Derbyana

Aims & Scope

Derbyana is a open access and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Geosciences of the Environment Research Institute of the Secretariat for Infrastructure and Environment of the State of São Paulo, following the Revista do Instituto Geológico (ISSN 0100-929x, eISSN 2176-1892), Instituto Geológico, from 1980 to 2020.

Derbyana aims at publishing original and unpublished, scientific and technological articles on Geosciences and related areas.

This Journal also publishes review articles, maps and charts, short communications. commments and replies of articles.

This Journal is edited anually and adopt the continuous and immediate publication of articles after their acceptance.

The journal team is assisted by a permanent advisory body, formed by eminent Brazilian and foreign scientists, specialized in different areas of Geosciences.

The name Derbyana is a tribute to Orville Adelbert Derby (1851-1915), one of the patrons of Geosciences in Brazil and director of the Comissão Geographica e Geologica do Estado de São Paulo, created in 1886.

This commission carried out pioneering researches on soil , climate, geomorphology, geology and hydrography within the State of São Paulo, Brazil, and gave origin to several scientific institutions in the State of São Paulo, such as the Instituto Geologico, Instituto Florestal, and Instituto de Botânica, Instituto Geográfico e Cartográfico, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Museu Paulista e Museu de Geologia.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary 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
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Earth and Planetary Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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