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BiD is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Universitat de Barcelona.
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ISSN 1575-5886Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Universitat de Barcelona
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Sciences | 216 / 296 | 27th | Q3 |
| Communication | 420 / 541 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.6.
BiD is Q3 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 216 of 296) and Q4 in Communication (rank 420 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
BiD is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.6, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 27th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.147, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 9.
BiD is published by Universitat de Barcelona. Its ISSN is 1575-5886.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
BiD has an h-index of 9 and a 2-year mean of 0.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #141 of 279 Scopus journals in Library and Information Sciences.
BiD published 7 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 49. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 44 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Spain (72.7%), Chile (3%) and Germany (3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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