Journal profile
Revista Universitara de Sociologie
ISSN 2537-5024 · Beladi · Romania
Revista Universitara de Sociologie: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 5 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Universitara de Sociologie is published by Beladi. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, Media and Digital Communication and Law, Rights, and Freedoms, together about 22.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Revista Universitară de Sociologie is a peer-reviewed academic journal published three times per year, dedicated to the advancement of sociological research and interdisciplinary dialogue within the broader field of social sciences. The journal provides a platform for academic staff, researchers, doctoral candidates, and practitioners interested in contemporary sociological analysis, theoretical innovation, methodological development, and applied research addressing current societal challenges. The journal publishes original research articles, theoretical contributions, methodological studies, and critical review papers covering a wide range of sociological themes and interdisciplinary perspectives. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: social problems and social policy; political sociology and governance; sociology of education; labour market dynamics, employment, and economic sociology; social development and community studies; social work and applied sociology; family sociology and social relations; crime, criminality, and social deviance; health, demographic change, and population studies; media, communication, and digital society; cultural sociology and identity studies; rural sociology and community transformation; social inequality, marginalization, and inclusion; migration and social mobility; social change, modernization, and post-socialist transformations. Revista Universitară de Sociologie welcomes both conceptual and empirical contributions, with particular emphasis on methodologically rigorous, theoretically grounded, and empirically supported research that contributes to a deeper understanding of contemporary social transformations at local, regional, and global levels.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Adrian OTOVESCUPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences7.4%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science7.4%
- Law, Rights, and FreedomsSocial Sciences7.4%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences3.7%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.7%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology3.7%
- Student Assessment and FeedbackSocial Sciences3.7%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences3.7%
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
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- EUR 40
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
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
- Beladi
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2537-5024
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Universitara de Sociologie
How long does peer review take at Revista Universitara de Sociologie?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 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 Universitara de Sociologie?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Author–date. 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.
Which databases index Revista Universitara de Sociologie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Universitara de Sociologie is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Revista Universitara de Sociologie open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Universitara de Sociologie 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .