Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao
ISSN 1983-5213 · Universidade de Brasília · Brazil
Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao is published by Universidade de Brasília 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 Information Science and Libraries, Education and Digital Technologies and Business and Management Studies, together about 57.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science31.2%
- Education and Digital TechnologiesSocial Sciences14.1%
- Business and Management StudiesDecision Sciences12%
- Science and Science EducationSocial Sciences4.7%
- Academic Research in Diverse FieldsSocial Sciences4.4%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities3.5%
- Education and Public PolicySocial Sciences3.2%
- Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesArts and Humanities3%
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
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 70%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 616 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 4 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 11 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 30 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 85 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 76 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | |
| 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
- Universidade de Brasília
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1983-5213
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao
What CAS zone is Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao 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 Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciencia da Informacao 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; 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: .