Journal profile
Fractal Revista de Psicologia
ISSN 1984-0292 · Universidade Federal Fluminense · Brazil
Fractal Revista de Psicologia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 13 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fractal Revista de Psicologia is published by Universidade Federal Fluminense. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychology and Mental Health, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics and Foucault, Power, and Ethics, together about 35.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Fractal: Revista de Psicologia aims to stimulate dialogue with different areas of knowledge whose themes intersect with studies of subjectivity in areas that involve topics covered in the Graduate Program in Psychology at Universidade Federal Fluminense. It is a matter of recognizing the need for coexistence between different strands of research in the field of psychology, fueling constant debate as a way of encouraging scientific production.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychology and Mental HealthPsychology17.8%
- Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and PoliticsPsychology9.5%
- Foucault, Power, and EthicsSocial Sciences8%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology6.7%
- Psychoanalysis and Social CritiqueSocial Sciences6.6%
- Psychology of Development and EducationPsychology5.1%
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology ResearchPsychology4.8%
- Social Representations and IdentityPsychology4.7%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Latindex
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
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 758 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 117 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 227 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 344 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 390 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 424 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 448 |
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
- Open peer review, Single 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 websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Use of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) or similar technologies do not qualify as authors. The use of AI to assist in writing and formatting texts must be carefully supervised by the author. No AI tool can be included as a co-author. If used to create content or assist in writing and editing, its use must be described. If it is part of the design or formal methods of the research, it should be included in th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Policy
When submitting an article, authors must: complete, sign, scan, and send the Declaration of Responsibility and Conflict of Interest as a supplementary document (step 4 of the article submission process). Conflicts of interest may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial in nature. They occur when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability Statement
All articles based on original research must be submitted with a section titled “Data Availability,” stating whether the dataset is available and where it can be accessed. Authors must choose one of the suggested templates for this section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct Policy, Errata, and Retraction
Fractal: Revista de Psicologia complies with the main guidelines of national and international organizations that serve as a reference for principles and good practices on ethics and negligence for scientific publications and is guided by the main ethical practices of Cope, the SciELO Guide to Good Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication, and the Principles of Transparency and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright Statement Authors published by Fractal: Revista de Psicologia retain the copyright to their works, licensing them under Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY, an open license that allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that the original work is correctly cited. In return, they grant the journal the right of first publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted (including financial) virtual access to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants rights of use to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing any user t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The manuscript review process is carried out in two stages: 1st stage of review - Compliance with standards After submission, manuscripts are reviewed for compliance with the standards specified here in “Instructions to Authors.” In this stage, conducted by a team of editors and advisors, all items specified for manuscript preparation are checked, as well as the completeness of the submission meta…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Fractal: Revista de Psicologia accepts preprints as an option for authors who submit their manuscripts. This practice allows articles and other scientific communications to be disseminated immediately or in parallel with their evaluation and validation by journals. This accelerates the communication of research results, guarantees intellectual authorship, and allows authors to receive comments tha…
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 Fluminense
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1984-0292
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fractal Revista de Psicologia
How long does peer review take at Fractal Revista de Psicologia?
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 Fractal Revista de Psicologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fractal Revista de Psicologia is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Fractal Revista de Psicologia open access, and what is the APC?
Fractal Revista de Psicologia 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: .