Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Pessoa Plural
ISSN 2212-4179 · Brown University · United States
Pessoa Plural: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pessoa Plural is published by Brown University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature, Culture, and Criticism, Autobiographical and Biographical Writing and Translation Studies and Practices, together about 53.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies (ISSN: 2212-4179) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to studies of Fernando Pessoa. It is published jointly by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University, the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Warwick University and the Department of Humanities and Literature of the University of the Andes. The journal publishes essays, documents and commissioned book reviews. All submitted articles are initially screened by the editors. If judged pertinent to the journal, then they are submitted to a process of double-blind review. It is our aim to publish the best scholarship and criticism on Fernando Pessoa, regardless of theoretical methodological or ideological perspective.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities33.3%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities13.3%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities6.7%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities6.7%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities6.7%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities6.7%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities6.7%
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities6.7%
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
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q2 | 490/1186 | — |
| History | Q3 | 1075/1936 | — |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 427/692 | — |
| Language and Linguistics | Q3 | 783/1137 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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-SA | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brown University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2212-4179
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pessoa Plural
How long does peer review take at Pessoa Plural?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Which databases index Pessoa Plural?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pessoa Plural is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Pessoa Plural open access, and what is the APC?
Pessoa Plural 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: .