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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q4SCImago #29,819Diamond OADiamond OA

Ciencia da Informacao

Country: Brazil•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 0.107•SCImago Rank: #29,819•Identifier (ISSN):0100-1965(Print)/1518-8353(Online)•Articles / Year: 23•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): Free (Diamond OA)
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Not Indexed in Latest JCR
Clarivate Impact Factor (IF 2024)Q1
N/A

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

H-Index (Hirsch Index)
18

18 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation RateN/A
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessDiamond OA
23articles/year
0% Gold OA•0% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Ciência da Informação is a journal published three times a year by the Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology – IBICT, organ of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq of the Ministry of Science and Technology – MCT. From the release of its first issue in 1972 up to 1975, the journal was published by the Brazilian Institute of Bibliography and Documentation – IBBD, having kept the half-yearly periodicity till 1991.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Philosophy78.3%Art73.2%Humanities70.2%Political science54%Computer science40.1%Sociology20.3%

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #29,819Scopus Q4Diamond OASCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2006-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:Social Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q4
0.107

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q4
Scopus H-Index (2025)
18

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.04

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
100% Free

Diamond Open Access: Authors publish completely free of charge with zero author-facing fees.

Diamond Open Access

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations10
3-Year Documents168
Citable Documents160

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate57.7%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
Updating
Minor Category (Specific Field):
Updating
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Diamond OA
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Instituto Brasileiro de Bibliografia e Documentacao. Conselho nacional de pesquisas
Publication Language
Portuguese
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ScopusDOAJPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR

No WoS category details available for this journal.

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—230
20250776
2024—10520
2023—144
2022—6212
2021—134
2020—7742
2019—4387
2018—3699
2017—4989
2016—186
2015—6482
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Ciencia da Informacao

WoS Q1
000020250.00
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:0

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: N/A

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01