Journal profile · INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao
ISSN 1413-9936 · eISSN 1981-5344 · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Ciência da Informação · Brazil
Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao is published by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Ciência da Informação and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Information Science and Libraries, Business and Management Studies and Education and Digital Technologies, together about 55.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Basic information Objective: Disseminate qualified intellectual production in the areas covered by the journal, through the publication of original research results in cutting-edge áreas. Frequency: Continuous flow. Areas of interest: Information Science, Librarianship, Archivology, Communication, Administration, Information Technology. Indexation Sources Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) Base de dados de Periódicos em Ciência da Informação (BRAPCI) Cariniana Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Google Scholar Journal Citation Reports Latindex Library and Information Science Abstracts Oasisbr PASCAL Base PERI Periódicos de Minas Portal de Periódicos CAPES Portal de Periódicos UFMG SCIELO Scopus Web of Science Intelectual property All content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY. Supporters The publication receives funding from: CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico SciELO 15 anos
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Lorena Tavares de PaulaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 1, Israel 1, Argentina 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science26.2%
- Business and Management StudiesDecision Sciences18.1%
- Education and Digital TechnologiesSocial Sciences11.4%
- Competitive and Knowledge IntelligenceBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Science and Science EducationSocial Sciences4.5%
- Information Architecture and UsabilityComputer Science3.7%
- Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesArts and Humanities3.3%
- Big Data and Business IntelligenceBusiness, Management and Accounting3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | 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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 147OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 81.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,116 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 8 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 123 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 106 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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.
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship CRediT Taxonoomy
CRediT (Authorship Contribution Taxonomy) is a high-level taxonomy, including 14 roles, that can be used to represent the roles normally played by contributors to academic and scientific output. Roles describe each author’s specific and individual contributions to scholarly and scientific research. The taxonomy provides a way to represent information about the individual contributions of authors. …
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 de Minas Gerais, Escola de Ciência da Informação
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1413-9936
- Electronic ISSN
- 1981-5344
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao
What CAS zone is Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Information Science & Library Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (1), Israel (1) and Argentina (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao open access, and what is the APC?
Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao 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: .