Journal profile

Brazilian Journal of African Studies

ISSN 2448-3915 · eISSN 2448-3923 · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil

Brazilian Journal of African Studies: fully open access; no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.

Impact factor—No published value

CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartile—No CiteScore rank

Review timeabout 24 weeksCommunity average

APCNo APCFully open access

Acceptance—No reports yet

Articles per year152025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Brazilian Journal of African Studies is published by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Political and Social Dynamics, African Studies and Ethnography and African history and culture studies, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

A Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos (RBEA) é uma publicação semestral, bilíngue (português e inglês), e em formato digital, do Centro Brasileiro de Estudos Africanos (Cebrafrica) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)/Brasil. Com conceito Qualis Capes A3, a RBEA publica artigos científicos sobre as Relações Internacionais da África. Artigos originais de pesquisa ou revisão com ênfase na Política Externa dos países africanos, Cooperação Internacional, Organizações de Integração, Segurança e Defesa, Sistemas Políticos, Desenvolvimento Econômico, Estruturas Sociais, Correntes de Pensamento, bem como processos históricos e geopolíticos que abordem a dimensão internacional dos eventos africanos se enquadram no escopo da Revista. A RBEA é um veículo estritamente acadêmico sem qualquer vínculo governamental ou com fundações estrangeiras. A RBEA tem como público-alvo pesquisadores, professores e estudantes interessados nas especificidades do continente africano e de sua inserção internacional. Combinada a esta perspectiva, a Revista pretende ampliar o debate sobre a projeção brasileira e seus esforços de cooperação (inclusive em Defesa) com países africanos no perímetro do Atlântico Sul e a construção de uma identidade regional frente a um cenário de transformações geopolíticas. Dessa forma, esperamos a contribuição de pesquisadores do Brasil e do exterior, estudiosos da África Contemporânea, com os quais pretendemos estabelecer vínculos para o aprofundamento do conhecimento e a construção de uma visão do Sul sobre o continente africano e de suas Relações Internacionais.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Global Political and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences15%
African Studies and EthnographySocial Sciences10.1%
African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences10.1%
International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences9.1%
Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences9.1%
Peacebuilding and International SecuritySocial Sciences4.9%
International Relations in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.4%
Global Peace and Security DynamicsSocial Sciences4.2%

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

Indexed in: no record yet.

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: 7OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
i10-index: 6OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
2-year mean citedness: 0.21OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
Share of gold OA articles: 0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 223 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	8	8	22
2025	15	15	48
2024	20	20	62
2023	8	8	58
2022	14	14	38
2021	41	41	55

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 24 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Peer review: Double anonymous 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	—	2026-11-01
Publisher website	No APC	—	—	2026-11-01

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: 200–300 words

Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text

Article types accepted2

artigosA RBEA publica artigos científicos e resenhas bibliográficasLength not stated
resenhas bibliográficasA RBEA publica artigos científicos e resenhas bibliográficasLength not stated

Publisher website

Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Plagiarism

AI use

Proibição de uso de IA generativa na elaboração de manuscritos Model summary

É vedada a utilização de ferramentas de inteligência artificial generativa na elaboração, total ou parcial, dos manuscritos submetidos, abrangendo, entre outros aspectos, a produção textual e a elaboração de referências bibliográficas.