Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia
ISSN 1575-9733 · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Spain
Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 3 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia is published by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media and Digital Communication, Media, Journalism, and Communication History and Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media, together about 39.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cuadernos de Documentación Multimedia (ISSN-e 1575-9733), published within the Department’s Multimedia Documentation Service/Library and Documentation Section, the publication endeavours to be the leading journal on information and communication in the ICT field, as well as regarding research on multimedia information, related both to the media and how it adapts to other traditional documentary institutions. Research on management, processing, digitalisation, terminology checks, case studies, network information studies, multimedia documentary administrators, etc. are all topics covered by the CDM.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science13.8%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities13.4%
- Radio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaSocial Sciences12.2%
- Advertising and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences9.6%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences6.8%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities6.6%
- Communication and COVID-19 ImpactSocial Sciences5.4%
- E-Learning and Knowledge ManagementComputer Science5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 252 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 2 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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 3 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 5–7
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1
- articlea) Se aceptan originales en español b) Extensión y formato de archivo: los textos tendrán una extensión mínima de 5 000 y máxima de 8 000 palabras.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship
Declaration of Originality and Authorship required Model summary
Submitting an article to this journal implies the acceptance of the Declaration of Originality and Authorship.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
APA 7th edition Model summary
Las citas en texto y sus correspondientes referencias seguirán las normas APA 7ª edición.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Cuadernos de Documentación Multimedia is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Manuscripts must be anonymized Model summary
Todos los manuscritos deberán enviarse anonimizados: se suprimirán (bajo el rótulo de //anonimizado//, no otro) todas las citas, agradecimientos, referencias y demás alusiones que pudieran permitir directa o indirectamente la identificación del autor/a.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1575-9733
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 36 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia
What CAS zone is Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Information Science & Library Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 5–7; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia open access, and what is the APC?
Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .