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Revista Colombiana de Sociologia

Universidad Nacional de Colombia · Colombia · Est. 1979

ISSN2256-5485

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ 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 ↗

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.117

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.247

Total Worksi

389

Total Citationsi

1,378

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Revista Colombiana de Sociología (RCS) is a semiannual scientific publication that, since December 2, 1979, has consolidated itself as one of the academic projects that has most contributed to the dissemination of classical and contemporary discussions in sociology.

General Information

Country / RegionColombia

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published1979

FrequencySemestral

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications389

Publisher OrgNational University of Colombia

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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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2256-5485

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

Spanish

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

196

2018

2019

102

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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)Q3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History and Politics in Latin AmericaConflict, Peace, and Violence in ColombiaLatin American socio-political dynamicsMemory, violence, and historySocial Sciences and PoliciesPublic Policy and GovernanceGender, Health, and Social InequalitySocial Sciences and HumanitiesReligion and Society in Latin AmericaLatin American Cultural Politics

Frequently asked questions about Revista Colombiana de Sociologia

Is Revista Colombiana de Sociologia a predatory journal?

Revista Colombiana de Sociologia 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 Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Revista Colombiana de Sociologia?

Revista Colombiana de Sociologia 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.12.

Is Revista Colombiana de Sociologia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Revista Colombiana de Sociologia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.