Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación (RMC)/Mediterranean Journal of Communication (MJC) publishes double-blind reviewed research related to commercial communication, advertising, journalism or broadcasting. RMC/ MJC focuses mainly on research on Mediterranean countries. Manuscripts from geographically bordering and culturally twinned countries are also valued as long as they represent relevant experiences of interest to the Mediterranean zone. Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación (RMC)/Mediterranean Journal of Communication (MJC) welcomes interdisciplinary articles on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest and rigorous methodology. Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación (RMC)/Mediterranean Journal of Communication (MJC) is an open access journal interested in coming trends affecting communication. Each year we edit a unique electronic volume but with two semestral issues. The first one is published on January 1st and number two is published on July 1st. We publish in Spanish, English and/or Portuguese languages. In any case we will always publish metadata in Spanish and English.
This journal has been created to service all kind of academic investigators, veterans as well as new ones, who will want to get diffusion for their academic and scientific investigations. This journal pretends to service the International community of investigators, enhancing an space where they can share, promote and publish their scientific production based in social communication research.
Average time of review process: 65 days. Once admitted, the text is published in the ACCEPTED section pending the closing of the number.
No charges are required on article processing and submission. Mediterranean Journal of Communication is a member of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles
The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.
Category
Year
Quartile
Communication
2021
Q2
Communication
2022
Q2
Communication
2023
Q2
Communication
2024
Q2
Cultural Studies
2022
Q1
Cultural Studies
2023
Q1
Cultural Studies
2024
Q1
SJR
The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from
It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.
Year
SJR
2021
0.389
2022
0.368
2023
0.364
2024
0.432
Total Documents
Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.
Year
Documents
2020
43
2021
44
2022
50
2023
53
2024
59
Citations per document
This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.
Cites per document
Year
Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2020
0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2021
1.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2022
1.230
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2023
1.248
Cites / Doc. (4 years)
2024
1.353
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2020
0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2021
1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2022
1.230
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2023
1.248
Cites / Doc. (3 years)
2024
1.483
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2020
0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2021
1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2022
1.230
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2023
1.255
Cites / Doc. (2 years)
2024
1.621
Total Cites Self-Cites
Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.
Cites
Year
Value
Self Cites
2020
0
Self Cites
2021
2
Self Cites
2022
16
Self Cites
2023
15
Self Cites
2024
15
Total Cites
2020
0
Total Cites
2021
43
Total Cites
2022
107
Total Cites
2023
171
Total Cites
2024
218
External Cites per Doc Cites per Doc
Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.
Cites
Year
Value
External Cites per document
2020
0
External Cites per document
2021
0.953
External Cites per document
2022
1.046
External Cites per document
2023
1.139
External Cites per document
2024
1.381
Cites per document
2020
0.000
Cites per document
2021
1.000
Cites per document
2022
1.230
Cites per document
2023
1.248
Cites per document
2024
1.483
% International Collaboration
International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.
Year
International Collaboration
2020
18.60
2021
9.09
2022
20.00
2023
15.09
2024
15.25
Citable documents Non-citable documents
Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.
Documents
Year
Value
Non-citable documents
2020
0
Non-citable documents
2021
6
Non-citable documents
2022
10
Non-citable documents
2023
16
Non-citable documents
2024
17
Citable documents
2020
0
Citable documents
2021
37
Citable documents
2022
77
Citable documents
2023
121
Citable documents
2024
130
Cited documents Uncited documents
Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.
Documents
Year
Value
Uncited documents
2020
0
Uncited documents
2021
24
Uncited documents
2022
36
Uncited documents
2023
67
Uncited documents
2024
66
Cited documents
2020
0
Cited documents
2021
19
Cited documents
2022
51
Cited documents
2023
70
Cited documents
2024
81
% Female Authors
Evolution of the percentage of female authors.
Year
Female Percent
2020
44.30
2021
59.09
2022
63.37
2023
48.45
2024
48.78
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)
Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.
Documents
Year
Value
Overton
2020
0
Overton
2021
0
Overton
2022
0
Overton
2023
0
Overton
2024
0
Documents related to SDGs (UN)
Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.
Documents
Year
Value
SDG
2020
7
SDG
2021
15
SDG
2022
9
SDG
2023
9
SDG
2024
11
Estimated APC
It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.
Year
Est. APC (USD)
2020
2021
2797
2022
2783
2023
2777
2024
2796
Estimated financial value
It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.
Year
Est. value (USD)
2020
2021
123078
2022
261615
2023
408153
2024
576022
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