Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Fronteiras
ISSN 2238-8869 · University Center Annapolis · Brazil
Fronteiras: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 95 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fronteiras is published by University Center Annapolis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental Sustainability and Education, Historical and Environmental Studies and Geography and Environmental Studies, together about 22.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
O Periódico FRONTEIRAS: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE é uma publicação quadrimestral, com arbitragem por pares, do Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociedade, Tecnologia e Meio Ambiente da Universidade Evangélica de Goiás (PPGSTMA), com mestrado e Doutorado em Ciências Ambientais. Fronteiras é uma revista interdisciplinar, de acesso livre, sem custo de publicação para os autores, e impulsionada pela crença de que todos os tipos de conhecimento devem ser globalmente disponíveis. Tem como público alvo os pesquisadores que dialogam de forma interdisciplinar com o tema “sociedade e meio ambiente”. A revista publica pesquisas inéditas, com reconhecido rigor teórico-metodológico, bem como de estudos de relevância intelectual e científica. Fronteiras tem com eixo central de suas publicações a temática ambiental, visando a divulgação científica decorrente dos diálogos entre as ciências naturais e humanas e suas conexões com o meio ambiente. A revista Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science tem como missão: publicar e divulgar entre a comunidade acadêmica, artigos científicos que sejam originais e que contribuam para a promoção do diálogo multidisciplinar entre as ciências naturais e humanas e suas conexões com a inovação tecnológica, saúde e meio ambiente. ISSN: 2238-8869DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental Sustainability and EducationEnvironmental Science8.8%
- Historical and Environmental StudiesSocial Sciences7%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Rural Development and AgricultureEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Waste Management and RecyclingEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Municipal Solid Waste ManagementEnvironmental Science4.1%
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
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Sciences | Q4 | 226/286 | 21st |
| General Environmental Science | Q4 | 234/249 | 6th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Latindex, REDIB, BASE, Sumários.org, EuroPub, Scilit, MIAR, Periódicos CAPES, Google ScholarPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 941 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 51 | 140 |
| 2025 | 95 | 95 | 209 |
| 2024 | 82 | 82 | 221 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | 216 |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | 185 |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | 162 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–300 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
Article types accepted4
- artigosTextos originais resultantes de pesquisa avançada ou reflexão teórica. Mínimo de 5000 e máximo de 10.000 palavras, incluindo notas de rodapé.Length not stated
- book reviewsEnfoque em livros publicados nos últimos três anos. Não deve ser apenas uma descrição sequencial, mas sim uma análise crítica da obra e sua relação com outros t…Length not stated
- entrevistasEfetuadas pelos Editores e Conselho EditorialLength not stated
- notas técnicas, pedagógicas ou científicasComunicações sobre experiências de ensino em Ciências Socias, Tecnológicas, Ambientais ou da Saúde. Máximo de 2.000 palavras, incluindo notas de rodapé.Length not stated
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
- University Center Annapolis
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2238-8869
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fronteiras
How long does peer review take at Fronteiras?
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 Fronteiras?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–300 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 Fronteiras?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fronteiras is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Fronteiras open access, and what is the APC?
Fronteiras 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: .