Journal profile
VertigO
ISSN 1492-8442 · Éditions en environnement VertigO · Canada
VertigO: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 66 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
VertigO is published by Éditions en environnement VertigO. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are French Urban and Social Studies, Coastal and Marine Management and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, together about 29.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences13.1%
- Coastal and Marine ManagementEnvironmental Science8.7%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science8%
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical StudiesEnvironmental Science6.6%
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences4.4%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences4.1%
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
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 451OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,183 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 65 | 441 |
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | 825 |
| 2024 | 90 | 90 | 1,195 |
| 2023 | 78 | 78 | 1,107 |
| 2022 | 89 | 89 | 1,103 |
| 2021 | 125 | 125 | 1,209 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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-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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
- AI use
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Source ↗Publisher website ·
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Éditions en environnement VertigO
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- French
- ISSN
- 1492-8442
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 VertigO
How long does peer review take at VertigO?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 VertigO?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, VertigO is indexed in DOAJ.
Is VertigO open access, and what is the APC?
VertigO 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: .