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Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia
ISSN 2172-0150 · Fotocinema · Spain
Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia: CAS Zone 3 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia is published by Fotocinema and is in Zone 3 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Photographic and Visual Arts and Media, Journalism, and Communication History, together about 52.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
FOTOCINEMA. Revista Científica de Cine y Fotografía, is an online scholarly journal devoted to Visual Arts and Audiovisual Communication Studies. The journal encourages contributions in areas such as the conjunctions of study, analysis, knowledge, history and reflexions about Cinema and Photography. Within the diversity of formats both cinema and photography have acquired, Fotocinema promotes current and emerging research in Photography and Cinema and also it provides a space to discuss theoretical and methodological reflections about visual media and cinema from its origins up to this day. Fotocinema has been conceived as a project which links knowledge and dissemination of Film Studies and Visual Arts in order to encourage scientific critique and dialogue with the current methodological trends being made in those studies areas. This journal is addressed to academic and research communities with an interest in the thoughtful exploration of Cinema and Photography. On this basis, there is no limit to rigorous studies in theoretical or methodological aspects. It is an open journal which accepts any works about Photography and Cinema. Fotocinema values scientific discussion and therefore it will publish unpublished works about theoretical nature and other analysis of different works. Our journal has two sections: Articles and Dialogues. Proposals will be accepted for monographic issues.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities21.9%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities17.1%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities13.8%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities13.2%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities3.8%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities3.2%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science2.4%
- Communication and COVID-19 ImpactSocial Sciences2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 746 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 11 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 21 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 38 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 33 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 74 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Not considered
- similarity percentage above 15
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Word count 6000-8000 Model summary
The length should range between 6,000 and 8,000 words.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Model summary
All contents published in Fotocinema Revista científica de cine y fotografía are protected under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. All about this license is available in the following link: <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0> Users can copy, use, redistribute, share and exhibit publicly as long as: The original sou…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
No APC Model summary
Revista científica de cine y fotografía is a free open access journal to all readers and it does not charge to authors interested in publishing in this journal. Readers and users are allowed to cite, share, print and distribute all the material published in this journal as long as it is also made clear and accurately that works have been firstly published in Fotocinema. Revista científica de cine …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Dialogues not peer reviewed Model summary
FOTOCINEMA has undergone rigorous peer review process, based on «double-blind peer-review» system. Once the manuscript has been received by the journal, an Assistant Editor at Fotocinema will check for compliance with formatting, style and content requirements. In addition, the following criteria will be assessed: Originality, actuality, and novelty. Relevance to the fields covered by the journal.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Anti-Plagiarism Checker
Turnitin similarity max 15% Model summary
Fotocinema. Revista científica de cine y fotografía maintains an anti-plagiarism policy ensuring that all manuscripts are original and unpublished. This journal uses Similarity Check and Ithenticate software to compare the text of submitted papers for similarity. A Turnitin file/report (or similar) must be uploaded on the status of the article, prepared by the author himself (articles with more th…
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
- Fotocinema
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Portuguese, Spanish, French, English
- ISSN
- 2172-0150
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia
What CAS zone is Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia is in Zone 3 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Art / Film, Radio, Television. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; 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 Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia open access, and what is the APC?
Fotocinema-Revista Cientifica de Cine y Fotografia 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: .