Revista Critica de Ciencias Sociais

Aims & Scope

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais (RCCS), a journal of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, publishes three times a year the results of advanced research in all fields of the social and human sciences.

It favours works with a transdisciplinary approach which contribute to theoretical discussion, epistemological thinking, and critical knowledge about contemporary reality on a global scale.

RCCS accepts submissions about all geographical contexts, giving special attention to studies which specially contribute to theoretical and epistemological innovation coming from the global South.

The journal publishes in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology 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.

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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.

• Para uma sociologia das ausências e uma sociologia das emergências* | Towards a Sociology of Absences and a Sociology of Emergence | Vers une sociologie des absences et une sociologie des émergences

  Citation: 262

  Authors: Boaventura de Sousa

• Para além do Pensamento Abissal: Das linhas globais a uma ecologia de saberes* | Beyond Abyssal Thinking: From Global Lines to an Ecology of Knowledges | Par delà la Pensée Abyssale : des lignes globales à une écologie de savoirs

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Boaventura de Sousa

• Para descolonizar os estudos de economia política e os estudos pós-coloniais: Transmodernidade, pensamento de fronteira e colonialidade global | Decolonizing Political-economy and Postcolonial Studies: Transmodernity, Border Thinking, and Global Coloniality | Pour décoloniser les études de l’économie politique et les études post-coloniales. Transmodernité, pensée de frontière et colonialité globale

  Citation: 168

  Authors: Ramón

• On the Coloniality of Human Rights

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Nelson

• A justiça social na globalização: Redistribuição, reconhecimento e participação | Social Justice in Globalization: Redistribution, Recognition, and Participation | La justice sociale dans la globalisation : Redistribution, reconnaissance et participation

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Nancy

• A topologia do Ser e a geopolítica do conhecimento. Modernidade, império e colonialidade1 | The Topology of Being and the Geopolitics of Knowledge. Modernity, Empire, Coloniality | La typologie de l’Être et la géopolitique de la connaissance. Modernité, empire et colonialité

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Nelson

• Poderá o direito ser emancipatório?1 | Can Law Be Emancipatory? | Le droit peut-il être émancipateur ?

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Boaventura de Sousa

• A filosofia à venda, a douta ignorância e a aposta de Pascal | Philosophy for Sale, Learned Ignorance and Pascal’s Wager | La philosophie en vente, la savante ignorance et le pari de Pascal

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Boaventura de Sousa

• Da delegacia da mulher à Lei Maria da Penha: Absorção/tradução de demandas feministas pelo Estado1 | From Women’s Police Stations to the Maria da Penha Law: The State’s Absorption/Translation of Women’s Demands | Du commissariat de police de la femme à la Loi Maria da Penha : absorption/traduction de plaintes féministes par l’État

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Cecília MacDowell

• Negro drama. Racismo, segregação e violência policial nas periferias de Lisboa

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Otávio, Ana Rita, Pedro, Cristina