Journal profile · Social Sciences-Development
Sustentabilidade em Debate
ISSN 2177-7675 · eISSN 2179-9067 · Universidade de Brasilia · Brazil
Sustentabilidade em Debate: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sustentabilidade em Debate is published by Universidade de Brasilia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Rural Development and Agriculture and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, together about 31.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Development
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science12.9%
- Rural Development and AgricultureEnvironmental Science10.4%
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Water Resource Management and QualityEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Climate Change and Sustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental Science5%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Sustainable Development and Environmental ManagementEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science4.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q3 | 642/876 | 26th |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 245/307 | 20th |
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
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 746 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 192 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 186 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 312 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 193 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 201 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 221 |
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-ND | |
| 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
- Universidade de Brasilia
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2177-7675
- Electronic ISSN
- 2179-9067
- 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 Sustentabilidade em Debate
How long does peer review take at Sustentabilidade em Debate?
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 Sustentabilidade em Debate?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sustentabilidade em Debate is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Sustentabilidade em Debate open access, and what is the APC?
Sustentabilidade em Debate 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: .