Journal profile · MUSIC
Opus
ISSN 1517-7017 · Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música · Brazil
Opus: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Opus is published by Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música and is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Brazilian cultural history and politics, Diverse Music Education Insights and Musicology and Musical Analysis, together about 47.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Criada em 1989, a Revista Opus é uma publicação seriada anual, cujo objetivo é divulgar a pluralidade do conhecimento em música, considerados aspectos de cunho prático, teórico, histórico, político, cultural e/ou interdisciplinar — sempre encorajando o desenvolvimento de novas perspectivas metodológicas. Por constituir o periódico científico da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música (ANPPOM), tem como foco principal compor um panorama dos resultados mais representativos da pesquisa em música no Brasil. Classificada no estrato A1 do Qualis Periódicos, da CAPES (quadriênio 2013-2016), a Revista Opus está aberta a colaborações do Brasil e do exterior. Atualmente, é veiculada em versão eletrônica (online).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MUSIC
Editor-in-chief Vinícius EufrásioPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 5, Argentina 2, Malaysia 1, Chile 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Brazilian cultural history and politicsSocial Sciences21.7%
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities15.5%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities10.3%
- Music Education and AnalysisSocial Sciences6.1%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science5.8%
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities5.8%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities4.5%
- Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 48LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 448 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 3 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 8 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 10 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 16 |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | 60 |
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 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 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 | |
| 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 accepted4
- artigosPublica artigos, resenhas, traduções e entrevistas em português, espanhol e inglês, recebidos em fluxo contínuo.Length not stated
- entrevistasPublica artigos, resenhas, traduções e entrevistas em português, espanhol e inglês, recebidos em fluxo contínuo.Length not stated
- resenhasPublica artigos, resenhas, traduções e entrevistas em português, espanhol e inglês, recebidos em fluxo contínuo.Length not stated
- traduçõesPublica artigos, resenhas, traduções e entrevistas em português, espanhol e inglês, recebidos em fluxo contínuo.Length not stated
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
- Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1517-7017
- Print ISSN
- 0103-7412
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Opus
What CAS zone is Opus in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Opus is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Music. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Opus?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 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 Opus based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (5), Argentina (2) and Malaysia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Opus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Opus is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Opus open access, and what is the APC?
Opus 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .