Journal profile
ACTA Apicola Brasilica
ISSN 2358-2375 · Grupo Verde de Agroecologia e Abelhas (GVAA) · Brazil
ACTA Apicola Brasilica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACTA Apicola Brasilica is published by Grupo Verde de Agroecologia e Abelhas (GVAA). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Bee Products Chemical Analysis, together about 51.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science and Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Grupo Verde de Agroecologia e Abelhas, provides the journal "ACTA APICOLA BRASILICA", for the dissemination of researches on Bees with the mission to promote scientific dissemination in a free and open access way about bees in all areas of knowledge. The journal ACTA APICOLA does not charge fees (APC) for submission, processing, and publication of articles. Peer Review Process The Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável adopts the practice of "evaluation by ad hoc reviews", with each article being submitted to at least three reviewers. These will have a period of four (4) weeks to issue the opinions, with the possibility of extension for another (1) week. The appointment of evaluators is made by the editors of the journal among doctors in the area, following the criterion of thematic affinities, observed from the records of research and other experiences in their curriculum. First Stage: Basic Assessment The editor or editorial assistant verifies that the manuscript received fits the focus and scope of the journal. Manuscripts outside the scope of the journal will be rejected. Second Step: Similarity Check All works are evaluated for plagiarism. Uses software to similarity check to previously published documents. All manuscripts containing plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will be rejected. Third Stage: Review by opinions We use the practice of "appraisal by ad hoc review", each item submitted will be sent for three appraisers. The identities of reviewers and authors will be anonymous. In some cases, according to the recommendations of reviewers, a second round of peer review may be initiated. Fourth Step: Acceptance/Rejection Decision The decision is based on the opinion provided by the reviewers. To be accepted for publication, the manuscript must receive a positive recommendation (accepted) from at least two reviewers. Ethics and Anti-Plagiarism Policy All parties involved in the editorial process—authors, reviewers, and editors—must adhere to the guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) regarding the ethics and integrity of scientific publication. Submitted articles will be evaluated using plagiarism detection software to verify similarity. Manuscripts that show evidence of partial or total plagiarism will be handled according to COPE guidelines. Open Access Statement This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.9%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.6%
- Bee Products Chemical AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.6%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.5%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Rural Development and AgricultureEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Insect Utilization and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.8%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 59 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Not considered
- Bibliographic citations such as "apud" or "cited by"
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Usage Policy
Authors who have utilized artificial intelligence tools must explicitly inform in the abstract or methodology all research and writing tools used, and ensure that all sources are properly cited. Additionally, it is important to note that authors are entirely responsible for the content of their manuscripts, even if parts are produced by an AI tool. As non-legal entities, AI tools cannot declare th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Policy
Reviewers and authors must declare whether there are any potential conflicts of interest, during or after the manuscript submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright and Licensing Authors retain copyright and grant the ACTA Apicola Brasilica, represented by the Grupo Verde de Agroecologia e Abelhas (GVAA), the right of first publication. The work is simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows others to share and adapt the work for any purpose, even commercially, as long as appropr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Ac…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável adopts the practice of "evaluation by ad hoc reviews", with each article being submitted to at least three reviewers. These will have a period of four (4) weeks to issue the opinions, with the possibility of extension for another (1) week.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Second Step: Similarity Check
All works are evaluated for plagiarism. Uses software to similarity check to previously published documents. All manuscripts containing plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will be rejected.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Grupo Verde de Agroecologia e Abelhas (GVAA)
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2358-2375
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACTA Apicola Brasilica
How long does peer review take at ACTA Apicola Brasilica?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of ACTA Apicola Brasilica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index ACTA Apicola Brasilica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACTA Apicola Brasilica is indexed in DOAJ.
Is ACTA Apicola Brasilica open access, and what is the APC?
ACTA Apicola Brasilica is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .