Journal profile · ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental
ISSN 0188-4999 · Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera, UNAM · MEXICO · Quarterly
Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.46; fully open access; community-reported acceptance: easy; 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental is published by Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera, UNAM and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Heavy metals in environment, Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis and Plant and soil sciences, together about 24.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal accepts for publication original papers and review articles on physical and chemical contaminants, their distribution and their biological and ecological effects; new technologies for their measurement and control, and also sociologic, legal, and economic studies on these same subjects.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science9.6%
- Water Quality Monitoring and AnalysisEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Soil Science and Environmental ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Water Resource Management and QualityEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Environmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and BeyondEnvironmental Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.46LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 198OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 65LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,423 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 1 |
| 2025 | 69 | 69 | 27 |
| 2024 | 78 | 78 | 82 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 112 |
| 2022 | 92 | 92 | 231 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 114 |
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 acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution License for all contents except where otherwise noted Model summary
All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
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
- Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera, UNAM
- Country or region
- MEXICO
- Language
- Spanish
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0188-4999
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental
What CAS zone is Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.46; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 24.
Which databases index Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .