Dearq

Universidad de los Andes, Colombia · Colombia · Est. 2007

ISSN2011-3188

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2016-12-20). 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 ↗

Journal Impact Factor

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📊 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

0.115

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.514

Total Worksi

587

Total Citationsi

685

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Revista cuatrimestal de acceso abierto que contribuye a la difusión de análisis, investigaciones, reflexiones y opiniones críticas sobre la arquitectura, la ciudad  y sus áreas afines.

General Information

Country / RegionColombia

Primary Languagees, en

1st Year Published2007

Frequencycuatrimestal

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications587

Publisher OrgUniversidad de Los Andes

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2011-3188

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

es, en

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

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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.

ArchitectureQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Urban StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesGeography, Planning and DevelopmentArchitecture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Latin American Urban StudiesArchitecture and Art History StudiesArchitecture, Art, EducationUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesArchitecture, Modernity, and DesignRegional Development and InnovationHistorical Art and Architecture StudiesHistorical Studies of Medieval IberiaArchitecture and Computational DesignSocial Sciences and Policies

Frequently asked questions about Dearq

Is Dearq a predatory journal?

Dearq was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2016-12-20). 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 Dearq?

Dearq is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.115.

Is Dearq indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Dearq is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Dearq?