Journal profile
Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies
ISSN 2245-4373 · Aarhus University · Denmark
Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies is published by Aarhus University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature, Culture, and Criticism, Brazilian cultural history and politics and Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil, together about 33.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies is a dynamic academic forum in which scholars from diverse disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences can publish their research and draw on scholarship within the interdisciplinary field of Brazilian Studies in an open access platform. The Journal publishes two issues per year, and each issue includes a thematic dossier, with a selection of peer-reviewed articles on aspects of Brazil from the perspective of the Humanities and Social Sciences. These dossiers are interdisciplinary and bring subjects that are considered important to lay the foundations for academic discussions about Brazil. Besides the thematic dossier, each issue has a general section with peer-reviewed articles on the areas covered by the Journal e.g. Literature, Culture, Sociology, Economy, Anthropology, Music, Language, History, Geography, Political Science, Strategy, International Relations, War Studies, among others. Special attention is given to book reviews, which has a dedicated section covering recent and important academic publications about Brazil worldwide. Brasiliana also receives submissions for publication under the category of 'vária'. This category accepts non-academic articles and other items such as original literature or poetry, interviews with people of interest, and reports. Please contact the editor for further information. The journal publishes articles in the following languages: English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 2, Denmark 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities16.3%
- Brazilian cultural history and politicsSocial Sciences11.5%
- Race, Identity, and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences5.8%
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities5.5%
- Brazilian History and Foreign PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Indigenous Cultures and HistorySocial Sciences5.3%
- History of Colonial BrazilSocial Sciences5.2%
- Politics and Society in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 551 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 48 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 83 |
| 2022 | 81 | 81 | 49 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 57 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Articles published in Brasiliana are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. When publishing open access, the author signs an author publishing agreement in which they retain copyright and give Brasiliana the right to publish the article. Our Open Access publications are distributed under the terms …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Articles published in Brasiliana are submitted to a double-blind peer review procedure. The editors of each issue moderate and supervise the review process, and authors are able to follow each step of it. All submissions are assessed by the editors regarding compliance with the editorial norms, coherence of the text, the relevance of the content to the journal and contribution to the knowledge in …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
As standard procedure, Brasiliana carries out checks on all submissions for both plagiarism and self-plagiarism. If a submitted article is shown to have plagiarised, the submission will be immediately declined. Under certain circumstances, Brasiliana will accept articles previously published on other platforms, however, this must be disclaimed before submission, and a reference will have to be mad…
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
- Aarhus University
- Country or region
- Denmark
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2245-4373
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies
How long does peer review take at Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (2) and Denmark (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Brasiliana Journal for Brazilian Studies 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: .