diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index db94166..a11313c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ FROM ubuntu:18.04
 RUN apt-get update && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install apache2 \
       libapache2-mod-php php-gd php-curl php-memcached curl python-setuptools \
-	  python-pip php-sqlite3 php-xml  php-mbstring php-cli cron && \
+	  python-pip php-sqlite3 php-xml  php-mbstring php-cli cron \
+	  language-pack-pt language-pack-en-base language-pack-es \
+	  libicu-dev php-intl && \
 	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
 	pip install supervisor
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-dev b/Dockerfile-dev
index 143f471..4a4f4cb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-dev
+++ b/Dockerfile-dev
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ FROM ubuntu:18.04
 RUN apt-get update && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install apache2 \
       libapache2-mod-php php-gd php-curl php-memcached curl python-setuptools \
-	  python-pip php-sqlite3 php-xml  php-mbstring php-cli && \
+	  python-pip php-sqlite3 php-xml  php-mbstring php-cli \
+	  language-pack-pt language-pack-en-base language-pack-es \
+	  libicu-dev php-intl && \
 	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
 	pip install supervisor
 
diff --git a/application/controllers/Home.php b/application/controllers/Home.php
index ae46e18..5910edf 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Home.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Home.php
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public function __construct()
 		$this->load_about_link(); // The about link is the same in any page, so I load it here in the constructor.			
 		$this->load_openaccessdeclaration_link(); // The open access link in footer section, so I load it here in the constructor.			
 		$this->load_footer(); // The footer is the same in any page, so I load it here in the constructor.	
+		$this->currentLocale = setlocale(LC_ALL, 0); // it returns the current locale, e.g: pt_BR.UTF8
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ public function list_journals_by_alphabetical_order()
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$journals = $this->Journals->list_all_journals($limit, $offset, $params['status'], $params['matching'], $params['search'], $params['letter']);
+		$journals = $this->Journals->list_all_journals($limit, $offset, $params['status'], $params['matching'], $params['search'], $params['letter'], $this->currentLocale);
 		$total_journals = $this->Journals->total_journals($params['status'], $params['matching'], $params['search'], $params['letter']);
 
 		$journals_links = $this->get_journals_links();
diff --git a/application/models/Journals.php b/application/models/Journals.php
index 518df95..a93cb8a 100644
--- a/application/models/Journals.php
+++ b/application/models/Journals.php
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ class Journals extends CI_Model
     public function __construct()
     {
         parent::__construct();
+
+        $this->db->conn_id->createFunction(
+            'locale',
+            function ($data, $locale = 'root') {
+                static $collators = array();
+
+                if (isset($collators[$locale]) !== true) {
+                    $collators[$locale] = new \Collator($locale);
+                }
+
+                return $collators[$locale]->getSortKey($data);
+            }
+        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -73,7 +86,7 @@ public function list_all_subject_areas($language)
      * @param   string $letter
      * @return	array
      */
-    public function list_all_journals($limit, $offset, $status = false, $matching = false, $search = false, $letter = false)
+    public function list_all_journals($limit, $offset, $status = false, $matching = false, $search = false, $letter = false, $locale = 'root')
     {
 
         $this->db->from($this->journals_table);
@@ -82,7 +95,7 @@ public function list_all_journals($limit, $offset, $status = false, $matching =
 
         $this->db->limit($limit, $offset);
         $this->db->group_by('title_search');
-        $this->db->order_by('title_search', 'ASC');
+        $this->db->order_by("locale('title', '$locale')");
 
         return $this->get_results_obj();
     }