Journal profile · Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias
ISSN 0101-9759 · eISSN 1982-3908 · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 28 weeks (community reports); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias is published by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geography and Environmental Studies and Geological formations and processes, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Paleontology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
Editor-in-chief Claudine Pereira DereczynskiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 7%); most named Portugal 5, United Kingdom 2, Serbia 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth and Planetary Sciences13.8%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Geological formations and processesEarth and Planetary Sciences7.3%
- Paleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEarth and Planetary Sciences5.6%
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.6%
- Geological and Geochemical AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences4.7%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.6%
- Geological Studies and ExplorationEarth and Planetary Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Geology | Q4 | 41/52 | — |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q4 | 692/876 | — |
| Development | Q4 | 261/314 | — |
| Geology | Q4 | 285/333 | — |
| General Environmental Science | Q4 | 222/249 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 102OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,049 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 316 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 444 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 573 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 547 |
| 2022 | 56 | 56 | 527 |
| 2021 | 114 | 114 | 542 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 28 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 50 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- original scientific articleOriginal scientific article;Length not stated
- review articleReview article.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright
- Authorship
Only submissions in English are accepted. Model summary
Serão aceitas somente submissões em inglês.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
The copyright of articles published in Anuário do Instituto de Geociências belong to their respective authors, who have the right to first publication conceded to the Journal. Every time the article is cited and reproduced in institutional repositories or personal and professional web pages, the link to the Journal web page must be provided. The Anuário do Instituto de Geociências is licensed unde…
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
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0101-9759
- Electronic ISSN
- 1982-3908
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias
How long does peer review take at Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias?
Authors report an average review time of about 28 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (5), United Kingdom (2) and Serbia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias open access, and what is the APC?
Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias 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; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .