Journal profile · Social Sciences-Communication
Estudos em Comunicacao
ISSN 1646-4974 · Universidade da Beira Interior · Portugal
Estudos em Comunicacao: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Estudos em Comunicacao is published by Universidade da Beira Interior. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies and Social Media and Politics, together about 43.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The main guidelines of the Journal editorial policy are oriented to the concepts of "citizenship" and "participation", understood from a communicational point of view, involving processes and devices of knowledge circulation and opinion formation in the political field in general, and in specific areas of public policy such as health, education, science culture, public opinion, gender and identity. As examples of priority interests areas one finds the following: journalism and public opinion; citizen, participatory and public journalism; responsibility and accountability of institutions, governments and companies; media and public sphere; social movements in the areas of environment, science, health, ecology, culture, identity and gender; media and political parties; political representation; new forms of online participation; methods of analysis of participation; digital democracy; media, deliberation and participation; communitarian communication; communication and development; policies of recognition and comparative studies of communication in different geographical and cultural contexts, among others. "Communication Studies" is intended to include various approaches, methodologies and lines of research, defining itself as a journal of Communication Sciences with an interdisciplinary profile and open to a plurality of methods. The journal "Communication Studies" accepts articles in different areas of Communication Sciences, journalism studies, advertising, public relations, media studies, reception studies, political communication, communication theories, communication epistemology, sociology of communication and other related fields.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Communication
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 33, United States 5, United Kingdom 1, Sweden 1, Cyprus 1 (41 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences15.2%
- Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesArts and Humanities15.2%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences13.5%
- Education and Digital TechnologiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences6.3%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science5.9%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences3%
- Business and Management StudiesDecision Sciences3%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 173 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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-NC-ND | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Double blind peer review process Model summary
papers will be subject to a double blind peer review process
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
- Universidade da Beira Interior
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1646-4974
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Estudos em Comunicacao
How long does peer review take at Estudos em Comunicacao?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Estudos em Comunicacao based?
Of the 41 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (33), United States (5) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Estudos em Comunicacao?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Estudos em Comunicacao is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Estudos em Comunicacao open access, and what is the APC?
Estudos em Comunicacao 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: .