Acta Amazonica

Aims & Scope

Acta Amzonica is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access, free-of-charge scientific journal for research in and about the Amazon region, published since 1971 by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, in Brazil.

The journal publishes quarterly issues containing articles and short communications in English across a broad range of disciplines, including Agronomy and Forestry, Animal Sciences and Fisheries, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacology, Environmental Sciences, Food Sciences, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Human and Social Sciences, and Materials Technology.

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Apc url
• License

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• High spatial resolution land use and land cover mapping of the Brazilian Legal Amazon in 2008 using Landsat-5/TM and MODIS data

  Citation: 239

  Authors: Cláudio Aparecido de, Alexandre Camargo, Júlio César Dalla Mora, Marcos, Adriano, Cesar Guerreiro, Nadine, Laurent, Alessandra Rodrigues

• Variação espacial e temporal da precipitação no Estado do Pará

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Bergson Cavalcanti de, José Maria Nogueira da, Antonio Carlos Lôla da, Marcos Heil

• Effects of forest fragmentation on amazonian understory bird communities

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Richard O., Thomas Ε.

• Phytogeographic support tor the theory of Pleistocene forest refuges in the Amazon Basin, based on evidence from distribution patterns in Caryocaraceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Dichapetalaceae and Lecythidaceae

  Citation: 167

  Authors: Ghillean T.

• Uma revisão geral sobre o clima da Amazônia

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Gilberto, José A, Carlos A

• Exploring TM image texture and its relationships with biomass estimation in Rondônia, Brazilian Amazon

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Dengsheng, Mateus

• Amazon landforms and soils in relation to biological diversity

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Wim

• Desmatamento na Amazônia: dinâmica, impactos e controle

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Philip M.

• Biomassa da parte aérea da vegetação da Floresta Tropical úmida de terra-firme da Amazônia Brasileira

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Niro, Joaquim, Ralfh João, Luciano, Yvan

• Mangrove vegetation in Amazonia: a review of studies from the coast of Pará and Maranhão States, north Brazil

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Moirah Paula Machado de, Uta, Ulf