Journal profile
Revista Educacao Especial
ISSN 1808-270X · eISSN 1984-686X · Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) · Brazil
Revista Educacao Especial: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 102 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Educacao Especial is published by Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education Pedagogy and Practices, Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion and Inclusive Education and Diversity, together about 35.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Foco e Escopo A Revista Educação Especial (Journal of Special Education) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, publica apenas artigos originais, sendo relatos de pesquisa ou revisão de literatura, que contribuam para o campo da Educação Especial. Destina-se a estudantes, professores e pesquisadores em Educação. Os artigos devem atender a qualidade e contexto que o Conselho Editorial considera que seriam de interesse para um público nacional e internacional. A publicação impressa começou em 1986 e foi encerrada em 2016. Atualmente, apenas a versão eletrônica está disponível. Publicamos aproximadamente 85 artigos por ano, em periodicidade de publicação contínua em volume único, com recebimento de fluxo contínuo de tema livre e também um Dossiê Temático anual. A revista tem o português (Brasil) como idioma principal e inglês ou espanhol como secundários. Tipos de trabalhos publicados: Artigos de demanda contínua, relatos de pesquisa, revisão de literatura ou estudos teóricos e Dossiês. Normas REE - 2024 Missão Objetivo Ficha Catalográfica Conflito de Interesse Política de Plágio Declaração de originalidade e direitos autorais Turnitin – Software de verificação de originalidade e prevenção de plágio. Taxa de Processamento de Artigos (APCs) A Revista Educação Especial (Journal of Special Education) adota a política de não cobrar taxas em qualquer etapa do processo editorial, incluindo revisão, processamento, avaliação ou publicação de artigos (APC, do inglês Article Processing Charges), a autores e/ou instituições. Processo de Avaliação pelos Pares À comissão editorial reserva-se o direito de não publicar artigos de mesma autoria em interstícios inferiores a uma edição anual de demanda contínua. Além disso, recusa estudos que foram também submetidos simultaneamente a outros periódicos nacionais ou internacionais, bem como aqueles encaminhados para livros ou capítulos de livros. O processo de submissão e avaliação de artigos encaminhados se dá através do Sistema Eletrônico de Editoração de Revistas (SEER). Ao serem submetidos, os trabalhos são previamente avaliados pelo Conselho Editorial (Desk Review). Aqueles que estiverem fora das normas editoriais ou do escopo da Revista serão devolvidos aos autores; os demais são encaminhados aos Editores de Seção que designam a, pelo menos, uma dupla de pareceristas ad hoc para avaliação. No caso de pareceres divergentes o artigo será enviado a um terceiro parecerista. A identificação, tanto dos autores quanto das instit
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences15.6%
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences10.9%
- Inclusive Education and DiversitySocial Sciences9.4%
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and SportSocial Sciences9.1%
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology6.9%
- Disability Rights and RepresentationSocial Sciences6.6%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences6.5%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience5.6%
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
OAJI – Open Academic Journals Index, Edubase – Faculdade de Educação/Unicamp, São Paulo/Brasil, EZB – Electronic Journals Library, UlrichsWeb – Global Serials Directory, Scijoin – https://www.scijoin.org/Journals, Google Acadêmico - https://scholar.google.com.brPublisher 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
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,126 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 52 | 288 |
| 2025 | 102 | 102 | 390 |
| 2024 | 59 | 59 | 453 |
| 2023 | 76 | 76 | 399 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | 383 |
| 2021 | 85 | 85 | 342 |
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 ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| 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)
Article types accepted2
- relato de pesquisaRelato de pesquisaLength not stated
- revisão de literatura/estudo teóricoRevisão de literatura/Estudo teóricoLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Model summary
Este trabalho está licenciado sob uma licença Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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 Santa Maria (UFSM)
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1808-270X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1984-686X
- 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 Revista Educacao Especial
How long does peer review take at Revista Educacao Especial?
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 Educacao Especial?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Educacao Especial is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Revista Educacao Especial open access, and what is the APC?
Revista 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: .