Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social
ISSN 2183-4938 · Instituto Superior Miguel Torga · Portugal
Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social is published by Instituto Superior Miguel Torga and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, together about 27.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ÂMBITO, MISSÃO e ESTATUTO EDITORIAL FICHA TÉCNICA INDEXAÇÃO e DIRETÓRIOS PERIODICIDADE e TEMPOS de PUBLICAÇÃO POLÍTICA de ACESSO ABERTO TAXAS PATROCINADORES HISTÓRICO PERFIS dos EDITORES TOPO ÂMBITO, MISSÃO E ESTATUTO EDITORIAL A Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Comportamental e Social | Portuguese Journal of Behavioral and Social Research [RPICS|PJBSR] é uma publicação semestral do Departamento de Investigação & Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Miguel Torga dedicada à investigação na área pluridisciplinar que caracteriza o seu projeto editorial desde 2015, incluindo as ciências do comportamento (psicologia, neuropsicologia, terapias familiares, pedagogia, medicina, neurociências, etc.) e sociais (serviço social, sociologia, gestão, etc.). A missão da RPICS|PJBSR é proporcionar uma plataforma para a divulgação de pesquisas originais e de qualidade, promover o avanço do conhecimento nas Ciências Comportamentais e Sociais e dar voz a novos investigadores. Com a nossa política de acesso aberto em via diamante, facilitamos a participação de novos investigadores de todo o mundo e incentivamos jovens talentos a emergirem no domínio da investigação. Acreditamos firmemente na importância de eliminar barreiras financeiras à publicação e de promover a partilha e a colaboração nos campos científico e académico. A RPICS|PJBSR é financiada por recursos próprios e procura publicar e difundir estudos sobre processos emocionais, dimensões neuropsicológicas, processos sociais e comportamentais ao longo do ciclo vital, programas e processos terapêuticos, psicometria e temas relacionados com a sociedade, os valores, as identidades e as relações sociais. A RPICS|PJBSR dirige-se a psicólogos, assistentes sociais, sociólogos, enfermeiros, médicos e outros profissionais interessados na investigação comportamental e/ou social. Esta revista de Acesso Aberto Diamante aceita a submissão de artigos originais com dados empíricos e artigos de revisão ou de metanálise em português, inglês ou espanhol, dando especiais boas-vindas aos trabalhos de investigação de países de língua portuguesa. A revista faz uma chamada permanente para artigos; ou seja, os autores podem submeter artigos para consideração ao longo do ano. Todo o conteúdo está disponível on-line e é de Acesso Aberto Diamante, significando que todo o conteúdo é disponibilizado gratuitamente sem encargos para os seus leitores, autores ou instituições. Os utilizadores estão autorizados a ler, descarregar, copiar, distribui
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 13, United States 1, India 1, Spain 1, Australia 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions10.1%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology8.8%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology8.4%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology7.5%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences6.6%
- Occupational Health and BurnoutHealth Professions6.2%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.7%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 196 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 6 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 71 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 46 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 31 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted3
- carta ao editorCarta ao editor: A carta ao editor pode ser enviada à RPICS para: a) apresentar um ponto de vista sobre um assunto referente às áreas sociais e/ou comportamenta…Length not stated
- investigação originalInvestigação Original: Estes são artigos que descrevem investigação original de alta qualidade em temas sociais e/ou comportamentaisLength not stated
- revisão ou metanáliseRevisão ou Metanálise: Estes artigos fornecem uma revisão sistemática ou metanalítica de um tema das ciências sociais ou comportamentaisLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Plagiarism
- Open access
No fees for authors. Model summary
Publicar na RPICS não exige o pagamento de qualquer taxa aos autores, seguindo o princípio de que a ciência deve ser aberta a todos e isenta de custos na sua divulgação.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism policy: manuscripts with duplication percentage between 3.0 and 5% may be rejected; above 5% automatically rejected. Model summary
O manuscrito que apresente uma percentagem de duplicação entre 3,0 e 5% poderá ser rejeitado e aquele que apresente uma percentagem de duplicação acima dos 5% será automaticamente rejeitado.
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
- Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2183-4938
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social
What CAS zone is Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 10.
How long does peer review take at Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (13), United States (1) and India (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Portuguesa de Investigacao Comportamental e Social 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .