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Brazilian Journalism Research

Associacao Brasileira de Pesquisadores de Jornalismo · Brazil · Est. 2005

ISSN1808-4079eISSN1981-9854

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total47

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Removed from DOAJ (2016-09-23). 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 ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.229

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.39

Total Worksi

830

Total Citationsi

2,786

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BJR is dedicated to publishing high quality scientific articles on Theory, Research and Criticism, which have journalism as an object of study from an interdisciplinary perspective.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish, French

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications830

Publisher OrgAssociação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2004

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewBlind Review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC-BY 4.0 International

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Associacao Brasileira de Pesquisadores de Jornalismo

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1808-4079 / 1981-9854

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Blind Review

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English, Portuguese, Spanish, French

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

158

2019

110

2020

193

2021

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.

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesMedia Studies and CommunicationMedia and Communication StudiesEducation and Digital TechnologiesMedia and Digital CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsRadio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaJournalism and Media StudiesCommunication and COVID-19 ImpactLinguistics and Education Research

Frequently asked questions about Brazilian Journalism Research

Is Brazilian Journalism Research a predatory journal?

Brazilian Journalism Research was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2016-09-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Brazilian Journalism Research?

Brazilian Journalism Research 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 0.25.

Is Brazilian Journalism Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Brazilian Journalism Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Brazilian Journalism Research?