi

169

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Communication; Music.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageCatalan, French, Italian, Spanish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications169

Publisher OrgUniversity of Barcelona

OA Since2000

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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

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Departament d'Historia de l'Art. Universitat de Barcelona

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1579-2641 / 2385-3387

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Catalan, French, Italian, 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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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.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

CommunicationQ4

MusicQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

MusicVisual Arts and Performing ArtsCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Art and Architecture StudiesLibraries, Manuscripts, and BooksMedieval and Early Modern IberiaHistorical Studies of Medieval IberiaGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological Modeling and AnalysisArchitecture and Art History StudiesPhotographic and Visual ArtsMedieval Architecture and ArchaeologyHistorical Studies on Spain

Frequently asked questions about Materia

Is Materia a predatory journal?

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

Materia is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.104.

Is Materia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Materia is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Materia?