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IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion

Departamento de Periodismo I de la Universidad de Sevilla. · Spain · Est. 1997

ISSN2173-1071

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2020-04-29). 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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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.173

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.229

Total Worksi

114

Total Citationsi

119

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Cultural Studies; Linguistics and Language; Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications114

Publisher OrgUniversity of Seville

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Departamento de Periodismo I de la Universidad de Sevilla.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2173-1071

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

CommunicationQ3

Library and Information SciencesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesCultural StudiesCommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media and Digital CommunicationCommunication and COVID-19 ImpactJournalism and Media StudiesMedia, Journalism, and Communication HistorySpanish Culture and IdentityAdvertising and Communication StudiesRadio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaCultural and political discourse analysisSocial Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences and Policies

Frequently asked questions about IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion

Is IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion a predatory journal?

IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2020-04-29). 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 IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion?

IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion 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.

Is IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion?