Estudos Historicos

Estudos Historicos is published by Fundação Getúlio Vargas and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Brazilian cultural history and politics, Urban Development and Societal Issues and Sociology and Education in Brazil, together about 27.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Basic information Estudos Históricos is a quarterly journal in which each publication deals with a specific theme. It has been being published uninterruptedly since 1988, and the journal stands out for its interdisciplinary profile. Estudos Históricos aims to publish unpublished works, with a historical perspective, of researchers from the national and international academic community in the areas of History, Social Sciences and other related fields. The journal is classified as A1 in Qualis CAPES, in the history and in the interdisciplinary areas. It is linked to the Postgraduate Program in History, Politics and Cultural Goods (PPHPBC) of CPDOC/FGV, which has a master's degree course, an academic master's and doctorate course. The journal has also been an important link in communication among postgraduate programs, particularly in the area of History and Social Sciences. In 2016, the journal Estudos Históricos was published only in electronic format. Besides in the portal SciELO Brazil, the information mentioned previously can be accessed in the Directory of Open Access Journals – DOAJ page, on FGV's Digital Library website and in CAPES journal portal. All content of the journal are open access. The authors hold responsibility for the content of their articles. Copyright should be respected and articles should be cited in an appropriate manner. The journal Estudos Históricos works with the dynamics of sending articles to anonymous referees, a standard procedure in peer review periodicals. In addition, it values ethical precepts of non-acceptance of plagiarism and self-plagiarism in the content of the articles. Ethics Estudos Históricos has a statement of ethics for scientific publications in order to discourage improper academic behavior. All manuscripts are evaluated to avoid plagiarism, self-plagiarism and the publication of fraudulent research results. The editors evaluate the manuscripts in advance to identify the improper conduct with the use of anti-fraud software conference of previous publications of the authorship and of third parties on the same subject. When identified improper conduct, Estudos Históricos denies evaluation of the article and informs the stakeholders. At any time, if any fraudulent information, plagiarism or self-plagiarism is still identified in published manuscripts, Estudos Históricos may follow the guideline of withdrawing publication of the records, publishing the retraction and/or correcting the article, when applicable. T

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): HISTORY

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 3, United States 1, Argentina 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Google ScholarPublisher website

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.13LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.66LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

18OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

46OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.37OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

88.35%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

36LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 11 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Blind peer reviewLetPub

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Publisher

Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Country or region

Brazil

Language

English, Portuguese

ISSN

0103-2186

Electronic ISSN

2178-1494

Official links

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• Editorial board ↗LetPub