Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Via Atlantica
ISSN 1516-5159 · eISSN 2317-8086 · Universidade de São Paulo (USP) · Brazil
Via Atlantica: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Via Atlantica is published by Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature, Culture, and Criticism, Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies and Linguistics and Education Research, together about 62.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Via Atlântica journal, a bi-annual peer-reviewed publication by the Graduate Program in Lusophone Comparative Studies at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, aims to bring scholars from Brazil and abroad the results of investigations carried out by experts in the fields of Lusophone Comparative Studies, Comparative Literature, Literature for Children and Youngsters, Lusophone African Literature, Brazilian Literature, Portuguese Literature and other Lusophone literatures and cultures. It is also part of Via Atlântica’s scope the publication of articles that address the interdisciplinary relations of literature to other art forms and to other fields of knowledge. Every issue of Via Atlântica comprises a leading “Thematic Section” and other eventual sections as “Other Essays”, “Interviews” and “Reviews” of books of interest to Lusophone Comparative Studies and related areas. Via Atlântica is rated in CNPq’s fields of knowledge table as an Other Vernacular Literatures publication (8.02.07.00-6). Submissions can be made in a stream, observing the closing date of the thematic Dossiers specified in the Calls option. Submissions not intended for the thematic dossier may be published in the following four semesters or in one of the four consecutive ordinary numbers following submission. Further information may be found in Author Guidelines section. JOURNAL HISTORY The Via Atlântica journal is a biannual publication of the Postgraduate Program in Comparative Studies of Portuguese Language Literature at the University of São Paulo (USP) and was created in 1997 by Professor Benjamin Abdala Junior. Its objective is to bring to scholars in Brazil and abroad the results of research developed in the area of cultural and literary studies in the context of the Portuguese language and prioritizes material related to Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor-Leste, Goa, Macau and the various communities where Portuguese is spoken and written. Qualis A4 (2017–2020). Authors interested in publishing their articles in Via Atlântica can submit their works to any of the sections listed below: Dossier: Thematic Section for original and previously unpublished articles that address the issue’s theme; Other Texts: for articles and essays on Lusophone Comparative Studies, Comparative Literature and other related fields within the journal’s scope and not necessarily linked to the issue’s thematic subject; Reviews; Interviews with w
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities28.7%
- Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesArts and Humanities20.4%
- Linguistics and Education ResearchArts and Humanities13.4%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.9%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Urban Development and Societal IssuesSocial Sciences3.2%
- Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences3.1%
- History, Culture, and SocietyHealth Professions2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
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
BASE, CNPq, USPPublisher 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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 74.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 57LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,019 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | 2 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 5 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 5 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 6 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 16 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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-ND | |
| 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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted7
- articleArticlesLength not stated
- dossierDOSSIER, for articles that attend the public calls of specific themes of each issueLength not stated
- interviewInterviewsLength not stated
- interviewsINTERVIEWS with authors, artists, creators, researchers, critics, theorists, and teachers, that are linked to the focus and scope of the journalLength not stated
- other textsOTHER TEXTS, for articles and essays whose subject matter is not necessarily linked to the subject matter of the dossierLength not stated
- reviewReviewsLength not stated
- reviewsREVIEWS (Recensions) of published works of interest whose themes are or are not linked to the subject of the dossierLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use
AI misuse policy; AI assistance must be declared in a footnote Model summary
Via Atlântica has since required strict adherence to this policy, maintaining its policy of rejecting the misuse of AI in all collaborations submitted for evaluation and subsequent publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Follows COPE guidelines Model summary
Via Atlântica still follows the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC Attribution license; authors retain copyright Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
No publication fees (APC) Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content, according to the principle that granting freely available scientific knowledge to the public supports greater global democratization of knowledge. VIA ATLÂNTICA does not charge publication fees of its contributing authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Submissions can be sent in a continuous flow, for the sections “Other Essays” and “Reviews”. Submissions for the “Thematic Section” must respect the deadline specified in the respective Call for Papers. All the submitted articles will be evaluated by at least two ad hoc reviewers through the blind peer-reviewing process. We reinforce that all the submissions will be evaluated primarily according t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with iThenticate Model summary
the necessary Similarity Verification is performed by the anti-plagiarism tool iThenticate provided by ABCD-USP, to verify textual similarity and identify plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
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 (USP)
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1516-5159
- Electronic ISSN
- 2317-8086
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 2 (2025)
- 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 Via Atlantica
What CAS zone is Via Atlantica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Via Atlantica is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Via Atlantica?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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.
Which databases index Via Atlantica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Via Atlantica is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Via Atlantica open access, and what is the APC?
Via Atlantica 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: .