Journal profile
Pensar
ISSN 1519-8464 · eISSN 2317-2150 · Universidade de Fortaleza · Brazil
Pensar: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 104 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pensar is published by Universidade de Fortaleza. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Brazilian Legal Issues, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and Judicial and Constitutional Studies, together about 52.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Última atualização: 16/01/2026 Título do periódico: Pensar – Revista de Ciências JurídicasTítulo abreviado: Rev. PensarSigla: PENSARISSN: 2317-2150 (online)Publicação de: Conselho Superior de Editoração – UNIFOR (https://unifor.br/web/pesquisa-inovacao/cse)Local da publicação: Fortaleza, Ceará, BrasilPeriodicidade: AnualModalidade de publicação: Fluxo Contínuo (atual)Formato: Eletrônico (online)Acesso: AbertoIdiomas de publicação: Português, Inglês, Espanhol, Italiano e Francês.Ano de criação do periódico: 1992.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Brazilian Legal IssuesSocial Sciences33.8%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences13%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.9%
- Comparative International Legal StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
- Labor Law and Work DynamicsSocial Sciences3%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences2.9%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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
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
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,276 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 45 | 68 |
| 2025 | 104 | 104 | 72 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 139 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 115 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 97 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 137 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Double anonymous peer review, Open peer review, Unspecified 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprint
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- License & copyright
License CC BY 4.0 Model summary
Ao submeter e ter o artigo aprovado para publicação, os autores concordam que o texto será licenciado sob a licença Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
A Pensar – Revista de Ciências Jurídicas oferece acesso aberto, imediato e gratuito a todo o seu conteúdo, como forma de promover a democratização do conhecimento.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
A Pensar – Revista de Ciências Jurídicas aceita a submissão de manuscritos previamente depositados em servidores de pré-prints reconhecidos.
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 de Fortaleza
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1519-8464
- Electronic ISSN
- 2317-2150
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pensar
How long does peer review take at Pensar?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Pensar?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–6; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 Pensar?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pensar is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Pensar open access, and what is the APC?
Pensar 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: .