Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Varia Historia
ISSN 0104-8775 · eISSN 1982-4343 · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · Brazil
Varia Historia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 95 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Varia Historia is published by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Colonial Brazil, Historical Studies in Latin America and Philosophy, History, and Historiography, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Varia Historia is a Latin expression by which we wish to affirm our journal as a vehicle for the diversity and the variety of contemporary historiography.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Ely Bergo de CarvalhoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 16, United States 7, France 2, Portugal 2, Germany 1 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Colonial BrazilSocial Sciences15%
- Historical Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences10.5%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities8%
- Brazilian cultural history and politicsSocial Sciences7.6%
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences5.4%
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities4.5%
- Latin American history and cultureArts and Humanities4.3%
- Brazilian History and Foreign PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q4 | 1459/1936 | 24th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceSciELOPublisher website
Other: Latindex, Redalyc, LivRE!, Historical Abstracts with Full Text, Fonte Academica (EBSCOhost)
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 926 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 101 |
| 2025 | 95 | 95 | 245 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 263 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 247 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 222 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 292 |
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
- 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright policy
All articles are published under a Creative Commons Licence. Model summary
All articles in Varia Historia are published under a Creative Commons Licence.
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 Minas Gerais
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0104-8775
- Electronic ISSN
- 1982-4343
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 Varia Historia
How long does peer review take at Varia Historia?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Varia Historia based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (16), United States (7) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Varia Historia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Varia Historia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Varia Historia open access, and what is the APC?
Varia Historia 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: .