Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth-Surface Processes
Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences
ISSN 2176-6142 · Associacao Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternario · Brazil
Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences is published by Associacao Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternario. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Geological formations and processes and Soil and Environmental Studies, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Earth-Surface Processes. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth-Surface Processes
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coastal and Marine DynamicsEarth and Planetary Sciences19.8%
- Geological formations and processesEarth and Planetary Sciences16.5%
- Soil and Environmental StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences8.3%
- Aeolian processes and effectsEarth and Planetary Sciences6.8%
- Marine and environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.6%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEnvironmental Science2.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth-Surface Processes | Q4 | 166/184 | 10th |
| Geology | Q4 | 320/333 | 4th |
| Global and Planetary Change | Q4 | 131/134 | 2nd |
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
Portal de Periódicos da Capes, EBSCO, MiguilimPublisher 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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 166 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 40 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 43 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 46 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 63 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 55 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 78 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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-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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Associacao Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternario
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2176-6142
- 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 Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences
How long does peer review take at Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences open access, and what is the APC?
Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences 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; 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: .