Journal profile
Motricidades
ISSN 2594-6463 · Sociedade de Pesquisa Qualitativa em Motricidade Humana · Brazil
Motricidades: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 34 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Motricidades is published by Sociedade de Pesquisa Qualitativa em Motricidade Humana. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Physical Education and Pedagogy, Physical Education and Sports Studies and Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil, together about 39.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Revista Motricidades is a scientific publication of the Society for Qualitative Research in Human Motricity (SPQMH) and aims to disseminate original research, critical theoretical reviews and unpublished essays with a focus on qualitative methodologies in the area of Education, especially in its interface with the fields of Arts, Environment, Human Motricity, Health, Leisure and Physical Education. The manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish or English.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 4, Colombia 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Physical Education and PedagogyHealth Professions19%
- Physical Education and Sports StudiesSocial Sciences13.4%
- Race, Identity, and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences7.4%
- Corporeality, Perception, and EducationArts and Humanities6.7%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences4.6%
- Physical education and sports games researchPsychology3.9%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences3.7%
- Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences3.7%
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
WebQualis-CAPES Classification (2021–2024 Quadrennium): A3Publisher 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
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 282 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 36 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 36 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 47 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 49 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 43 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 40 |
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 12 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)
Article types accepted3
- essaysIn the section Essays will be published unpublished texts of opinative character, that indicate the perspectives of the authors on controversial subjectsLength not stated
- research articlesIn the Research Articles section, articles will be published that communicate original completed research;Length not stated
- review articlesIn the section Review articles will be published unpublished articles of literature review or the state of the art;Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish or English. Model summary
The manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish or English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright: authors maintain copyright, CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Model summary
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms: Authors maintain the copyright and grant the journal the right to publish, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonComercial 4.0 Internacional License which allows the sharing of work with acknowledgment of authorship and publication in this journal. The material cannot be used for commercial …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that providing free scientific knowledge to the public provides greater global democratization of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review process: at least two ad hoc reviewers after editorial board screening. Model summary
All submissions will be previously peer-reviewed by Editorial Board, having as criterias adequacy, quality and originality of the articles. If they meet the minimum criteria of the journal, they will be forward to at least two ad hoc reviewers, indicated among researchers of recognized competence, specialists in the contents of the submission proposals. The confidentiality of the authors' names, r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Verification and Combat Plagiarism Policy
The Motricities Journal will follow the Guidelines for Integrity in Scientific Activity of CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and the Principles of Transparency and Good Practices in Academic Publications of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics ) in the combat against plagiarism. All submitted material will be analyzed in an anti-plagiarism program and in case of…
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
- Sociedade de Pesquisa Qualitativa em Motricidade Humana
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2594-6463
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Motricidades
How long does peer review take at Motricidades?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Motricidades based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (4) and Colombia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Motricidades?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Motricidades is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Motricidades open access, and what is the APC?
Motricidades 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: .