Journal profile · ZOOLOGY
GAYANA
ISSN 0717-6538 · Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanograficas, Universidad de Concepcion · CHILE
GAYANA: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.62; fully open access; APC about USD 350; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
GAYANA is published by Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanograficas, Universidad de Concepcion and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and fisheries research and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, together about 18.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ZOOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Grisel CavieresPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 18, Spain 3, Argentina 2, Germany 1 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science6.1%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science5%
- Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences5%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesEnvironmental Science4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.62LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 170OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 61.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 775 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 3 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 15 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 32 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 24 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 350 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 350 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- US$ 35
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 2
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- book commentaryGAYANA receives the following types of contributions: Original Article, Review, Short Communication, Editorial, Book Commentary and Obituary.Length not stated
- editorialGAYANA receives the following types of contributions: Original Article, Review, Short Communication, Editorial, Book Commentary and Obituary.Length not stated
- obituaryGAYANA receives the following types of contributions: Original Article, Review, Short Communication, Editorial, Book Commentary and Obituary.Length not stated
- original articleGAYANA receives the following types of contributions: Original Article, Review, Short Communication, Editorial, Book Commentary and Obituary.Length not stated
- reviewGAYANA receives the following types of contributions: Original Article, Review, Short Communication, Editorial, Book Commentary and Obituary.Length not stated
- short communicationbefore submission. Specifications for a Short Communication Short communications are articles of a maximum of 2000 words (without including references). Short c…main text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Preprints, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication. The articles in this journal are published under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
GAYANA is an Open Access Journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the personal user or his/her institution. Users and authors are allowed to read, download, save, distribute, print, or link to the full texts of the articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online prior to and during the submission process. Model summary
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories, on their website or ResearchGate) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication. Model summary
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.
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
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanograficas, Universidad de Concepcion
- Country or region
- CHILE
- Language
- Multi-Language
- ISSN
- 0717-6538
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 90, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about GAYANA
What CAS zone is GAYANA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, GAYANA is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Zoology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of GAYANA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.62; CiteScore 1, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at GAYANA?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 GAYANA?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Required, 2. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of GAYANA based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Chile (18), Spain (3) and Argentina (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index GAYANA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, GAYANA is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is GAYANA open access, and what is the APC?
GAYANA is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 350.
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: .