Focus and Scope
Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo (CMC), a Qualis Capes A3 journal (2017–2020), aims to promote academic debate in the field of Social Communication, articulating communication and media studies—media outlets, their production logics and reception processes—with consumption studies, understood as a sociocultural practice that defines the contemporary scene. Its editorial line focuses on addressing relevant themes in the field of Communication, considered a complex sociocultural process and practice.
CMC receives academic articles written by PhD holders, PhD candidates, Master’s holders and Master’s students, the latter in co-authorship with PhD holders. These articles should problematize broader communicational and media processes, highlighting their interrelations with sociocultural logics and practices of consumption. Specifically, the journal welcomes articles that discuss results of theoretical-empirical research on communication, media, and consumption from diverse critical perspectives.
Articles must be theoretically grounded, drawing on different authors to develop a consistent reflection on the topic addressed. Empirical analyses should prioritize an interpretative discussion of the results achieved, based on the theoretical framework guiding the research.
Edited since 2004 by the Graduate Program in Communication and Consumer Practices of ESPM (Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing), São Paulo, the journal publishes high-quality national and international academic production. Published in digital format, the journal accepts articles in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, and charges no fees for submission, evaluation, or publication. It follows the principle of democratizing scientific knowledge by encouraging immediate, free, and public access to all its content.
CMC provides immediate open access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available promotes greater global democratization of knowledge. Articles submitted to CMC are published in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, without restrictions, provided that the original work is properly cited.
To ensure agility in scientific dissemination, the journal aligns with Open Science practices and accepts articles deposited in preprint repositories such as SciELO Preprints, MediArXiv, SociArXiv, and OSF Preprints.
Peer Review Process
Evaluation Procedures and Ethics and Misconduct Committee
All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo a desk review process that includes two basic procedures: first, compliance with the formal requirements established in the submission guidelines is verified; second, plagiarism is checked using specific software (SafeAssign). In cases of plagiarism or other non-compliance, the manuscript is rejected and the author(s) are duly informed.
Once accepted at the first stage and anonymized, the manuscript is evaluated by two reviewers from the Scientific and Technical Board and/or external ad hoc reviewers. In case of divergent reviews, a third reviewer is consulted. The evaluation outcome is communicated to the author(s), along with a synthesis of the reviews. Articles may be rejected, accepted with revisions, or accepted. In cases of acceptance with revisions, authors must make the required changes and resubmit the manuscript for a new evaluation. The final decision regarding publication rests with the Editorial Coordination.
In cases of suspected plagiarism or misconduct in a published article, the ESPM Research Ethics Committee will be consulted to endorse the editors’ decision—previously submitted to the PPGCOM coordination and reviewed by the Program’s board—or to suggest appropriate procedures.
Review Form
Reviewers, during the double-blind peer review process, are recommended to score the following criteria:
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Theoretical grounding
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Methodological adequacy
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Originality and relevance to the field
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Scientific maturity in discussing the topic
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Relevance of bibliographic references and their relation to the theme
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Alignment between the problem discussed and the journal’s editorial scope
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Compliance with journal guidelines
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Clarity of writing
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Detailed evaluative report
Evaluation and Publication Timeline
The evaluation process takes an average of six months. The average time from acceptance to publication ranges from six months to one year, depending on the number of submissions and the area.
Periodicity
The journal is published every four months, in April, August, and December.
Publication dates: April 30 – August 30 – December 30
First issue: vol. 1, no. 1, May 2004
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available promotes greater global democratization of knowledge.
Code of Ethics
The journal’s Code of Ethics can be accessed here.
Conflicts of Interest and Research Ethics
Authors must declare that no funding sources, commercial, or political ties have been omitted. Any commercial or financial involvement that may represent a conflict of interest must be reported in a letter submitted as a supplementary document.
For research involving human subjects, authors are responsible for adopting ethical procedures, including submission to Research Ethics Committees of their institutions or countries, when applicable.
Permissions
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any image, table, or figure previously published elsewhere.
Journal Regulations (Summary)
Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo is a four-monthly scientific journal edited by the Graduate Program in Communication and Consumer Practices at ESPM-SP. It publishes original and unpublished texts in Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French, in open access. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of publication. Content may be downloaded and shared with proper attribution, without modification or commercial use.
The editorial team includes Editors-in-Chief, the Editorial and Peer Review Committee, PPGCOM scholarship holders, translators, editorial advisors, and web designers. Guest editors may be invited for thematic dossiers.
Journal History
The journal Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo has been published since 2004 by the Graduate Program in Communication and Consumer Practices of the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing of São Paulo (PPGCOM-ESPM).
The journal is indexed in eight databases on scientific journal portals: SCOPUS, Diadorim, DOAJ, EBSCO, Latindex, Livre, the CAPES Journal Portal, and Sumários.org. In recent years, the journal has published issues organized around open themes in trilingual editions (Portuguese, Spanish, and English). Recognition of the journal’s value to the Brazilian communication field indicates the consolidation of ESPM’s program proposal within communication and consumption studies. The journal’s inclusion in the Scopus database in 2018 reaffirmed the efforts undertaken by the editors, as well as the institutional investment that has materialized in the allocation of annual resources for visual design, editorial services, and translations. It is also worth noting that, according to data available on Google Scholar, CMC had received 4,107 citations by 2021, a significant number among Brazilian academic journals in the field of communication.
