Cookie Policy
What are cookies and how does the SCIMAGO LAB website use them?
Cookies are files that the website or its application installs in your browser or on your device (smartphone, tablet or smart TV) during your visit through the pages or application, and they are used to store information about your browsing activity. Like most websites, the SCIMAGO LAB web portal uses Cookies in order to:
- Ensure that the website functions properly
- Store your preferences, such as selected language or text size
- Understand your browsing experience
- Collect anonymous statistical information such as which pages you have visited or how long you have spent on our site
The use of Cookies allows us to optimize your browsing experience by tailoring the information and services offered to your interests, providing you with a better experience every time you visit us. The SCIMAGO LAB website uses Cookies to operate, adapt and facilitate the user’s navigation as much as possible.
Cookies are associated only with an anonymous user and their computer/device and do not provide references that allow the identification of personal data. You can access your browser settings at any time to modify and/or block the installation of Cookies sent by the SCIMAGO LAB website, without this preventing access to the website content. However, the quality of the services’ performance may be affected.
Users who complete the registration process or log in using their credentials may access personalized services tailored to their preferences, based on the personal information provided during registration and stored in the browser’s Cookies.
SCIMAGO LAB’s email marketing tools use small, invisible images for users, embedded in emails. This technology allows us to determine whether an email has been opened, the date and time it was viewed, the IP address from which it was accessed, and other related data. We use this information to perform statistical and analytical studies on the delivery and reception of emails in order to improve the offer of services to which the user is subscribed and to provide information that may be of interest.
Why are Cookies important?
- From a technical view, Cookies enable the website to operate more smoothly and in a way that is tailored to user preferences, for example, by storing the selected language, the country’s currency or detecting the access device.
- They establish protection and security levels that prevent or hinder cyberattacks against the website or its users.
- Cookies allow the website administrators to gather statistical data that helps improve the quality and user experience of the services offered.
- They serve to optimize the advertising shown to users, delivering ads that are better aligned with their interests.
What type of cookies do we use at SCImago Lab?
- “Analytical” Cookies: For periodic maintenance and to ensure the best possible service to users, this website uses “analytical” cookies to collect activity statistics. The information gathered is always anonymous, making it impossible to establish any link between browsing patterns and identifiable individuals. Users can opt out of their individual activity by using the opt-out systems provided by the analytics providers themselves, such as Google Analytics. This website may use several of these systems and you can consult the complete list in the cookies table at the end of this document.
- Other Cookies for internal uses: Additionally, this website may use several cookies to maintain user sessions across different “logins” to private or self-management areas. Disabling these cookies typically causes inconvenience to the user by blocking certain functionalities; therefore, they are considered essential cookies for the website’s proper operation. Again, you can consult the full list in the cookie table at the end of this document.
- Cookies used by social networks: Furthermore, to the extent that Social Plugins are used, this website may participate in several social networks, such as Facebook, allowing users to share content that they find interesting with their social circle. The table of cookies at the end of this document includes details on the cookies installed and the corresponding social media networks.
- Cookies used by external content plugins: This website may also use content display plugins, such as Google Maps, to show geographical locations. Its use may result in the transmission of some cookies, which are listed in detail at the end of this document. Some of these cookies are installed and managed directly by the providers of these plugins and cannot be accessed by this website.
- Third-party Cookies for advertising personalization: This website may use ad servers and, therefore, cookies associated with them, to create user profiles based on preferences and browsing behavior. If so, they will be listed in the cookie table at the end of this document and will not be installed unless the user explicitly accepts the cookie policy after being informed upon accessing the website and continuing browsing.
List and description of Cookies. Intrusiveness Levels:
The following table summarizes the cookies described above, incorporating an “intrusiveness level” based on a scale from 1 to 3, where:
Level 1: Corresponds to essential internal-use cookies necessary for the proper operating of the website and the provision of the service requested by the user, as well as cookies managed by third parties for the unique purpose of enabling the proper functioning of external content plugins and are, therefore, necessary for the correct display of this website.
Level 2: Corresponds to anonymous, analytical cookies for internal use, necessary for content and navigation maintenance, and managed exclusively by this website.
Level 3: Corresponds to cookies managed by third-parties that enable user tracking across other websites or services.
TABLE OF COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING THE COOKIE MANAGER WHEN A THIRD PARTY IS INVOLVED
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Intrusiveness |
| sessionid | 1 month | Own Cookie. Maintains the user session across the website and forms | Level 1 |
| __cfduid | 1 month | This cookie is used by CDN services such as CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings to each client. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. | Level 1 |
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | Stripe Cookie used for fraud prevention in its application. | Level 1 |
| __utma | 2 years | When a user revisits our site with the same browser, the cookie will recognize him as the same user. Only if the user changes browsers will Google Analytics treat them as a new user. | Level 2 |
| __utmb | 30 minutes | Internal measurement with Google Analytics. Enables session duration tracking. It records the time the user enters the page. | Level 2 |
| __utmc | session | Internal measurement with Google Analytics. Enables session duration tracking. It checks whether to keep the session open or create a new one. It is automatically deleted when changing sites or closing the browser. | Level 2 |
| __utmz | 6 months | Internal measurement with Google Analytics. Enables tracking the user’s origin. Data recorded includes whether the user arrives at our website via direct traffic, from another website, an advertising campaign or a search engine (including keywords used and traffic source), among others. | Level 2 |
| _ga | 2 years | Installed by Google Analytics. Used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data, and to track site usage for analytics reports. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to uniquely identify visitors. | Level 2 |
| _gid | 1 day | Installed by Google Analytics. Stores information about how visitors use the website and helps generate analytics reports on the site performance. The data collected, including visitor count, source, and pages visited, is gathered anonymously. | Level 2 |
| __gads | 1 year and 24 days | This cookie is set by Google and stored under the domain “doubleclick.net”. It tracks how many times users see a particular ad, helping measure the campaign success and calculate the generated revenue. These cookies can only be read by the domain that set them and do not track data while browsing other sites. | Level 2 |
How can I disable or delete these Cookies?
Users may choose at any time which cookies they want to allow on this website, for example, by adjusting their browser settings:
- For more information on Microsoft Internet Explorer, click here
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- For more information on Safari, click here
What happens if Cookies are disabled?
Some functionalities of the services may be disabled.
Updates to our Cookie Policy
We may update our website’s Cookie Policy and, for this reason, we recommend that you review this policy each time you access it in order to be properly informed about how and why we use cookies.
Document written and prepared by PROTECTION REPORT S.L., which reserves the right to take appropriate legal action against anyone who copies and illegitimately uses the content. Last update 26/02/2021