Journal profile · Multiple
Comunicar
ISSN 1134-3478 · eISSN 1988-3293 · Grupo Comunicar Ediciones · Spain
Comunicar: impact factor 4.07; fully open access; no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 75 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comunicar is published by Grupo Comunicar Ediciones. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media and Digital Communication, Advertising and Communication Studies and Media, Journalism, and Communication History, together about 36.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Fundamentally, research papers related to communication and education, and especially the intersection between the two fields: media education, educational media and resources, educational technology, IT and electronic resources, audiovisual, technologies... Reports, studies, proposals and review articles (state-of-the-art articles) relating to these subjects are also accepted, provided their innovative ideas and original contributions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science21.9%
- Advertising and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities7.2%
- Educational Innovations and TechnologyComputer Science6.1%
- Digital literacy in educationComputer Science5.1%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Communication and COVID-19 ImpactSocial Sciences4.8%
- Educational theories and practicesSocial Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SSCI for editorial reasons on 18 November 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.07LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 608OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,632 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 75 | 1 |
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | 1 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 56 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 598 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 1,189 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 1,051 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double blind peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Grupo Comunicar Ediciones
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1134-3478
- Electronic ISSN
- 1988-3293
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comunicar
What is the impact factor of Comunicar?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.07; CiteScore 10.1, h-index 81.
How long does peer review take at Comunicar?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Comunicar?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Comunicar is indexed in Scopus.
Is Comunicar open access, and what is the APC?
Comunicar is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .