Revista Comunicar

What Revista Comunicar does

Revista Comunicar is a quarterly bilingual (Spanish/English) scientific journal specializing in educommunication — the intersection of communication, education, media literacy, and digital technologies — operated by Comunicar, a non-profit professional association established in Spain in 1987. The journal has published 1,970 research articles over 33 years of continuous operation and maintains international coeditions in Spanish, English, Portuguese, Chinese, and Russian, making it the top-ranked Spanish-language journal globally in Education, Communication, and Cultural Studies according to SCOPUS, JCR-JIF, JCR-JCI, SJR, FECYT Métricas, and DIALNET Métricas.

The platform is built on Open Journal Systems (OJS) 3 for manuscript management and a transparent double-blind peer-review process audited in RECYT. Core technology integrations include CrossRef for DOI assignment, CrossMark content integrity, CrossCheck plagiarism detection, ORCID author identification, PlumX and Dimensions alternative metrics, and connectivity with RefWorks, EndNote, and Mendeley reference managers. The journal's distribution infrastructure includes open-access digital publishing via its OJS portal and global printed-edition sales through Oxbridge Publishing House (UK), with the journal indexed across 809 international databases and platforms.

The business model combines free open-access digital distribution (zero revenue from readers) with printed-edition sales and institutional partnerships/licensing arrangements. Supporting the journal, the association operates three professional development programs — Escuela de Autores, Club de Editores, and Escuela de Revisores — plus a Blog Comunicar content platform. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; with 21 employees and a non-profit association structure, the entity operates at modest scale, sustained primarily through institutional partnerships, government support (e.g., MINECO), and global print sales rather than venture or growth equity financing.

Name

Revista Comunicar

Legal name

Comunicar, Asociación Profesional No Lucrativa

Website

https://revistacomunicar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Revista Comunicar is a quarterly bilingual Spanish/English scientific journal on educommunication (communication and education), published by the Spanish non-profit association Comunicar since 1987 and ranked #1 worldwide in SCOPUS for its field, serving the global academic research community.

Ownership category

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Product category

Academic Journal Publishing

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJABAC

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYEDAGAFAJ

Open Access Scholarly Journals & Monographs

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Academic & Scholarly Publishing (Journals, Monographs)

SECONDARYEDAGAFAI

Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Scholarly Publishing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Academic & Scholarly Publishing (Journals, Monographs)

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Peer-reviewed research
• Open access publishing
• Scholarly communication
• Educommunication research

Headquarters

HQ city

Sollihul

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Open Access Digital Distribution: Free full-text digital access provided to the global scientific community. Revenue not generated from digital access fees.
2. Printed Edition Sales: Printed coeditions in Spanish and English sold globally through online store and Oxbridge Publishing House
3. Institutional Partnerships: Non-profit association model with collaborations with universities and international centers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Revista Comunicar is a quarterly bilingual (Spanish/English) scientific journal in communication and education (educommunication), publishing peer-reviewed research articles with abstracts in Portuguese, Chinese, and Russian. The journal operates on an open-access digital model (free for the global scientific community) while also selling printed coeditions through Oxbridge Publishing House. Supporting services include author, editor, and reviewer training programs.

Product overview

Revista Comunicar is a scientific journal platform offering peer-reviewed research publication in communication and education. The core product is the bilingual journal available in print and multiple digital formats. Supporting services include the Escuela de Autores (author training), Club de Editores (editor network), and Escuela de Revisores (reviewer training), all focused on academic publishing excellence. The platform operates through OJS 3 technology with open access availability worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Revista Comunicar (Core Journal Platform) A quarterly bilingual scientific journal (Spanish/English) focused on communication and education (educomunicación), publishing peer-reviewed research articles with open access. Available in print and digital formats including PDF, EPUB, XML, and HTML.
• Escuela de Autores (School of Authors) Training program for authors on academic writing, manuscript preparation, and publication best practices for scientific journals.
• Club de Editores (Club of Editors) Professional development network for journal editors focusing on editorial standards, peer review processes, and publishing ethics.
• Escuela de Revisores (School of Reviewers) Training program for peer reviewers on evaluation criteria, scientific review methodologies, and journal assessment standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 1% worldwide (percentile 99) in JCR-JIF ranking
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CrossRefcoreTechnology or IntegrationCrossRef membership providing DOI assignment services for all published articles, ensuring persistent identification and citation linking
• CrossRef (CrossMark)coreTechnology or IntegrationCrossMark policy implementation for content integrity, alerting readers to changes and updates in published articles
• CrossRef (Similarity Check/CrossCheck)coreTechnology or IntegrationPlagiarism detection through CrossCheck service maintaining academic integrity standards
• SCOPUScoreTechnology or IntegrationQ1 indexed journal (1st in Spanish) in Education, Communication, and Cultural Studies categories
• Web of Science (JCR)coreTechnology or IntegrationQ1 indexed journal in JCR-JIF (9th worldwide, top 1%) and Q1 in JCR-JCI (4th worldwide) for Education and Communication
• SJR (Scimago)coreTechnology or IntegrationQ1 ranking in Education, Communication, and Cultural Studies (1st Spanish journal in all three areas)
• FECYT (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology)coreTechnology or Integration1st place ranking in FECYT Métricas, the official Spanish scientific journal quality assessment
• DIALNETcoreTechnology or Integration1st place ranking in DIALNET MÉTRICAS for Spanish-language academic journals
• ORCIDcoreTechnology or IntegrationAuthor identifier integration ensuring proper attribution and disambiguation of researcher contributions
• Public Knowledge Project (OJS)coreTechnology or IntegrationOpen Journal Systems platform (OJS 3) for professional manuscript management and publication workflow
• UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional sponsor for specific journal issues, contributing to research dissemination in education
• MMU (Manchester Metropolitan University)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational institutional partner supporting journal activities and academic collaboration
• MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment research funding body providing institutional support for scientific publication

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Elsevier (RELX): Elsevier is the largest academic publisher globally, with extensive journal and database offerings in social sciences including communication and education. It serves as a broader incumbent in the same indexed journal space as Revista Comunicar.
• Nature (Springer Nature): Nature is a flagship multidisciplinary science journal with rigorous peer review and top-tier brand recognition. While not directly competing in educommunication, it represents the broader gold standard for academic journal publishing that Revista Comunicar emulates in its Q1 aspirations.
• Springer Nature: Springer Nature is a major academic publisher with thousands of journals across disciplines. It overlaps with Revista Comunicar in communication and education research and provides comparable author training and reviewer programs.

Emerging players

• Open Library of Humanities (OLH): OLH is a non-profit open access publisher in the humanities and social sciences. Like Revista Comunicar, it operates under a diamond open access model with no author or reader fees, representing a comparable alternative model for academic publishing.

Direct peers

• PLOS ONE: PLOS ONE pioneered open access peer-reviewed scholarly publishing at scale. Like Revista Comunicar, it operates under a free-to-read model with rigorous peer review and broad indexing, although it serves a multidisciplinary mega-journal niche rather than a focused educommunication category.
• SAGE Open: SAGE Open is SAGE's open access journal covering multiple disciplines including social sciences and humanities. Like Revista Comunicar, it uses open access as a primary distribution model and is indexed in major databases.
• Journal of Communication (Oxford University Press): A flagship peer-reviewed journal in the communication field published by OUP. Revista Comunicar competes for top-tier submissions in the same JCR/SCOPUS categories and shares a similar academic audience focused on media and communication research.
• New Media & Society (SAGE): A Q1-ranked peer-reviewed journal in communication and digital media research. Comparable to Revista Comunicar in its thematic overlap on digital communication, ICT, and audiences, and competes in the same SCOPUS/JCR subject categories.
• Frontiers Media: Frontiers is a major open access journal publisher with strong rankings in JCR and SCOPUS. It competes with Revista Comunicar for high-quality open access submissions and uses similar peer-review technology and indexing infrastructure.
• MDPI: MDPI is a large open access publisher with hundreds of peer-reviewed journals indexed in major databases. It is comparable to Revista Comunicar in its open access model, peer review process, and pursuit of high impact factor rankings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rev_comunicar
• YouTubeyoutube.com/RevistaComunicar
• Facebookfacebook.com/revistacomunicar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/revista-comunicar

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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