About the Journal

Founded in 1991, Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto is a scholarly journal whose primary objective is to publish sociological works that excel in quality and relevance—both theoretically and empirically—and accepts submissions on a permanent open-access basis.

 

Aims and Scope

Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto prioritizes the publication of original articles, bibliographic essays, research notes, critical reviews, interviews, obituaries, and other contributions considered innovative and relevant to the development of the field of Sociology. Nevertheless, it is also a forum that includes contributions from other disciplinary areas within the Social Sciences, recognizing the importance of fostering dialogue, disseminating diverse contributions, and highlighting distinct academic traditions to a target audience that is not only scientific and academic but also layman, though interested in Sociology and other Social Sciences.

Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto seeks to promote debate and the dissemination of sociological knowledge among a broad scientific community, welcoming contributions that engage with diverse theoretical, methodological, and empirical debates relevant to Sociology, both nationally and internationally. In this regard, the journal values the diversity of perspectives, academic traditions, and geographic contexts, encouraging scholarly exchange among researchers and the circulation of knowledge produced in different social and cultural contexts.

Articles submitted to Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto undergo a double-blind peer review process.

 

Published three times a year (one issue per semester and one special thematic issue dedicated to specific topics or areas of interest), Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto provides immediate, open access to its content for all readers, without charging any membership, submission, or publication fees. Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto publishes works in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English.

Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, created by the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Edited by the Department of Sociology of Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto and the Institute of Sociology of Universidade do Porto, with funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology under Project UID/00727/2025 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/00727/2025), Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto is indexed in SciELO, Latindex, EBSCO (Open Science Directory, Academic Search Complete; Academic Search Ultimate, Open Science Directory, and Fonte Académica), the Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, ERIH Plus, JURN, QUALIS Periódicos, Redalyc, RCAAP, PROQUEST: Latin America & Iberian Database, Sherpa/Romeo, DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals, Newjour, CAPES, and EZB – Electronic Journals Library.