Journal profile
Ciencias Ambientales
ISSN 1409-2158 · eISSN 2215-3896 · Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Ciencias Ambientales: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ciencias Ambientales is published by Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest Management and Policy and Forest Ecology and Conservation, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Entre los ejes temáticos de la revista se encuentran: manejo y conservación de los recursos naturales, biodiversidad, cuencas hidrográficas, bosques y servicios ecosistémicos, cambio climático, gestión ambiental, sostenibilidad, educación ambiental y socio-economía ambiental y otros temas que contribuyan al mejor entendimiento, manejo y conservación del ambiente, pero particularmente que analicen y contribuyan a la solución de problemas ambientales en América Latina.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science15.4%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science7.8%
- Forest Ecology and ConservationAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Environmental Sustainability and EducationEnvironmental Science5%
- Sustainable Development and Environmental ManagementEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Water Resource Management and QualityEnvironmental Science4.3%
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
Repositorio de la Universidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica, Open DOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)Publisher 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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 694 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 95 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 146 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 140 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 164 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 133 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 152 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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-NC-SA | |
| 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 accepted7
- artículosArtículos: Artículos originales producto de trabajos de investigación.Length not stated
- artículos metodológicosArtículos metodológicos: presentan metodologías nuevas o significativamente mejoradas.Length not stated
- biografíasAdemás se publican por invitación biografías, experiencias y foros.Length not stated
- experienciasAdemás se publican por invitación biografías, experiencias y foros.Length not stated
- forosAdemás se publican por invitación biografías, experiencias y foros.Length not stated
- notas técnicasNotas técnicas: descripciones cortas de investigación original vigente con cierta urgencia de publicación.Length not stated
- revisiones teóricas/revisiones sistemáticas de la literaturaRevisiones teóricas/revisiones sistemáticas de la literatura: analizan de manera organizada la teoría para explicar el estado del arte y la construcción de nuev…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Model summary
Los artículos publicados se rigen bajo la licencia Creative Commons (Reconocimiento al autor-No comercial-Compartir igual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY NC SA 4.0 Internacional)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No APC (diamond OA) Model summary
Las personas autoras no asumen ningún costo por el procesamiento, revisión, envío y publicación de los artículos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-blind peer review Model summary
Todos los escritos originales (artículos y notas técnicas) presentados serán sometidos al proceso de juicio de personas revisoras, mediante el sistema de revisión por pares (peer review), con la modalidad ciego.
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
- Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1409-2158
- Electronic ISSN
- 2215-3896
- 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 Ciencias Ambientales
How long does peer review take at Ciencias Ambientales?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
Which databases index Ciencias Ambientales?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ciencias Ambientales is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Ciencias Ambientales open access, and what is the APC?
Ciencias Ambientales 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: .