Journal profile
Contextus
ISSN 1678-2089 · eISSN 2178-9258 · Universidade Federal do Ceará · Brazil
Contextus: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contextus is published by Universidade Federal do Ceará. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Finance and Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, together about 22.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Contextus - The Contemporary Journal of Economics and Management has its focus on the areas of Administration, Accounting and Economics, targeting researchers, professors, students and market professionals.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Diego de Queiroz MachadoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 51, Portugal 10, United States 2, United Kingdom 2, Spain 1 (71 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting7.3%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
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
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
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,020Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 525 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 78 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 124 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 188 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 152 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 74 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 113 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest
- Conflicts of interest ESG performance and market risk: The mediating role of risk disclosure quality in the Brazilian market
Francisca Yasmin de Aguiar Guedes, Alessandra Carvalho de Vasconcelos, Paulo Henrique Nobre Parente e96654 PDF PDF (Portuguese) DOI: https://doi.org/10.36517/contextus.2026.96654
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 Federal do Ceará
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1678-2089
- Electronic ISSN
- 2178-9258
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contextus
How long does peer review take at Contextus?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Contextus?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 5; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word. 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 Contextus based?
Of the 71 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (51), Portugal (10) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Contextus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contextus is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Contextus open access, and what is the APC?
Contextus 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .