Agora

Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ · Brazil · Est. 2000

ISSN1516-1498

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2022-08-19). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.122

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

721

Total Citationsi

1,749

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry and Mental Health; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications721

Publisher OrgFederal University of Rio de Janeiro

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1516-1498

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ4

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychology and Mental HealthPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology ResearchLinguistics and Language StudiesPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychological Treatments and DisordersLiterature, Culture, and CriticismLinguistics and Education ResearchPsychoanalysis, Philosophy, and PoliticsGender, Sexuality, and EducationYouth, Drugs, and Violence

Frequently asked questions about Agora

Is Agora a predatory journal?

Agora was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2022-08-19). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Agora?

Agora is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.122.

Is Agora indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Agora is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Agora?