Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-General Arts and Humanities
Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes
ISSN 1646-9054 · Politécnico de Castelo Branco · Portugal
Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 3 weeks (community reports); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes is published by Politécnico de Castelo Branco. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Design Education and Practice, Business and Management Studies and Fashion and Cultural Textiles, together about 19.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Act as an international forum for discussion between academic researchers and industry practitioners, reporting new research, principles, procedures or techniques relevant to design, visual arts and musicology/music. We aim to disseminate new theoretical perspectives, new practices, processes, methods and techniques that result from project-grounded research, theory and teaching experience or from other relations between existing data, with applicable results in the areas of design, visual arts and musicology/music.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-General Arts and Humanities
Editor-in-chief Daniel RaposoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 16, Macau, China 2, Hong Kong, China 1, United States 1, India 1 (26 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering6.7%
- Business and Management StudiesDecision Sciences6.7%
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities6.1%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesArts and Humanities5.5%
- Crafts, Textile, and DesignArts and Humanities5.5%
- Sustainable Design and DevelopmentEngineering5.5%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.9%
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: PKP PN, Sherpa/Romeo, Internet Archive
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.66OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 175 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 43 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 52 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 27 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 71 |
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 3 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
Article types accepted4
- case reportsThrough Fundamental Research Papers, Case Reports or Review Papers, by professionals researchers and scholarly contributors, it promotes knowledge related to th…Length not stated
- fundamental research papersA paper that provides new information based on original research. Usually prospective and is supported active research in real context, by qualitative process o…Length not stated
- review paperThis is a detailed analysis of developments on a specific topic through time. It highlights and discuss important points previously reported in the literature. …Length not stated
- review papersThrough Fundamental Research Papers, Case Reports or Review Papers, by professionals researchers and scholarly contributors, it promotes knowledge related to th…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Copyright remains with authors. Model summary
The copyright remains with the author (s), which grant the magazine the right of unpublished publication (first), being licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright statement
CC BY 4.0 license. Model summary
Articles submitted to Convergences - Journal of Research and Arts Education are licensed by CC BY. You can consult detailed information at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ You have the right to:Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or formatAdapt — remix, transform, and build upon the materialfor any purpose, even commercially.The licensor cannot revoke these freedo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Diamond Open Access, no fees (no APC). Model summary
Convergências promotes and offers immediate open access without the need to register for reading, being allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or reference partially or entirely the texts, process them for indexing, as input data for software programs, or use them for any other legal purpose, without financial barrier, within the legal and technical framework. Articles submitte…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Blind review required. Model summary
Convergências Journal has adopted the double-blind peer review system. The editor makes a first analysis of the submitted manuscripts, ensuring their suitability to Convergências' scope and editorial policy, anonymity, article presentation format according to the guidelines and template for articles, and potential for publication. If approved at this stage, the manuscript is sent for evaluation by…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Checking Policy
The editorial team uses a specific software for plagiarism checking before the manuscript is sent to the peer review process. In cases where plagiarism is incurred, Convergências Journal adopts the Principles of Ethics and negligence statement provided in its Ethics statement, which follows the recommendations of Elsevier, SciELO and the Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committe…
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
- Politécnico de Castelo Branco
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1646-9054
- Print ISSN
- 2184-0180
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 37 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes
How long does peer review take at Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 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 Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes?
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 Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes based?
Of the 26 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (16), Macau, China (2) and Hong Kong, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes open access, and what is the APC?
Convergencias Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes 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: .