Abstracting & Indexing
INDEXING AND DISCOVERY SERVICES
Complete listing of databases, directories, portals and repositories
DATABASES AND AGGREGATORS
SciELO – Scientific Electronic Library Online INDEXED
SciELO is a cooperative digital library covering a curated collection of open access scholarly journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, and South Africa. It provides indexing, digital preservation, bibliometric indicators, and full-text access, serving as one of the leading scientific communication infrastructures in the Global South.
DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals INDEXED
DOAJ is the leading international directory of peer-reviewed open access journals, featuring community curation and rigorous editorial quality standards. Inclusion in DOAJ attests to the journal's compliance with best practices in open scholarly publishing, significantly enhancing its global visibility and credibility.
EBSCOhost – Research Databases
EBSCOhost is a globally recognized research platform providing access to a wide range of academic databases, scholarly journals, and indexing services across multiple disciplines. Operated by EBSCO Information Services, it enhances the international visibility, discovery, and accessibility of scholarly publications for researchers, institutions, and libraries worldwide.
Gale – Cengage Learning
Gale, part of the Cengage Group, is a leading global provider of digital learning resources, academic databases, and research tools for libraries, universities, and research institutions. Its platforms support the dissemination and discovery of scholarly content, increasing the visibility, accessibility, and impact of legal publications within the international research community.
Clarivate – Web of Science Master Journal List
The Web of Science Master Journal List, maintained by Clarivate, is a curated registry of journals evaluated for potential inclusion in Web of Science indexes. Presence on the list indicates that the journal meets internationally recognized editorial and quality criteria, broadening its visibility and citation traceability.
Redalyc – Network of Scientific Journals
Redalyc is a non-commercial open access indexing system and repository for scholarly journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal. Maintained by the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, it promotes open science, XML-JATS publishing, and regional scholarly output visibility through its own bibliometric indicators.
REDIB – Ibero-American Network of Innovation and Scientific Knowledge
REDIB is a scientific and academic content aggregation platform for the Ibero-American region, promoted by CSIC (Spain). It provides integrated search, quality indicators, and analytical tools to increase the visibility and impact of scholarly journals across the Ibero-American region.
Biblat – UNAM
Biblat is a bibliometric portal by UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) that integrates bibliographic and statistical indicators for Latin American and Caribbean scholarly journals indexed in the CLASE and PERIÓDICA databases, contributing to the quantitative and qualitative analysis of regional scientific output.
CLASE – Latin American Citations in Social Sciences and Humanities
CLASE is a bibliographic database maintained by UNAM specializing in social sciences and humanities from Latin America and the Caribbean. It indexes journal articles, essays, book reviews, and scholarly documents, contributing to the visibility and retrieval of regional scientific output in these fields of knowledge.
SEARCH ENGINES AND DISCOVERY PORTALS
Google Scholar
Google Scholar indexes scholarly literature across all disciplines, including articles, theses, books, court opinions, and conference papers. It broadens the reach, accessibility, and citation tracking of published research for the global academic community.
OpenAlex
OpenAlex is a fully open index of scholarly works, authors, institutions, and publication venues. It maps the global research landscape and enhances the interoperability, visibility, and discovery of journals and scholarly publications.
BASE – Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
BASE is one of the world's largest academic search engines, indexing over 150 million documents from more than 7,000 sources. Operated by the Bielefeld University Library, it provides comprehensive access to repositories and open access content worldwide.
CAPES Journals Portal
The CAPES Journals Portal is a Brazilian national gateway for accessing and discovering scientific output, integrating content from academic databases and publishers to serve the Brazilian scientific community with comprehensive research resources.
OASISBR – IBICT
OASISBR is a Brazilian national scientific information search portal maintained by IBICT, aggregating open access content from institutional repositories, journals, and research institutes across the country, facilitating unified discovery of national scholarly output.
Journals for Free (J4F)
Journals for Free is a discovery portal that catalogs open access and free scholarly journals across diverse fields of knowledge, facilitating identification and direct access to scientific publications without subscription barriers.
JournalTOCs – Heriot-Watt University
JournalTOCs is a free table-of-contents service for scholarly journals maintained by Heriot-Watt University (UK). It aggregates tables of contents from thousands of journals, enabling researchers to track new publications and receive alerts on recently published articles in their areas of interest.
Sumários.org – Brazilian Journal Abstracts
Sumários.org is a Brazilian indexing and discovery portal for scholarly journal tables of contents, facilitating quick access to bibliographic information and retrieval of articles published in national and international academic journals.
DIRECTORIES AND INDEXES
Latindex – Regional Information System
Latindex is a regional information system for scholarly journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal, providing editorial and bibliographic data and promoting regional visibility and quality assessment of academic publications.
MIAR – Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals
MIAR (Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals), maintained by the University of Barcelona, compiles data to identify where journals are indexed and evaluates their diffusion across international databases, providing a comprehensive overview of journal visibility.
Diadorim – IBICT
Diadorim, maintained by IBICT (Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology), provides detailed information on editorial policies related to article archiving and open access in Brazilian scholarly journals.
EuroPub – European Publication Directory
EuroPub is a comprehensive European directory of scholarly publications indexing peer-reviewed academic journals across diverse disciplines, enhancing the discovery and international exposure of scholarly journals within the European research community.
EZB – Electronic Journals Library
EZB (Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek) provides structured and easy access to thousands of academic electronic journals, including numerous open access titles, for libraries and research institutions worldwide.
LivRE – CNEN
LivRE is a Brazilian catalog of open access scholarly journals across all fields of knowledge, maintained by CNEN (National Nuclear Energy Commission), contributing to the dissemination and accessibility of national scientific output.
ZDB – Zeitschriftendatenbank
ZDB (Zeitschriftendatenbank) is the largest German database of journal titles and holdings, covering all disciplines and languages. Maintained by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, it facilitates cooperative cataloging and journal location across German and Austrian libraries.
CATALOGS, REPOSITORIES AND NETWORKS
WorldCat – OCLC
WorldCat is the world's largest global union catalog of library collections, expanding the international discovery, cataloging, and accessibility of journals, books, and other scholarly resources across thousands of libraries worldwide.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the world's largest library and the primary legislative research institution of the United States. Presence in the Library of Congress catalog attests to the journal's international recognition, broadening its visibility among researchers, legislators, and academic institutions globally.
National Library of Brazil
The National Library of Brazil is the largest library in Latin America and the legal depository of all national editorial production. The registration and cataloging of journals by the National Library ensures the preservation of Brazilian intellectual heritage and guarantees permanent access to the country's scientific and cultural holdings.
Miguilim – IBICT
Miguilim is a Brazilian system maintained by IBICT, dedicated to strengthening the visibility, qualification, and adoption of best editorial practices in scholarly journals. It provides guidance and assessment tools to support the improvement and professionalization of academic journals.
IDENTIFICATION AND INTEROPERABILITY
ISSN Portal – International ISSN Centre
The ISSN Portal, maintained by the International ISSN Centre (Paris), is the official global registry for serial publication identification. ISSN 2179-8966 ensures the unique identification, interoperability, and traceability of Revista Direito e Práxis across scientific information systems worldwide.
Last Updated: April 2026 | Total Indexing Sources: 29
