Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais
ISSN 2178-0013 · eISSN 2318-6917 · Academia Nacional de Polícia · Brazil
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Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais: fully open access; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 15, Issue 3): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais is published by Academia Nacional de Polícia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Policing Practices and Perceptions, Criminal Justice and Penology and Criminal Law and Policy, together about 40.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Brazilian Journal of Police Sciences (RBCP) is a journal for academic purposes,linked to the Postgraduate Program in Police Sciences of the Federal Police College Coordination (CESP/ANP), available every six months since 2010, and , from 2020, three times a year, in January, May and September, in hybrid format (electronic and printed), with a circulation of 1000 printed copies. It is a publication that aims to disseminate scientific works (articles, reviews and interviews) prepared by national and foreign researchers, when considered relevant for the advancement theoretical-practical of Police Sciences, promoting the production of knowledge, dialectical interdisciplinarity and the exchange of experiences in police doctrine at an academic level. RBCP has an Editorial Board composed of national and foreign researchers. Articles in Portuguese, English, Spanish, French and Italian are accepted for publication. Processing articles as well as making them available to authors and other readers is completely free. e-ISSN: 2318-6917 ISSN: 2178-0013
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Policing Practices and PerceptionsSocial Sciences15.9%
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences13.4%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences11.5%
- Brazilian Legal IssuesSocial Sciences11.3%
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceSocial Sciences9.9%
- Forensic Fingerprint Detection MethodsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Intelligence, Security, War StrategySocial Sciences4.3%
- Criminal Law and EvidenceSocial Sciences3.8%
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q4 | 1036/1162 | 10th |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 673/744 | 9th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q4 | 680/745 | 8th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1403/1530 | 8th |
| Safety Research | Q4 | 107/108 | 1st |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 413 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 18 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 50 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 44 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 51 |
| 2022 | 56 | 56 | 22 |
| 2021 | 42 | 42 | 6 |
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 ·
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 accepted2
- articlesArticles A New Public Management e a gestão do desempenho das polícias judiciárias brasileiras: um ensaio teóricoLength not stated
- editorialEditorial Expediente Equipe Editorial RBCP (Author) PDF (Portuguese (Brazil)) Editorial Eduardo Márcio Santos Galdino da Silva (Author) PDF (Portuguese (Brazil)…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
- Academia Nacional de Polícia
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2178-0013
- Electronic ISSN
- 2318-6917
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 3 (2024)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais
How long does peer review take at Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais?
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.
Which databases index Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais is indexed in Scopus.
Is Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .