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ZONA PROXIMA

UNIV NORTE, EDICIONES UNINORTE · Est. 2005

ISSN1657-2416eISSN2145-9444

✓ WOS ESCI

Removed from DOAJ (2017-07-04). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

488

Total Citationsi

1,049

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research.

General Information

Country / Region—

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications488

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

UNIV NORTE, EDICIONES UNINORTE

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1657-2416 / 2145-9444

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

Articles published

Citations received

2019

2020

2021

259

487

2022

2023

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Educational Innovations and TechnologyEducation and Teacher TrainingLiteracy and Educational PracticesEducational theories and practicesE-Learning and Knowledge ManagementSocial Skills and EducationEducation in Rural ContextsEducational methodologies and cognitive developmentHigher Education Teaching and EvaluationEducational Outcomes and Influences

Frequently asked questions about ZONA PROXIMA

Is ZONA PROXIMA a predatory journal?

ZONA PROXIMA was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-07-04). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ZONA PROXIMA?

ZONA PROXIMA 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 ZONA PROXIMA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ZONA PROXIMA is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of ZONA PROXIMA?