Civitas

Edipucrs · Brazil · Est. 2001

ISSN1984-7289

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.115

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.959

Total Worksi

911

Total Citationsi

3,598

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais publishes original/unpublished works in the form of articles or reviews in Portuguese, Spanish, or English. Annually, calls for thematic dossiers are opened and three proposals are selected to form an annual issue. Submissions for dossiers must occur within the deadlines previously defined and disclosed on the website and social media of Civitas. Reviews are only accepted when linked to a thematic dossier. Individual articles are received on a continuous flow.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguagePortuguese

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications911

Publisher OrgPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Edipucrs

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1984-7289

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

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

251

2019

160

2020

218

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Cultural StudiesQ3

AnthropologyQ4

DevelopmentQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesDevelopment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social and Economic SolidaritySocial and Political IssuesUrban and sociocultural dynamicsReligion and Society in Latin AmericaCritical Theory and PhilosophyYouth, Drugs, and ViolenceBrazilian Legal IssuesUrban Development and Societal IssuesCultural, Media, and Literary StudiesYouth, Politics, and Society

Frequently asked questions about Civitas

Is Civitas a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Civitas: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Civitas?

Civitas is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.115.

Is Civitas indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Civitas is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.