Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth-Surface Processes
Revista Brasileira de Cartografia
ISSN 0560-4613 · eISSN 1808-0936 · Sociedade Brasileira de Cartografia, Geodesia, Fotogrametria e Sensoriamento Remoto · Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Cartografia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 102 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Brasileira de Cartografia is published by Sociedade Brasileira de Cartografia, Geodesia, Fotogrametria e Sensoriamento Remoto. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geography and Environmental Studies, Historical Geography and Cartography and Remote Sensing and Land Use, together about 26.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A Revista Brasileira de Cartografia (RBC) é uma publicação oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Cartografia, Geodésia, Fotogrametria e Sensoriamento Remoto (SBC) em parceria com a Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth-Surface Processes
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science9.5%
- Historical Geography and CartographySocial Sciences9.2%
- Remote Sensing and Land UseEarth and Planetary Sciences7.5%
- Geographic Information Systems StudiesSocial Sciences7.4%
- Remote-Sensing Image ClassificationEngineering7.1%
- Remote Sensing in AgricultureEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Geodetic Measurements and Engineering StructuresEngineering6.2%
- Satellite Image Processing and PhotogrammetryEngineering6.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth-Surface Processes | Q3 | 138/184 | 25th |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q4 | 662/876 | 24th |
| Computers in Earth Sciences | Q4 | 59/76 | 23rd |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 150/194 | 22nd |
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
scimagoPublisher 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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,468 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 164 |
| 2025 | 102 | 102 | 216 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 303 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 304 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 262 |
| 2021 | 64 | 64 | 318 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open Access journal published regularly since 1970 with national and international reach. Model summary
A Revista Brasileira de Cartografia (RBC) é um periódico "Open Access" publicado regularmente desde 1970, com abrangência nacional e internacional.
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
- Sociedade Brasileira de Cartografia, Geodesia, Fotogrametria e Sensoriamento Remoto
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0560-4613
- Electronic ISSN
- 1808-0936
- 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 Revista Brasileira de Cartografia
How long does peer review take at Revista Brasileira de Cartografia?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Revista Brasileira de Cartografia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Brasileira de Cartografia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Brasileira de Cartografia open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Brasileira de Cartografia 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, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .