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Pensar

Universidade de Fortaleza · Brazil · Est. 1992

ISSN1519-8464eISSN2317-2150

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,181

Total Citationsi

1,076

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Pensar – Revista de Ciências Jurídicas is a journal focused on legal sciences, publishing original analyses and research in various areas of law, including constitutional law, technology and society, democracy, and social justice. It aims to foster scientific transparency by encouraging the open availability of research data and materials. The journal publishes articles in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, and French.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageFrench, Italian, Spanish, English, Portuguese

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,181

Publisher OrgUniversidade de Fortaleza

OA Since1991

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewEditorial review, Double anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade de Fortaleza

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1519-8464 / 2317-2150

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Editorial review, Double anonymous peer review

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

French, Italian, Spanish, English, Portuguese

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

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

104

2025

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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Brazilian Legal IssuesComparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial and Political IssuesPublic Health in BrazilJudicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial and Economic SolidarityAcademic Research in Diverse FieldsLegal processes and jurisprudenceCriminal Justice and PenologyLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Frequently asked questions about Pensar

Is Pensar a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pensar: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Pensar?

Pensar is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.15.

Is Pensar indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pensar is indexed in DOAJ.