Analise Social

Aims & Scope

Análise Social is the most respected social science journal in Portugal and internationally in the area of Portuguese studies.

Over half a century, the journal has kept its cutting-edge status due to its ability to attract top-quality research, both theoretically and empirically, and due to the originality and relevance of the subject-matters addressed in its pages.

Análise Social is a multidisciplinary journal, specializing in Sociology, History, Anthropology, Political Science and Social Psychology.

Priority is given to publishing articles which: Present empirical research based on theoretical concepts and models; Develop new analytical and research methods; Use heuristic concepts to interpret social phenomena; Demonstrate the theoretical implications of empirical research; Contribute to developing comparative approaches to the topics studied.

Whilst most of its articles deal with social scientific research on Portugal, Análise Social is also open to publishing articles on any other region, particularly when these provide new comparative and analytical insights.

Análise Social comes out four times a year, is indexed on several abstract and citation databases and follows a rigorous peer review procedure.

This journal provides free immediate open access to its content.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Apc url
• License

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Tipologia dos políticos de direita no Brasil: uma classificação empírica

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Adriano, Fábia, Bruno

• Identidade, ideias e normas na construção dos interesses em política externa: o caso português

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Pedro Emanuel

• Re-conceptualizing social research in the “digital era”. Issues of scholarships, methods, and epistemologies

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Chiara

• A cor da mestiçagem: o pardo e a produção de subjetividades negras no Brasil contemporâneo

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Viviane Inês, Mozart

• Agenciar raça, reinventar a nação: o Movimento Pelas Reparações no Brasil

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Petrônio

• O que fazer face à crise? Representações sociais da disposição para agir

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Joaquim, Gabrielle, Teresa

• Choice and competition in education: an endless controversy?

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Vítor

• A pesquisa sobre o cancro no fim do Século XX: implicações para a organização da agenda de pesquisa no Brasil

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Renan, Maria Conceição

• do que fala quem fala sobre polícia no brasil? uma revisão da literatura

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Susana, Maria Claudia

• Expressões do voluntariado: entre o projeto coletivo e o individual

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Fábio Rafael