Journal profile
Signos do Consumo
ISSN 1984-5057 · Universidade de São Paulo · Brazil
Signos do Consumo: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Signos do Consumo is published by Universidade de São Paulo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advertising and Communication Studies, Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification and Semiotics and Representation Studies, together about 39.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advertising and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences14.1%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting13.2%
- Semiotics and Representation StudiesArts and Humanities12.4%
- Marketing and Advertising StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences6.5%
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences5.2%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science5.2%
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.
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 369 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 44 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 48 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- APA
- Not considered
- Appendices and glossaries
Article types accepted2
- articles4. ARTICLES Texts varying from ten to fifteen pages (21,000 to 30,000 characters), containing analysis, reflection and conclusion on academic topics.Length not stated
- reviews5. REVIEWS Texts with dimension varying from three to five pages (4,200 to 7,000 characters), containing registration and review of books, thesis and dissertati…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- AI use Aesthetic and body standards in artificial intelligence-generated pornographic advertisements
David Nogueira da Costa, Jacqueline Ausier Domingues e244242 PDF (Portuguese (Brazil))
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Citations and references must follow ABNT NBR 6023. Model summary
The texts submitted should follow the standards for citations and references of ABNT NBR 6023.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Original and unpublished work; not under evaluation elsewhere. Model summary
The contribution shall be original and unpublished, not be under evaluation by other journal, and has not been published in full in congresses.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; work licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. Model summary
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind peer review evaluation system. Model summary
All papers submitted will be forwarded, in a blind evaluation system (without reference to the authorship), for evaluation by referees, Editorial Board members, or ad hoc experts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism detection software is used to analyze all texts. Model summary
All texts are analyzed by plagiarism detection software.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving allowed in post-print version after publication. Model summary
Auto archive is allowed in post-print version after publication.
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 de São Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1984-5057
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Signos do Consumo
How long does peer review take at Signos do Consumo?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Signos do Consumo?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: APA. 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 Signos do Consumo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Signos do Consumo is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Signos do Consumo open access, and what is the APC?
Signos do Consumo 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: .