Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial
ISSN 1413-6538 · eISSN 1980-5470 · Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba · Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial is published by Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education Pedagogy and Practices, Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport and Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion, together about 32.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal publishes national and international unpublished papers focusing on the area of Special Education in interface with other areas of knowledge such as Education, Psychology, Health, among others, as long as there is an emphasis on Special Education. Its target audience is researchers and graduate students in Special Education and related areas. The Journal publishes only original papers, mainly research reports, but including space for theoretical essays, literature review papers, as well as book reviews.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editor-in-chief Kamila LockmannPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 38, United States 2, Spain 2, Portugal 2, Germany 1 (50 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences13.3%
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and SportSocial Sciences9.5%
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences9.5%
- Disability Rights and RepresentationSocial Sciences7%
- Inclusive Education and DiversitySocial Sciences6.8%
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology6.5%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience5.2%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences5.2%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Q4 | 1442/1698 | 15th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 306OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.82OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 997 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 586 |
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | 897 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | 855 |
| 2023 | 46 | 46 | 863 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 739 |
| 2021 | 68 | 68 | 914 |
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 | |
| 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 websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Policy
The conflicts of interest may be of a personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature. Conflict of interest may occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the elaboration or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
RBEE is in accordance with the main guidelines of international and national organizations that serve as a reference for principles and good practices on ethics and negligence for scientific publications and is guided by the main ethical practices of COPE , SciELO “Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication” and the “Principles of Transparency and Best Practice…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
The authors of papers published by Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial – RBEE maintain the copyright of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons CC-BY license, which allows papers to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, providing unrestricted virtual access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open Access is the condition where the copyright holder of a scholarly work grants usage rights to others using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution - CC-BY 4.0) allowing for immediate free access to the work and permitting …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Manuscript review occurs in two stages. In the first, two reviewers from the Editorial Committee carry out a screening to verify compliance with editorial guidelines. In the second stage, manuscripts approved in the first stage are sent to one of the associate editors who are part of the RBEE Editorial Committee. The associate editor forwards the manuscript, anonymously, to two reviewers who indic…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
RBEE encourages the publication of preprint papers on public platforms, such as Preprints, SciELO Preprints and EmeRI, so that, if applicable, they can be discussed openly before being published. Preprintsare manuscripts ready for submission to a journal, which are deposited on an open access web server in advance, by the author, or in parallel to submission to the journal, by the author or the jo…
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 Metodista de Piracicaba
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1413-6538
- Electronic ISSN
- 1980-5470
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial
How long does peer review take at Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial based?
Of the 50 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (38), United States (2) and Spain (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Brasileira de Educacao Especial 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: .