Journal profile · LITERATURE, ROMANCE
Alea-Estudos Neolatinos
ISSN 1517-106X · eISSN 1807-0299 · Unversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Alea-Estudos Neolatinos: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 67 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Alea-Estudos Neolatinos is published by Unversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature, Culture, and Criticism, Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies and Linguistics and Education Research, together about 44.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Basic information Alea: Estudos Neolatinos – Organized by the Graduate Program in Romance Languages and Literatures (Letras Neolatinas) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the journal is a non-profit, open access, quarterly scientific periodical part of the group of Brazilian scientific journals in the Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO which joined the Open Science program, having earned the “Qualis A1” top-grade evaluation granted by CAPES, the Brazilian Government Development Agency, and indexed in SciELO, Scopus, Web of Science, among other regional indexers such as Latindex and Redalyc. Alea: Estudos Neolatinos has as its mission the dissemination of original research works, of a high scientific impact, from various fields of knowledge production related to the broad area of Literature, specifically, of Romance-language letters (Letras Neolatinas), in the areas of study of Hispanic Literatures, Italian Literature, French-language Literatures, and other literatures in Romance languages such as Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan; Galician or Provençal, as well as other Romance-language Literatures produced in cultural contact with other linguistic universes. Thus, the journal publishes critical and historiographical studies of each cultural universe in the Romance language landscape, as well as studies in theory, comparative studies, and translation studies of interest to the understanding of this universe, accepting works written in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian and English. Alea: Estudos Neolatinos only accepts the submission of unpublished works, in printed or electronic media, except for those made available as preprints in the SciELO repository. It does not accept simultaneous submissions for evaluation with another journal. All works suited to the journal’s profile are subjected to the Peer Review process, receiving the evaluation of at least two ad hoc consultants (reviewers) chosen from specialists in the field. The abbreviation of its title is Alea, which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and in bibliographic references and captions. Indexed sources SciELO Scopus Web of Science Redalyc Latindex Intellectual Property All content in the journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under CC BY. The online version of the journal is open access and free of charge. Institutional sponsors The journal Alea: Estudos Neolatinos is funded by the Scientific Publications Program at CAPES and CNPq, both Brazilian
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE, ROMANCE
Editor-in-chief Elena C. PalmeroPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 4, Argentina 3, Portugal 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities20.3%
- Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesArts and Humanities14.8%
- Linguistics and Education ResearchArts and Humanities9.1%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.9%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Memory, Trauma, and TestimonyPsychology4.3%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Brazilian cultural history and politicsSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceSciELOPublisher website
Other: Latindex, Redalyc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 980 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | 1 |
| 2024 | 64 | 64 | 6 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 18 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 13 |
| 2021 | 65 | 65 | 30 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Blind peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Article types accepted4
- critical reviews of dissertations, theses and books2. Critical reviews of dissertations, theses and books of interest to the area of Literature (minimum of 10,000 and maximum of 15,000 characters with spaces)Length not stated
- translations of essays and literary texts3. Translations of essays and literary texts, with the authorization of the author and/or editor (up to 15,000 characters with spaces).Length not stated
- unpublished articles1. Unpublished articles in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English, related to the area of Literature (minimum of 25,000 and maximum of 40,000 characters with s…Length not stated
- unpublished interviews4. Unpublished interviews with writers, critics, professors or researchers with relevant work in the area. Appropriate permission from the interviewee is requir…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- License & copyright
CC BY license for all content except where otherwise noted. Model summary
All content in the journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under CC BY.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access and free of charge online version. Model summary
The online version of the journal is open access and free of charge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Only accepts unpublished works, except preprints in SciELO repository. No simultaneous submissions. Model summary
Alea: Estudos Neolatinos only accepts the submission of unpublished works, in printed or electronic media, except for those made available as preprints in the SciELO repository. It does not accept simultaneous submissions for evaluation with another journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Unversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1517-106X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1807-0299
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Alea-Estudos Neolatinos
What CAS zone is Alea-Estudos Neolatinos in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Alea-Estudos Neolatinos is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Literature, Romance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Alea-Estudos Neolatinos?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Alea-Estudos Neolatinos?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Alea-Estudos Neolatinos based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (4), Argentina (3) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Alea-Estudos Neolatinos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Alea-Estudos Neolatinos is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Alea-Estudos Neolatinos open access, and what is the APC?
Alea-Estudos Neolatinos is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .