Journal profile

Kwanissa

ISSN 2595-1033 · Universidade Federal do Maranhão · Brazil

Kwanissa: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 60 articles in 2025.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartile—No CiteScore rank
Review timeabout 20 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year602025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Kwanissa is published by Universidade Federal do Maranhão. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil, Afro-Latin American Studies and Literature, Culture, and Criticism, together about 46.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

A Kwanissa – Revista de Estudos Africanos e Afro-Brasileiros é um periódico científico, publicado semestralmente pela Licenciatura em Estudos Africanos e Afro-brasileiros (Liesafro) e pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos Africanos e Afro-brasileiros (PPGAFRO) da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA). O periódico tem como foco a publicação de artigos, resenhas, relatos de experiências, ensaios que debatam tanto o continente africano como a sua diáspora. Sendo assim, a revista tem foco em questões atuais e da história do continente como das populações afro da diápora pelo mundo. Os focos de publicação são: História e Cultura Africana e Afro-Diaspórica; Relações étnico-raciais; Educação das relações étnico-raciais e as leis 10.639/03 e 11.645/08; Legislações referentes às diretrizes de educação das relações étnico raciais e da educação quilombola; Políticas Públicas de promoção da igualdade racial; lém de estudos que envolvam a diáspora africana em sua amplitude, com temas acerca do território, cultura, religião, conflitos, ciências de forma geral abrangendo a diáspora. A revista também tem como foco temas acerca do gênero e suas interseccionalidades; Direito e políticas na diáspora africana. O continente africano é também referência de publicação na revista, com o interese em textos que abranjam esse território, passando pela multidisciplinaridade. Assim, geografia, ciências naturais e da saúde, ciências sociais, história, arqueologia, dentre outras são de interesse do periódico para a publicação. Sendo assim, também são foco da revista: Cidades e o urbano no continente africano; Exploração de recursos, mobilizações e conflitos em África; A sociedades, línguas e culturas; Religiosidades, dentre outros que tenham o território e as sociedades africanas como referência. ISSN 2595-1033 Periodicidade: Semestral Qualis/CAPES (2017-2020): B2

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Race, Identity, and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences31.5%
  2. Afro-Latin American StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
  3. Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities7%
  4. History of Colonial BrazilSocial Sciences6.6%
  5. Rural and Ethnic EducationSocial Sciences4.7%
  6. Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences4.3%
  7. Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences3.9%
  8. Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities3.1%

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

Google acadêmicoPublisher website

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
2OpenAlex ·
i10-index
2OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.06OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 128 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026003
202560607
2024121220
2023171712
202239394
2021001

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 20 weeksLetPub ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
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.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJNo APCYesCC BY-NC-ND
LetPubNo APCYes—

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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
100–250 words
Reference style
Vancouver
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted5
  1. artigosArtigos e ensaiosLength not stated
  2. entrevistasEntrevistasLength not stated
  3. notas de pesquisaAs notas de pesquisa compreendem relatórios finais de pesquisas, de grupos de estudo, de monografias, dissertações ou teses.Length not stated
  4. relatos de experiênciasOs relatos de experiências versam sobre práticas pedagógicas, experiências de viagens e de trabalhos de campo.Length not stated
  5. resenhasA resenha é a apresentação do conteúdo de uma obra, acompanhada de uma avaliação crítica;Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Peer review
Data availability

Privacy statement Model summary

Os nomes e endereços informados nesta revista serão usados exclusivamente para os serviços prestados por esta publicação, não sendo disponibilizados para outras finalidades ou a terceiros.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Model summary

Este obra está licenciado com uma Licença Creative Commons Atribuição-NãoComercial-SemDerivações 4.0 Internacional.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review

Peer review: double-blind, reviewers from Conselho Científico, author names omitted Model summary

a) os originais serão apreciados pelo Conselho Editorial, que poderá aceitar, recusar ou reapresentar o original ao(s) autor(es) com sugestões de alterações editoriais. Os artigos serão enviados aos pareceristas (Conselho Científico), cujos nomes permanecerão em sigilo, omitindo-se também o(s) nome(s) do(s) autor(es);

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 Maranhão
Country or region
Brazil
Language
Portuguese
ISSN
2595-1033
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Kwanissa

How long does peer review take at Kwanissa?

Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Kwanissa?

According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–250 words; Reference style: Vancouver. 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.

Which databases index Kwanissa?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kwanissa is indexed in DOAJ.

Is Kwanissa open access, and what is the APC?

Kwanissa 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: .