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Comunicata Scientiae

Federal University ofPiauI · Brazil · Est. 2010

ISSN2177-5133

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2016-09-22). 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 ↗

📊 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

0.165

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.332

Total Worksi

903

Total Citationsi

3,167

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications903

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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?

Federal University ofPiauI

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2177-5133

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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

416

2019

358

2020

108

2021

143

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Growth and nutrition in plantsSoil Management and Crop YieldBanana Cultivation and ResearchPlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Food SciencesSeed Germination and PhysiologyPlant tissue culture and regenerationPineapple and bromelain studiesPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementIrrigation Practices and Water Management

Frequently asked questions about Comunicata Scientiae

Is Comunicata Scientiae a predatory journal?

Comunicata Scientiae was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2016-09-22). 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 Comunicata Scientiae?

Comunicata Scientiae is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.165.

Is Comunicata Scientiae indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Comunicata Scientiae is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Comunicata Scientiae?