Journal profile
REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao
ISSN 1980-4164 · eISSN 1413-2311 · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil
REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao is published by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovation and Knowledge Management, Management and Organizational Studies and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, together about 19.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
REAd publishes essays and theoretical-empirical works from different areas of Administration, in Portuguese, Spanish and English. It welcomes works from different onto-epistemological aspects, with high theoretical consistency and methodological rigor. Only accepts original articles (not submitted to other journals), empirical research, theoretical review and essays. Works that are restricted to the application of management models and technologies are not accepted. Contributions submitted for evaluation must be unpublished and must not be under consideration in another journal. In addition to research articles, review articles and theoretical essays, the types of publication specified in the Instructions to Authors section are accepted.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Christine da Silva-SchröederPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 3, Portugal 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences5%
- Public Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences5%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
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
LatindexPublisher 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
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.64OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 487 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 186 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 257 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 341 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 242 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 234 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Open 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 | — | — |
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 websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
REAd follows the principles of Open Science and publishing ethics through its editorial policy. Therefore, authors should visit the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) website, which contains information for authors and editors about research ethics. Furthermore, REAd is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and meets the Criteria, policies and procedures fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
REAd follows the SciELO Brazil Criteria regarding its copyright policy. Authors who have their work published by REAd retain the copyright of their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 license, “which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited, and the authors grant the journal/periodical the righ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
“This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing virtual access, without restriction (including financial restrictions), to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Each article submitted to REAd is first evaluated by one of the editors in the desk-review process. Once accepted at this stage, it is forwarded for evaluation by at least two reviewers in a double blind peer review system, through the Open Journal System (OJS). The deadline given to evaluators for accepting the evaluation invitation is one week, and the deadline for evaluating the manuscript is u…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
REAd also accepts publication in preprints to encourage collaboration and inhibit blind review processes, which are in line with the ideas of open science. The use of preprints is an option of the authors. The following are considered: Preprints, SciELO Preprints, EmeRI and Zenodo. Other preprint repositories are evaluated by editors.
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 do Rio Grande do Sul
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1980-4164
- Electronic ISSN
- 1413-2311
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao
How long does peer review take at REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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 REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (3) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao is indexed in DOAJ.
Is REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao open access, and what is the APC?
REAd Revista Eletronica de Administracao 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: .