Journal profile
TradTerm
ISSN 0104-639X · eISSN 2317-9511 · Universidade de São Paulo · Brazil
TradTerm: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
TradTerm is published by Universidade de São Paulo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Translation Studies and Practices, linguistics and terminology studies and Lexicography and Language Studies, together about 55% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Focus and Scope EDITORIAL POLICY AND PUBLICATION STANDARDS TradTerm welcomes theoretical or applied studies from any area pertinent to translation and terminology, provided they are original contributions, in the form of articles (maximum 50,000 characters with spaces), reviews (maximum 10,000 characters with spaces), debates and others. At the discretion of the Editorial Board, articles already published but out of print may be submitted. The journal does not charge submission or publication fees. Peer Review Process TradTerm reserves the right to submit all originals to the Publishing Committee and the Editorial Board, which have full authority to decide on their acceptance, and may return them to the authors with suggestions to make the necessary changes in the text and/or to adapt the texts to the editorial standards of the Journal. The articles will be judged by two ad hoc referees (peer review). In case of divergent evaluations, a third critical review will be made. With the blind review system, the names of the reviewers will remain confidential, and the authors' names will also be withheld. Indexers Agência USP de Gestão da Informação Acadêmica (AGUIA) Diadorim Directory of Open Access Journals Latindex LivRe Modern Language Association (MLA) Portal de Periódicos CAPES WorldCat Open Access Policy This journal offers immediate free access to its contents, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater worldwide democratization of knowledge. The History of TradTerm TradTerm is published by CITRAT-USP (Interdepartmental Center for Translation and Terminology), and publishes articles dedicated to translation and terminology studies. Since its creation in 1994 the journal has examined a wide variety of topics, among them theoretical and practical aspects of translation, literary and poetic translation, legal and technical translation, translation in business, translation of comics and humour, audiovisual translation, electronic tools, corpus linguistics, terminology, and conference interpreting. In two decades of activity TradTerm has consolidated its position as a reference in its field of knowledge, receiving contributions from scholars from various Brazilian institutions, from all over the Americas, and from several European countries, including Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy and Norway. To do justice to the growing academic interest in subjects related to translation and terminology,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities35.1%
- linguistics and terminology studiesArts and Humanities11.8%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities8.1%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities6.5%
- Subtitles and Audiovisual MediaArts and Humanities5.5%
- Language and CultureSocial Sciences4.2%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities3.8%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities3.5%
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
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 716 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 48 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 50 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 61 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | 143 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 110 |
| 2021 | 76 | 76 | 119 |
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 | — | — |
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
- Templates
- Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors publishing in this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that permits sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are permitted to enter into additional contracts separa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal offers immediate free access to its contents, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater worldwide democratization of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Continuous publication since 2018; articles published immediately in an open volume until it contains a suitable number of articles; no more calls for articles; continuous flow of receipt of articles. Model summary
TradTerm reserves the right to submit all originals to the Publishing Committee and the Editorial Board, which have full authority to decide on their acceptance, and may return them to the authors with suggestions to make the necessary changes in the text and/or to adapt the texts to the editorial standards of the Journal.
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
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0104-639X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2317-9511
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49 (2025)
- 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 TradTerm
How long does peer review take at TradTerm?
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 TradTerm?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Templates: Word. 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 TradTerm?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, TradTerm is indexed in DOAJ.
Is TradTerm open access, and what is the APC?
TradTerm 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .