Journal profile

Revista FAMECOS

ISSN 1980-3729 · Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - EDIPUCRS · Brazil

Revista FAMECOS: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 50 articles in 2025.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartile—No CiteScore rank
Review timeabout 12 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year502025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Revista FAMECOS is published by Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - EDIPUCRS. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media and Communication Studies, Journalism and Media Studies and Media Studies and Communication, together about 31.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

A Revista Famecos seleciona e publica artigos com potencial de impacto e de promoção do avanço da pesquisa científica na área da comunicação, nos seguintes campos: Jornalismo, Publicidade e Propaganda, Comunicação Organizacional, Indústria Criativa, Cinema e Audiovisual, Cibercultura, Mídia e Cultura, e Teoria da Mídia. As colaborações devem ser acompanhadas da indicação da seção à qual se destinam. Não publica textos de caráter essencialmente ensaísticos nem artigos baseados apenas em revisão bibliográfica, mas incentiva a submissão de resenhas críticas, de autoria individual, sobre a literatura publicada nos dois últimos anos.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 5, Chile 1, Colombia 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences11.2%
  2. Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences10.6%
  3. Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences10.2%
  4. Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science8.5%
  5. Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities8.2%
  6. Cultural Studies and PostmodernismSocial Sciences5%
  7. Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.9%
  8. Cultural, Social, and Media StudiesSocial Sciences4.5%

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

DOAJLetPub

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
21OpenAlex ·
i10-index
70OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.09OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,525 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20262525108
20255050153
20243737275
20233535315
20223636299
20215353299

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.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJNo APCNoCC BY
LetPubNo APCYes—
Publisher websiteNo APC——

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)

Article types accepted4
  1. artigosA seção publica relatos de pesquisa de todos os tipos e ensaios bibliográficos de cunho teórico, desde que representem exploração/discussão de problema inédito …Length not stated
  2. entrevistaA seção publica entrevistas com especialistas em área de atuação da revista que agreguem valor ao conhecimento e compreensão de sua contribuição acadêmica ao ca…Length not stated
  3. notícias bibliográficasA seção publica resenhas informativas sobre obras merecedoras de atenção aparecidas no período dos dois últimos anos.Length not stated
  4. resenhaA seção publica publica estudos bibliográficos sobre obras aparecidas no período dos dois últimos anos.Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints
AI use

AI use declaration required Model summary

Os autores devem informar o uso de inteligência artificial em qualquer etapa da pesquisa e devem preencher a Declaração de IA e tecnologias, indicando de forma clara como e qual ferramenta foi empregada.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Authorship

Doctoral degree required for authorship Model summary

DAS AUTORIAS, EXIGE-SE TITULAÇÃO DOUTORAL, podendo haver parceria com DOUTORANDOS/AS.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Licença Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)

CC BY 4.0 license Model summary

Essa licença garante a preservação dos direitos autorais e promove o intercâmbio global do conhecimento. Os usuários têm liberdade para ler, baixar, copiar, remixar, adaptar e transformar os textos para qualquer finalidade lícita, sem necessidade de solicitação prévia ao editor ou aos autores, desde que a autoria original seja devidamente reconhecida, com menção clara e visível aos autores e à rev…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review

Double-anonymous peer review Model summary

O sistema de revisão é duplo-cego (double anonymous peer review): Os nomes dos avaliadores permanecerão em sigilo, omitindo-se também os nomes dos autores perante os pareceristas.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

O periódico aceita para avaliação manuscritos já disponibilizados em um servidor de preprints confiável, como é o caso do SciELO Preprints, de natureza não comercial, desde que não estejam em processo simultâneo de avaliação por pares em outro periódico. O autor correspondente deve indicar, no momento da submissão, se o texto está disponível em um servidor de preprints e fornecer o respectivo DOI.

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
Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - EDIPUCRS
Country or region
Brazil
Language
Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, German
ISSN
1980-3729
Print ISSN
1415-0549
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Revista FAMECOS

How long does peer review take at Revista FAMECOS?

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.

Where are the editorial board members of Revista FAMECOS based?

Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (5), Chile (1) and Colombia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.

Which databases index Revista FAMECOS?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista FAMECOS is indexed in DOAJ.

Is Revista FAMECOS open access, and what is the APC?

Revista FAMECOS 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: .