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Comunicacao e Sociedade

University of Minho, Communication and Society Research Centre · Portugal · Est. 1999

ISSN2183-3575

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.243

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.567

Total Worksi

1,063

Total Citationsi

2,844

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

A Comunicação e Sociedade é uma revista académica de acesso aberto com dois volumes temáticos publicados por ano (junho e dezembro), em regime de publicação contínua, com edição bilingue, integralmente em português e em inglês. Esta publicação pretende aprofundar a análise dos fenómenos comunicacionais e, simultaneamente, contribuir para a leitura da realidade social, segundo ferramentas teóricas e metodológicas das ciências da comunicação.

General Information

Country / RegionPortugal

Primary LanguagePortuguese, English

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,063

Publisher OrgUniversity of Minho

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Minho, Communication and Society Research Centre

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2183-3575

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Portuguese, English

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

152

2019

148

2020

174

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Cultural StudiesQ2

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesEducation and Digital TechnologiesMedia and Digital CommunicationMedia and Communication StudiesSocial Media and PoliticsMedia Studies and CommunicationUrban and sociocultural dynamicsRadio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaLinguistics and Education ResearchCultural Industries and Urban Development

Frequently asked questions about Comunicacao e Sociedade

Is Comunicacao e Sociedade a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Comunicacao e Sociedade: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Comunicacao e Sociedade?

Comunicacao e Sociedade is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.243.

Is Comunicacao e Sociedade indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Comunicacao e Sociedade is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.