Memorias

Universidad del Norte · Colombia · Est. 1985

ISSN1794-8886

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-04-17). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. 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 ↗

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.135

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.993

Total Worksi

4,568

Total Citationsi

740

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Memorias is a referred journal that aims to divulge scientific and theoretical knowledge produced in the areas of History and Archeology, as well as in other social sciences in general that focus on the Greater Caribbean region. The journal publishes unpublished works that present recent research.

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General Information

Country / RegionColombia

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications4,568

Publisher OrgUniversidad del Norte, Colombia

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad del Norte

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1794-8886

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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

121

2019

208

2020

2021

411

300

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ2

ArcheologyQ3

Archeology (arts and humanities)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

HistoryArcheology (arts and humanities)Archeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

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Frequently asked questions about Memorias

Is Memorias a predatory journal?

Memorias was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2024-04-17). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Memorias?

Memorias is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.135.

Is Memorias indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Memorias is indexed in Scopus.