Journal profile
Angelus Novus
ISSN 2179-5487 · Universidade de São Paulo (USP) · Brazil
Angelus Novus: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Angelus Novus is published by Universidade de São Paulo (USP). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Colonial Brazil, Brazilian cultural history and politics and Historical Studies in Latin America, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About the Revista Angelus Novus (RAN) The Revista Angelus Novus (RAN) is the academic and scientific journal organized and edited by the postgraduate students in Economic History and Social History of the University of São Paulo (USP), and its purpose is to publicize the academic and scientific knowledge produced in the Humanities. Published in digital/electronic formats since 2010 as a six-monthly journal, RAN began, from 2019 onwards, to publish on an annual and continuous basis. RAN accepts submissions of unpublished works (articles, reviews and interviews) in Portuguese, English and Spanish from researchers at all degrees of higher education. In addition, submissions of transcripts and translations of unpublished full papers are also accepted. Like all other journals linked to USP’s Portal of Journals that use the Open Journal Systems (OJS) technological platform, RAN is supported by the philosophy of Open Access, its content is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 4.0), and there is no charge for submission, editing and publication (Article Processing Charges, APC) of articles to authors. In order to meet and safeguard the principles of academic and scientific ethics, RAN does not accept the submission of papers containing plagiarism. As a plagiarism detection tool, RAN uses software, such as Copy Spider, Plagius, Plagiarism Scout, Plagium and Plagiarisma in all submitted papers. Regimento da Revista Angelus Novus (RAN)I. Denominação e finalidadesArt. 1°. A Revista Angelus Novus (RAN) (ISSN 2179-5487) é uma publicação acadêmica de responsabilidade dos alunos dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em História Econômica e História Social da Universidade de São Paulo.Art. 2°. A RAN tem por finalidade difundir o conhecimento acadêmico produzido no âmbito das Humanidades.II. Periodicidade, Estrutura e DistribuiçãoArt. 3°. A RAN terá periodicidade anual.Art. 4°. A RAN poderá ser composta das seguintes seções:a) Editorial/Apresentaçãob) Artigos/Dossiêc) Artigos/Seção Livred) Resenhase) Entrevistasf) Traduçõesg) Transcrição de documentosArt. 5°. Os números da RAN serão publicados, exclusivamente, no site: www.revistas.usp.br/ranIII. DireçãoArt. 6°. A RAN será dirigida de acordo com a seguinte estrutura: Conselho Editorial e Conselho Científico.Art. 7°. O Conselho Editorial da RAN será composto por até quinze (15) pós-graduandos dos Programas de Pós-graduação em História Econômica e História Social da Universidade de São Paulo, eleitos em reuniões convocadas pelo
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Colonial BrazilSocial Sciences12.3%
- Brazilian cultural history and politicsSocial Sciences11.5%
- Historical Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences6.7%
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences5.6%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities5.3%
- History of Education Research in BrazilArts and Humanities5%
- Religion and Society in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences5%
- Sociology and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 275 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 14 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 12 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250 words
Article types accepted3
- artigosArtigos Política padrão de seçãoLength not stated
- reviewsReviews Serão aceitas resenhas de obras publicadas há dois (2) anos para livros nacionais e três (3) anos para livros estrangeiros, contados a partir da data de…Length not stated
- transcrição de documentosTranscrição de Documentos Publicação de documentos históricos e sua respectiva transcrição.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Open access, CC BY-NC 4.0 license Model summary
1. Proposta de Política para Periódicos de Acesso Livre Autores mantém os direitos autorais e concedem à revista o direito de primeira publicação, com o trabalho simultaneamente licenciado sob a Creative Commons Attribution License que permitindo o compartilhamento do trabalho com reconhecimento da autoria do trabalho e publicação inicial nesta revista. Autores têm autorização para assumir contrat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind peer review; authorship identification removed from files Model summary
The identification of authorship has been removed from the file and the option Properties in Word, to assure the magazine’s criteria of secrecy, in case of evaluation by peers (e.g.: articles), according to instructions available in Ensuring a Blind Peer Review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism and autoplagiarism detection software used on all submissions Model summary
RAN uses softwares for the detection of plagiarism and autoplagiarism in all the works submitted.
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
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2179-5487
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Angelus Novus
How long does peer review take at Angelus Novus?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Which databases index Angelus Novus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Angelus Novus is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Angelus Novus open access, and what is the APC?
Angelus Novus is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .