Statistics
RBSP Statistics (Until February 2026)
Number of Issues
Regular Issues: 38 Issues
Special Issues: 2 issues
Total issues published: 40 issues
Text Type:
Published Texts: 511 texts
Articles: 458 articles (89,6%)
Technical Notes: 29 technical notes (5,7%)
Other material such as interviews, testimonials and reviews: 24 texts (4,7%)
Authors' titles
Texts with at least one PhD author at the time of publication: 343 texts (67,12%)
Texts with at least one author pursuing a doctoral degree or with a degree already acquired at the time of publication: 374 (73,18%)
Number of authors and co-authors
Total: 1027 authors
574 male authors (55,19%)
453 female authors (44,1%)
Most significant authors by regions and states of residence
Southeast: 420 authors (40,89%)
São Paulo: 160 (15,57%)
Minas Gerais: 125 (12,17%)
Rio de Janeiro: 77 (7,49%)
Midwest: 140 authors (13,63%)
Federal District: 98 (9,54%)
South: 156 authors (15,19%)
Rio Grande do Sul: 94 (9,15%)
Northeast: 143 authors (13,92%)
North: 54 authors (5,25%)
Foreign authors:
RBSP has distinguished itself internationally by publishing articles by authors from various institutions around the world. Among the countries represented are the United States, Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Chile, England, France, Mozambique, Mexico, Germany and others. In Latin America, Argentina and Chile have established particularly significant links with RBSP. Meanwhile, prominent authors from Europe originate mainly in Spain, Portugal and England. From the African continent, countries such as Cape Verde, Mozambique and South Africa have made their presence felt with their contributions. Notably, the United States leads the way in the number of authors from institutions based in its territory, reflecting a substantial commitment to publishing in RBSP.
Texts with the best citation index/year in Google Scholar:
Text 1
Title: "From the "war metaphor" to the "pacification" project: favelas and public security policies in Rio de Janeiro
Author: Márcia Pereira Leite
Year, volume and publication number: 2012 issue 11, volume 6, n° 2
Total number of citations: 369 citations (until February 2026)
Citations per year: 28 citations per year
Text 2
Title: "Government producing crime, crime producing government: the homicide management device in São Paulo (1992 - 2011)"
Author: Gabriel de Santis Feltran
Year, volume and publication number: 2012 issue 11, volume 6, n° 2
Total number of citations: 209 citations (until February 2026)
Citations per year: 16 citations per year
Text 3
Title: Security paradigms in Brazil: from the dictatorship to the present day
Authors: Moema Dutra Freire
Year, volume and publication number: 2009 in issue number 5, volume 3 n.2
Total number of citations: 206 citations (until February 2026)
Citations per year: 12,87 citations per year
Text 4
Title: De Montoro a Lembo: as políticas penitenciárias em São Paulo
Authors: Fernando Salla
Year, volume and publication number: 2007 in issue number 1, volume 1 n.1
Total number of citations: 177 citations (until February 2026)
Citations per year: 9,83 citations per year
RBSP h and i10 index
All Texts Since 2019
Citations 5431 2776
Índice H 35 22
Índice i10 149 83
The current H Index of RBSP is 35. This means that at least 35 articles published by the journal were cited 35 times. The i10 Index, on the other hand, says about the number of publications with at least 10 citations. Thus the RBSP has 140 texts with more than 10 citations.
H5 Index - 9
The h5 index is the h-index of articles published in the last five past years. It is the highest h number in a publication, where h articles published from 2021 to 2025 have been cited at least h times each.
Median H5 - 11
The median h5 of a publication consists of the average number of citations for the articles that make up its h5 index.
Citations per year in Google Scholar
Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Citations 13 30 27 68 75 130
Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Citations 172 167 240 340 381 448
Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Citations 450 467 536 589 590 559 24* (until February 2026)
Historical Rejection Rate and Acceptance Rate
The percentage for the selected period is calculated for submissions that were submitted during that period and received a final decision. For example, consider the case where ten submissions were made during that period. Four were accepted, four were rejected, and two are still waiting for a final decision. The acceptance rate will be 50% (4 of 8 submissions) because the two submissions that did not reach a final decision are not counted.
In the period between 02/01/2025 e 01/01/2026 the Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública had a Rejection Rate of 93% and an Approval Rate of 7% of the submitted articles. Of the rejected articles, 64% were rejected upon entry, while 29% were rejected after the reviewers' evaluation.
In the period between 02/01/2024 e 01/01/2025 the Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública had a Rejection Rate of 86% and an Approval Rate of 14% of the submitted articles. Of the rejected articles, 55% were rejected upon entry, while 32% were rejected after the reviewers' evaluation.
In the period between 02/01/2023 e 01/01/2024 the Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública had a Rejection Rate of 82% and an Approval Rate of 12% of the submitted articles. Of the rejected articles, 44% were rejected upon entry, while 38% were rejected after the reviewers' evaluation.
In the period between 02/01/2022 e 01/01/2023 the Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública had a Rejection Rate of 93% and an Approval Rate of 7% of the submitted articles. Of the rejected articles, 52% were rejected upon entry, while 41% were rejected after the reviewers' evaluation.
In the period between 02/01/2021 e 01/01/2022 the Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública had a rejection rate of 72% and an approval rate of 28% of the submitted articles. Of the rejected articles, 30% were rejected upon entry, while 42% were rejected after the reviewers' evaluation.
In the period between 02/01/2020 e 01/01/2021 the Brazilian Journal of Public Security had a Rejection Rate of 58% and an Approval Rate of 42% of the submitted articles. Of the rejected articles, 3% were rejected upon entry, while 55% were rejected after the reviewers' evaluation.
In the period between 02/01/2019 e 01/01/2020 the Brazilian Journal of Public Safety had a Rejection Rate of 19% and an Approval Rate of 81% of the submitted articles. Of the 19% rejected, 5% were rejected at entry, while 14% were rejected after the reviewers' evaluation.
In the period between 01/01/2018 e 01/01/2019 the Brazilian Journal of Public Security had a Rejection Rate of 0% and an Approval Rate of 100% of submitted articles.
Days to first editorial decision and acceptance of a text for publication
The data presented indicate the number of days it takes for most submissions to receive a first editorial decision, such as rejection on entry or submission for evaluation. These figures indicate that 80% of submissions reach the decision within the given number of days. This statistic attempts to describe at what point most authors submitting to the journal can expect a decision. In addition, the average number of days for a text submitted to the journal to be approved for publication, i.e., to have passed peer review, to have met all suggestions made, and for the editor-in-chief's decision to publish the text, is presented.
Below are the respective data for the last 6 years of the journal:
January 2nd, 2024 - January 1st, 2025
Days for a first editorial decision: 20 days
Days to accept the text for publication: 267 days
Submissions received in the period: 259 new submissions
January 2nd, 2023 - January 1st, 2024
Days for a first editorial decision: 18 days
Days to accept the text for publication: 191 days
Submissions received in the period: 222 new submissions
January 2nd, 2022 - January 1st 2023
Days for a first editorial decision: 15 days
Days to accept the text for publication: 128 days
Submissions received in the period: 115 new submissions
January 2nd, 2021 - January 1st, 2022
Days to first editorial decision: 24 days
Days to accept for publication: 371 days
Submissions received in the period: new 203 submissions
January 2nd, 2020 - January 1st, 2021
Days to first editorial decision: 125 days
Days to accept for publication: 426 days
Submissions received in the period: 71 new submissions
January 2nd, 2019 - January 1st, 2020
Days to first editorial decision: 46 days
Days to accept for publication: 447 days
Submissions received in the period: 38 new submissions
January 1st, 2018 - January 1st, 2019
Days to a first editorial decision: 204 days
Days to accept the text for publication: 358 days
Submissions received in the period: 52 new submissions
