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Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais

National Police Academy · Brazil · Est. 2010

ISSN2318-6917
SJR Q4Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2024-04-03). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. 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.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.108
H-Indexi
4
Total Worksi
349
Total Citationsi
184
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

A Revista Brasileira de Ciências Policiais (RBCP) é um periódico com finalidade acadêmica, vinculada à Coordenação Escola Superior de Polícia (CESP/DIREN-ANP/PF), disponível desde 2010, com periodicidade semestral. A partir de 2020, passou a ser publicada três vezes ao ano, nos meses de janeiro, maio e setembro, com formato híbrido (eletrônico e impresso). Trata-se de publicação que tem por objetivo divulgar trabalhos científicos (artigos, resenhas e entrevistas) elaborados por pesquisadores nacionais e estrangeiros, quando considerados relevantes para o avanço teórico-prático das Ciências Policiais, promovendo a produção do conhecimento, a interdisciplinaridade dialética e a troca de experiências de doutrina policial em nível acadêmico. A RBCP possui Conselho Editorial composto por pesquisadores nacionais e estrangeiros. São aceitos para publicação artigos em língua portuguesa do Brasil. O processamento de artigos e a disponibilização aos autores e demais leitores é totalmente gratuita.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil
Primary LanguagePortuguese
1st Year Published2010
Frequency3 times a year
StatusActive (last: 2023)
Total Publications349
Publisher OrgAcademia Nacional de Polícia
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC 4.0
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
National Police Academy
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2318-6917
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
21
20
2018
21
22
2019
50
28
2020
43
19
2021
45
45
2022
32
24
2023
3
0
2024
4
0
2025

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.

LawQ4
Political Science and International RelationsQ4
Safety ResearchQ4
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Safety ResearchPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Brazilian Legal IssuesYouth, Drugs, and ViolencePublic Health in BrazilCriminal Justice and PenologyCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceAcademic Research in Diverse FieldsBusiness and Management StudiesPolicing Practices and PerceptionsRegulation and Compliance StudiesCompetitive and Knowledge Intelligence

Frequently asked questions about Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais

Is Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais a predatory journal?

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2024-04-03). 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 Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais?

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.108.

Is Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Policiais?

A Revista Brasileira de Ciências Policiais (RBCP) é um periódico com finalidade acadêmica, vinculada à Coordenação Escola Superior de Polícia (CESP/DIREN-ANP/PF), disponível desde 2010, com periodicidade semestral. A partir de 2020, passou a ser publicada três vezes ao ano, nos meses de janeiro, maio e setembro, com formato híbrido (eletrônico e impresso). Trata-se de publicação que tem por objetivo divulgar trabalhos científicos (artigos, resenhas e entrevistas) elaborados por pesquisadores nacionais e estrangeiros, quando considerados relevantes para o avanço teórico-prático das Ciências Pol

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref