Journal profile
Paisagem e Ambiente
ISSN 0104-6098 · eISSN 2359-5361 · Universidade de São Paulo · Brazil
Paisagem e Ambiente: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Paisagem e Ambiente is published by Universidade de São Paulo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Landscape Design, Architecture, Modernity, and Design and Landscape and Cultural Studies, together about 41.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Academic journal dedicated to the dissemination of researches, design and studies on landscape architecture in its several fields of activities, from garden design to plans of open spaces, from studies about history of landscape design to experiences of teaching, from academic researches of several bearings to results of scientific events, from theoretical works to book reviews. It has special focus on the urban open spaces, the environmental issue, the teaching and the landscape design, and the urban form, the theoretical foundations and research on landscape design. This academic journal is a biannual publication of FAUUSP – Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo – and is linked to the Laboratory Quapá -Quadro do Paisagismo no Brasil –, to the Laboratory LAPPARC - Paisagem, Arte e Cultura –, to GDPA - Grupo de Disciplinas Paisagem e Ambiente – of Department of Projeto and to the graduate course in Architecture and Urbanism of FAUUSP, concentration area of Landscape and Environment.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Planning and Landscape DesignEnvironmental Science18.7%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering12.9%
- Landscape and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities9.8%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences8.9%
- Urban Arborization and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science8.3%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Latin American Urban StudiesSocial Sciences4.6%
- Urban Design and Spatial AnalysisEngineering3.7%
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
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
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 614 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 59 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 138 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 121 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 103 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 86 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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-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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted1
- articlesThe editorial team of Paisagem e Ambiente: Ensaios is responsible for deciding which articles, essays, conferences, debates, reviews, experience reports and tec…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Conflicts of interest
Confidential communications between journal and authors Model summary
All communications between the journal and the author are kept confidential. Authors must designate a specific email contact at the time of submission, which will be used during the evaluation and publication process (in case of acceptance). All email contacts take place internally to the system, ensuring confidentiality between reviewers and authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Original, unpublished work not under simultaneous evaluation Model summary
The contribution must be original and unpublished, and not be evaluated for publication by another journal simultaneously; otherwise, it must be justified in "Comments to the editor".
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Model summary
Copyright Notice Paisagem e Ambiente: Ensaios journal has a Creative Commons license Creative Commons - Atribuição-NãoComercial-CompartilhaIgual 4.0 Internacional DIADORIM - Editorial Policy Directory The copyright holder is the author of the article. The journal requires only originality in the publication of the article. The author has the right to publish his article at his convenience.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
The text will be submitted to double-blind review and must comply with the instructions available in Ensuring blind peer review (withdrawal of the identification of the authors of the manuscript in word).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with iThenticate Model summary
Paisagem e Ambiente: Ensaios uses Ithenticate to check for plagiarism and/or self-plagiarism. This procedure constitutes the initial stage of the editorial flow, regarding all submissions received. In cases of plagiarism and/or self-plagiarism, the manuscript will be rejected and the authors will be immediately informed.
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
- Universidade de São Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0104-6098
- Electronic ISSN
- 2359-5361
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 57 (2026)
- 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 Paisagem e Ambiente
How long does peer review take at Paisagem e Ambiente?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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 Paisagem e Ambiente?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: 3–6; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 Paisagem e Ambiente?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Paisagem e Ambiente is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Paisagem e Ambiente open access, and what is the APC?
Paisagem e Ambiente 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: .