Journal profile
Esferas
ISSN 2446-6190 · Universidade Católica de Brasília · Brazil
Esferas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 64 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Esferas is published by Universidade Católica de Brasília. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Journalism and Media Studies and Media Studies and Communication, together about 25.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities11.5%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences7.4%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences6.8%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities6.7%
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Race, Identity, and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences5.7%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities5.3%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science5.3%
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 667 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 22 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 35 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | 54 |
| 2023 | 69 | 69 | 66 |
| 2022 | 74 | 74 | 29 |
| 2021 | 79 | 79 | 28 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | — |
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 websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
ORCID identifier required in author registration. Model summary
O identificador ORCID foi inserido no cadastro do(s) autor(es).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Authors must confirm agreement with the journal's Code of Ethics. Model summary
Os autores confirmam que leram e estão de acordo com o Código de Ética da revista Esferas
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review by two reviewers; a third reviewer in case of tie. Model summary
Cada trabalho será avaliado cegamente por 02 (dois) revisores; em caso de empate, o material será submetido a um terceiro avaliador.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under evaluation elsewhere. Model summary
A contribuição é original e inédita, e não está sendo avaliada para publicação por outra revista; caso contrário, deve-se justificar em "Comentários ao Editor".
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 Católica de Brasília
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2446-6190
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Esferas
How long does peer review take at Esferas?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Esferas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Esferas is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Esferas open access, and what is the APC?
Esferas 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; 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: .