IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA

IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA is published by Fundacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul 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 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Plant and animal studies and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, together about 25.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The journal Iheringia, Série Zoologia, edited by the “Museu de Ciências Naturais” of the “Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul”, publishes original research findings in zoology with emphasis on taxonomy, systematics, morphology, natural history, and community or population ecology of species from current Neotropical fauna. Scientific notes will not be accepted for publication. Species lists without a taxonomic approach, or that are not the result of studies on the ecology or natural history of communities will not normally be accepted. The same applies to identification keys of groups of taxa defined by political boundaries. Authors wishing to inquire about the scope of the journal or the suitability of a particular topic are encouraged to contact the Editorial Board prior to submission. Furthermore, articles with a main focus on agronomy, veterinary, zootechny or other areas involving applied zoology will not be accepted. Its abbreviated title is Iheringia, Sér. Zool., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.

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Research area (LetPub): Zoology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

1.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.19LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

22LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

42OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

507OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.2OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

96.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

2LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Peer reviewLetPub

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Publisher

Fundacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul

Country or region

BRAZIL

Language

Portuguese, English, Spanish

Frequency

Semiannual

ISSN

0073-4721

Electronic ISSN

1678-4766

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