Journal profile · Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-Pharmacology
Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais
ISSN 1516-0572 · eISSN 1983-084X · Universidade Estadual Paulista · Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais is published by Universidade Estadual Paulista. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Growth and nutrition in plants, together about 43.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publicar trabalhos científicos originais, revisões bibliográficas e notas prévias, que deverão ser inéditos e contemplar as grandes áreas relativas ao estudo de plantas medicinais.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-Pharmacology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences11%
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.3%
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Q4 | 106/115 | 8th |
| Pharmacology | Q4 | 303/328 | 7th |
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
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 421OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,212 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 438 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 647 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 890 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 1,091 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 1,212 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 1,474 |
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
- 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | BRL 300 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | BRL 300 | — | — | |
| LetPub | BRL 300 | 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
- Universidade Estadual Paulista
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1516-0572
- Electronic ISSN
- 1983-084X
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais
How long does peer review take at Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais?
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 Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .