Journal profile
Latitude
ISSN 1981-5921 · eISSN 2179-5428 · Universidade Federal de Alagoas · Brazil
Latitude: fully open access; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Latitude is published by Universidade Federal de Alagoas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sociology and Education in Brazil, Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil and Urban and sociocultural dynamics, together about 23.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publicada pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia da Universidade Federal de Alagoas, a LATITUDE é uma revista semestral de Ciências Sociais. Publica artigos inéditos em português, inglês e espanhol. Abrande o interesse por diferentes abordagens teóricas, metodológicas e temáticas. Publicamos artigos e entrevistas de autoria de doutores(as), bem como resenhas de pós-graduandos (mestrandos e doutorandos) que se mostram relevantes para as Ciências Sociais. Centramos preocupação com a qualidade das publicações, sendo aprovados pela comissão científica após avaliações às cegas de especialistas. A revista está indexada em bases de dados como o Latindex, Sumários e EZB-Eletronic Journauls Library. LATITUDE (ISSN: 2179-5428) is a publication in continuous flow of Social Sciences, published by the Graduate Program in Sociology of the Federal University of Alagoas (Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL), being annually organized in two editions. Our magazine accepts the submission of original articles in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French, covering a wide range of theoretical, methodological and thematic approaches in the Social Sciences. We welcome articles written by PhDs and reviews by graduate students (master's and doctoral students) that are pertinent to the field, as well as interviews with researchers in the area that have national and/or international prominence, as well as translations of articles by foreign researchers. For the submission of articles, it´s necessary that the main author holds the title of doctor. We attach great importance to the quality of publications, which go through a blind peer review process carried out by experts and are approved by the scientific committee. The magazine is indexed in the databases Latindex, Google Scholar, Sumários, Miguilim and EZB - Eletronic Journauls Library. And it has support of the Foundation for Research Support of Alagoas (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de Alagoas - Fapeal).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sociology and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences11.1%
- Race, Identity, and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences7.2%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences5.4%
- Educational Theory and Curriculum StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences4.8%
- Latin American Urban StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities4.5%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.5%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, LatindexPublisher 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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 321 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 34 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 22 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 33 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
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 ·
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
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidade Federal de Alagoas
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1981-5921
- Electronic ISSN
- 2179-5428
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Latitude
How long does peer review take at Latitude?
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.
Is Latitude open access, and what is the APC?
Latitude is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .