Journal profile
Terra Digitalis
ISSN 2594-0694 · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) · Mexico
Terra Digitalis: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Terra Digitalis is published by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Geography and Environmental Studies and Geological Modeling and Analysis, together about 28.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Terra Digitalis is a peer-reviewed international e-journal, edited by the Institutes of Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Geosciences and the Center for Research in Environmental Geography of the UNAM. We publish maps accompanied by their descriptive articles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Stéphane CouturierPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 1, Italy 1, Mexico 1, Argentina 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin AmericaEarth and Planetary Sciences11.5%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science9%
- Geological Modeling and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences8.2%
- Geological and Geochemical AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences6.6%
- Geological and Geophysical StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.7%
- Remote Sensing and Land UseEarth and Planetary Sciences5.7%
- Remote-Sensing Image ClassificationEngineering4.9%
- Geochemistry and Geologic MappingComputer Science4.9%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 83 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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-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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- 2d interactive mapsB. 2D Interactive MapsLength not stated
- 3d interactive mapsC. 3D Interactive MapsLength not stated
- dynamic mapsD. Dynamic MapsLength not stated
- editorial1. Review the instructions for authors 2. Submit your map and article 3. The editor will determine if the material meets the objective and scope of the journal …Length not stated
- spatial data collectionsE. Spatial data collectionsLength not stated
- static maps (pdf)A. Static maps (PDF)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Data availability Data sharing policies:
FAIR data sharing principles. Model summary
Aiming to facilitate data-literate citizenry, Terra Digitalis actively promotes the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles for geoscientific data, specifically FAIR geovisualizations: from the computer's perspective, and from the data analyst's perspective (Jacobsen et al., 2020; Degbelo, 2022). Findable: From the computer's perspective, the map - article is assigned a DOI…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright (creative commons license)
The author retains the rights to the material published by Terra Digitalis, which is an open access journal whose contents are under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access:
Open access under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Model summary
Publishing articles and data in Terra Digitalis is free of charge. Viewing or downloading articles and data from Terra Digitalis is equally free of charge. Terra Digitalis journal is Open Access and its contents are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). The author retains the rights to the published material. Post-prints…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
The maps and their articles submitted to the journal receive a double-blind review, where the reviewers and the authors are anonymous. You can take a look to the evaluation format reviewers need to fullfill.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism detection:
All submitted manuscripts are reviewed using Turnitin software.
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
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2594-0694
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Terra Digitalis
How long does peer review take at Terra Digitalis?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Terra Digitalis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Terra Digitalis based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (1), Italy (1) and Mexico (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Terra Digitalis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Terra Digitalis is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Terra Digitalis open access, and what is the APC?
Terra Digitalis 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .