Journal profile
Cadernos Metropole
ISSN 1517-2422 · eISSN 2236-9996 · Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo · Brazil
Cadernos Metropole: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 86 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cadernos Metropole is published by Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Latin American Urban Studies, Urban Planning and Governance and Urban Development and Societal Issues, together about 60.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The jornal Cadernos Metrópole focuses on the debate of issues related to urbanization processes and the urban issue, in the different forms it assumes in contemporary reality. It is a journal aimed at the academic community in general, especially in the areas of Architecture and Urbanism, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Demography and Social Sciences.The journal publishes texts by researchers and scholars of urban themes, who engage in the debate on the effects of socio-spatial transformations on the conditioning of the political-institutional system of cities and the challenges posed to the adoption of management models based on urban governance. The journal does not publish texts by undergraduate students.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Latin American Urban StudiesSocial Sciences25%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences19.3%
- Urban Development and Societal IssuesSocial Sciences16.3%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences3.7%
- Urban and Rural Development ChallengesSocial Sciences3.3%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences2.6%
- Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance1.9%
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
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 838 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 89 | 89 | 271 |
| 2025 | 86 | 86 | 400 |
| 2024 | 115 | 115 | 362 |
| 2023 | 81 | 81 | 418 |
| 2022 | 61 | 61 | 375 |
| 2021 | 66 | 66 | 339 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Policy on Conflict of Interest
Conflicts of interest can be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial in nature. Conflicts of interest can occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts.Reviewers must declare any potential conflicts of interest and inform the editorial board about any similarity between published material and the material bein…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
Cadernos Metrópole is committed to upholding the integrity of academic literature and adopts the guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) to inform its editorial practices. This policy applies to authors, reviewers, editors, and other parties involved in the publication process.Author responsibilities prior to submissionTo ensure an editorial policy aligned with rigorous ethical standa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors retain copyright over the published article and the journal retains the right of first publication. The works are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including no financial barriers) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open Access is a condition whereby the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitting immediate free access to the work and authorizin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Articles will be submitted for review by members of the Editorial Board and ad hoc consultants for their opinions.Articles will receive two evaluations and, if necessary, a third. The anonymity of both authors and reviewers will be respected.If there is a need for interaction between authors and reviewers, the journal will serve as a bridge for this dialogue.Manuscripts will be evaluated according…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal Cadernos Metrópole does not publish preprints of scientific texts. Once approved by reviewers and scientific editors, the texts are made available on the journal's platforms and its indexers.
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
- Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1517-2422
- Electronic ISSN
- 2236-9996
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cadernos Metropole
How long does peer review take at Cadernos Metropole?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Cadernos Metropole?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cadernos Metropole is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Cadernos Metropole open access, and what is the APC?
Cadernos Metropole 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: .