Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA
ISSN 1561-0837 · eISSN 1727-9933 · Asociacion de Biologos de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos · Peru
REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA is published by Asociacion de Biologos de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies and Plant and soil sciences, together about 26.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.9%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences6%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Botanical Research and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Botany and Geology in Latin America and CaribbeanAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 227OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,589 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 11 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 21 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 45 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 132 |
| 2021 | 68 | 68 | 242 |
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
- 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, 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
- Asociacion de Biologos de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
- Country or region
- Peru
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISSN
- 1561-0837
- Electronic ISSN
- 1727-9933
- 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 PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA
What CAS zone is REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA?
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 PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA open access, and what is the APC?
REVISTA PERUANA DE BIOLOGIA 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .