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Fonseca Journal of Communication

Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca · Spain · Est. 2010

ISSN2172-9077

✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-04-01). 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

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 ↗

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.7

Total Worksi

321

Total Citationsi

1,037

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Fonseca Journal of Communication is a biannual scientific journal that publishes research articles. It aims to generate knowledge on issues related to the broad spectrum of the world of communication, including cinema, radio, TV, and digital media.

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General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications321

Publisher OrgEdiciones Universidad de Salamanca

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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?

Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2172-9077

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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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?

N/A

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

165

2021

177

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.

CommunicationUnranked

Linguistics and LanguageUnranked

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Unranked

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

CommunicationLinguistics and LanguageSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media and Digital CommunicationMedia, Journalism, and Communication HistoryCommunication and COVID-19 ImpactCinema History and CriticismAdvertising and Communication StudiesSpanish Culture and IdentityRadio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaJournalism and Media StudiesMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingCinema and Media Studies

Frequently asked questions about Fonseca Journal of Communication

Is Fonseca Journal of Communication a predatory journal?

Fonseca Journal of Communication was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-04-01). 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 Fonseca Journal of Communication?

Fonseca Journal of Communication is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.36.

Is Fonseca Journal of Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fonseca Journal of Communication is indexed in Scopus.