Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia
ISSN 0031-1049 · eISSN 1807-0205 · Sao Paulo Universidade De Sao Paulo · Brazil
Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 51 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia is published by Sao Paulo Universidade De Sao Paulo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography, together about 31.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia primarily covers the areas of Zoology, publishing original contributions in systematics, paleontology, evolutionary biology, ecology, taxonomy, anatomy, behavior, functional morphology, molecular biology, ontogeny, faunistic studies, and biogeography. The journal is of interest to researchers and professionals from Zoology, Biodiversity, Ecology, Biology, and related areas. The submission of theoretical and empirical studies that explore the principles and methods of systematics are encouraged. Its abbreviated title is Pap. Avulsos Zool., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, bibliographical references, and strips. The journal has adopted a continuous flow of publication (rolling pass) in a single annual volume from 2018 on. All contributions must follow the rules and recommendations of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN Code). Relevant specimens must be deposited in national or international public museums or collections. Tissue samples should be linked to their voucher specimens, and all nucleotide sequence data (aligned and unaligned) should be submitted to European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ), BOLD Systems (Barcode of Life Data System) or GenBank. ZooBank is the Official Register of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN Code) for registration of new nomenclatural acts, published works, and authors. The editorial team of Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia is going to register articles that contain nomenclatural acts in ZooBank. Such articles will receive a Life Sciences Identifier (LSID) that is going to be included in the published version. The registration of new names in ZooBank is recommended (not a requirement) to authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.2%
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.7%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences8.3%
- Diptera species taxonomy and behaviorAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and EcologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science5.4%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | Q3 | 350/520 | — |
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
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Latindex
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 400OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,131 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78 | 78 | 534 |
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | 733 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 1,033 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | 990 |
| 2022 | 72 | 72 | 921 |
| 2021 | 98 | 98 | 872 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Unspecified 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Policy on Conflict of Interest
Conflicts of interest can be of a personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial nature. They may arise when authors, reviewers, editors or editorial teams possess interests that could influence the preparation, evaluation or publishing of manuscripts. Upon submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for acknowledging and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
The Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia journal is committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record. Allegations of misconduct, requests for corrections, and doubts concerning articles published in this journal must be sent to the Editor (contact information). All cases will be initially assessed. Depending on the gravity of the occurrence, the case will be referred to the autho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of articles published by Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia retain the copyright to their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided the original work is correctly cited. In return, the author agrees not to submit the manuscript to another journal simultaneously and grants Papéis Avul…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including no financial barriers) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open Access is a condition whereby the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitting immediate free access to the work and authorizin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Initially, the Editor checks all submitted manuscripts to verify whether it fits within the journal scope and policies. The article can be rejected directly; returned to the author for improvement and re-submission; or can be sent to the next step of the editorial process. In order to verify text similarity and prevent duplication or plagiarism occurrences, all manuscripts approved in the first tr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint is a manuscript made available in open access on a preprint web server before being published by a journal. Manuscripts that not contain nomenclatural acts and that are deposited in established and trustworthy preprint servers as bioRxiv (https://www.biorxiv.org/) or SciELO Preprints (https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo), will be evaluated and considered for submission. Authors …
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
- Sao Paulo Universidade De Sao Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0031-1049
- Print ISSN
- 0369-8467
- Electronic ISSN
- 1807-0205
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia
How long does peer review take at Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia open access, and what is the APC?
Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 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: .