Journal profile
Arquivos de Zoologia
ISSN 0066-7870 · eISSN 2176-7793 · Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo · Brazil
Arquivos de Zoologia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 34 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arquivos de Zoologia is published by Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Diptera species taxonomy and behavior and History of Science and Natural History, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Arquivos de Zoologia - ISSN (online) 2176-7793 and ISSN (print) 0066-7870 - primarily covers the areas of Zoology, publishing original contributions in systematics, paleontology, evolutionary biology, ecology, taxonomy, anatomy, behavior, functional morphology, molecular biology, ontogeny, faunistic studies, biogeography and history of museums and collections of natural history. The journal is of interest to researchers and professionals from Zoology, Biodiversity, Ecology, Biology and related areas. The journal also encourages the submission of theoretical and empirical studies that explore the principles and methods of systematics. Its abbreviated title is Arq. Zool., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, bibliographical references, and strips. All contributions must follow the rules and recommendations of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Relevant specimens must be deposited in national or international public museums or collections. Tissue samples should be referred to their voucher specimens and all nucleotide sequence data (aligned as well as unaligned) should be submitted to GenBank or European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, Germany 1, Australia 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences14%
- Diptera species taxonomy and behaviorAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.2%
- History of Science and Natural HistoryArts and Humanities7%
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences6.3%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and EcologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Latindex, Sherpa RomeoPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 302 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 132 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 194 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 270 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 242 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 209 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 248 |
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 34 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 34 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | — | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP AND AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTIONS STATEMENT:
All Authors must meet the two minimum criteria: Actively participate of the results discussion. Review and approve the final version of the paper. An authors' contributions statement must be included in a section at the end of the article for works written by 2 (two) or more authors. The statement has to include the individual contribution of each author. From November 2020 on, the journal adopts …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Authors must declare if there is any conflict of interest at the submission of the manuscript. If there is no conflict of interest, the authors should select in the submission form the option: “Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest”; otherwise, it must be specified in “Comments to the Editor”. A section with the statement of Conflict of Interest must be included after the Acknowled…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics PUBLICATION ETHICS
Publication ethics per COPE; Turnitin similarity screening since May 2020. Model summary
Research or publication misconduct (plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data and results, conflict of interest, etc.) will be treated in accordance with the Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. From May 2020 on, the journal has adopted the tool Originality Check (Turnitin) to prevent duplication and plagiarism occurrences. Ethical issues concerning the edito…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Responsibility: The scientific content and the opinions expressed in the manuscript are the sole responsibility of the author(s). Copyrights: Arquivos de Zoologia. The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type CC-BY.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS POLICY
Open access under CC-BY license. Model summary
Arquivos de Zoologia adopts for publication the Creative Commons attribution-type CC-BY. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Single-blind peer review with at least two referees and one editor. Model summary
Initially, the Editor checks all submitted manuscripts to verify whether it fits within the journal scope and policies. The article can be rejected directly; returned to the author for improvement and re-submission; or can be sent to the next step of the editorial process. In order to verify text similarity and prevent duplication or plagiarism occurrences, all manuscripts approved in the first tr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Digital preservation via PKP PN / LOCKSS. Model summary
The journal is part of PKP Preservation Network (PN), which uses the LOCKSS system for digital preservation of journal's content
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints PREPRINT POLICY
Preprint-deposited manuscripts are not accepted. Model summary
In order to avoid the invalidation of nomenclatural acts and misunderstandings with publication dates, “Arquivos de Zoologia” does not accept manuscripts deposited in preprint repositories. The electronic version of “Arquivos de Zoologia” is not "preprint" but final and immutable, hence available for the purposes of zoological nomenclature. The date indicated on the electronic version is exactly t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING
Authors can share the published version* of the manuscript with their colleagues and post them on personal websites or institutional repositories for academic purposes while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable, its publication in this journal.
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
- Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0066-7870
- Electronic ISSN
- 2176-7793
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 57, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 Arquivos de Zoologia
How long does peer review take at Arquivos de Zoologia?
Authors report an average review time of about 34 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 Arquivos de Zoologia based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), Germany (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Arquivos de Zoologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arquivos de Zoologia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Arquivos de Zoologia open access, and what is the APC?
Arquivos de Zoologia 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .