Brazilian Journals in the Field of International Relations

Published in Dec 30, 2025 10:14 AM

Given the large number of academic journals in the field of international relations, it is important to have classification methods that guide researchers and/or students. In Brazil, a useful reference is the “Qualis Journals” classification of Capes (the Brazilian Federal Agency for Graduate Education), for the area of Political Science and International Relations. This categorization ranks journals into strata: A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, and C. This is a descending classification of importance, with A1 journals being the most relevant and C journals the least impactful.

To learn the classification criteria used by Capes and to access their full ranking, click here.

The journal “Cadernos de Política Exterior”, edited by IPRI and published by the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG), is classified as A4 in CAPES’s unified Qualis (2019).

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a) printed journals

Austral / UFRGS

Cadernos de Politica Exterior / IPRI-FUNAG

Cadernos de Relações Internacionais / PUC-Rio

Cadernos do CHDD / CHDD-FUNAG

Cadernos do IPRI/ IPRI-FUNAG

Cadernos PROLAM/USP

Contexto Internacional / PUC-Rio

DEP: Diplomacia, Estratégia e Política / Projeto Raúl Prebisch

Intellector / CENEGRI

O Debatedouro

Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional / IBRI