Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geology
Derbyana
ISSN 2764-1465 · Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais - SIMA · Brazil
Derbyana: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Derbyana is published by Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais - SIMA. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Water Quality and Resources Studies, Geography and Environmental Studies and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, together about 25.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Water Quality and Resources StudiesEnvironmental Science9.5%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science8.5%
- Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences7.5%
- Landslides and related hazardsEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences5.5%
- Karst Systems and HydrogeologyEarth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
- Water Resource Management and QualityEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science3.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | Q3 | 224/333 | — |
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.42OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 107 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 44 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 42 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 41 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 27 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 2 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
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 20 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 | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais - SIMA
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2764-1465
- 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 Derbyana
How long does peer review take at Derbyana?
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 Derbyana?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Derbyana is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Derbyana open access, and what is the APC?
Derbyana 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .