Publicum

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro · Brazil · Est. 2015

ISSN2447-7982

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.016

Total Worksi

176

Total Citationsi

254

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal’s objective is to publish advanced scientific papers, reviews and unpublished translations of national and foreign researchers inserted in the following thematic axes: Constitutional Theory, Human Rights Law, Constitutional Philosophy, Administrative Law and Economic Law.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguagePortuguese

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 11 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications176

Publisher OrgUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

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?

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2447-7982

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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

129

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2019

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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.

LawQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Brazilian Legal IssuesComparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial and Political IssuesJudicial and Constitutional StudiesPublic Health in BrazilLegal and Constitutional StudiesPlant and animal studiesLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsAcademic Research in Diverse FieldsHuman Rights and Immigration

Frequently asked questions about Publicum

Is Publicum a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Publicum: 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 Publicum?

Publicum is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.101.

Is Publicum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Publicum is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.