Instituto De Geología

What Instituto De Geología does

The Instituto de Geología is a research and academic publishing entity within the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico's largest public university. Founded in 1895, the institute serves as UNAM's structural unit for geological sciences, with a primary mandate to produce and disseminate peer-reviewed scholarly output on the geology of Mexico and adjacent regions. Its flagship product is the Boletín del Instituto de Geología, an open-access scientific journal (ISSN 0185-5530) published under a CC-BY-NC-ND license. The journal publishes research articles, special issues, and field excursion guides covering North and Central American geology, with content distributed in PDF, EPUB, and HTML formats.

Operationally, the institute runs its publishing workflow on Open Journal Systems (OJS) version 3.3.0.8, an open-source platform maintained by the Public Knowledge Project. Editorial leadership rests with an Editor in Chief (Dra. Ana Bertha Villaseñor Martínez) supported by a Technical Editor (Mtra. Sandra Ramos Amézquita), with a total headcount of roughly 25 employees. The institute is headquartered in Coyoacán, Mexico City, and operates as a state-funded, non-commercial academic body — there is no disclosed subscription revenue, author processing charge, advertising income, or other commercial monetization mechanism. Its customer base is institutional: academic researchers, geology professionals, libraries, and indexers seeking Mexican geological scholarship.

Name

Instituto De Geología

Legal name

Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Website

https://boletin.geologia.unam.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1895

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Instituto de Geología is UNAM's geology research institute, publishing the peer-reviewed Boletín del Instituto de Geología — an open-access scientific journal covering Mexican and Central American geology since 1895 for academic and library audiences.

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Product category

Academic Scientific Journal Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK), Open Access Scholarly Journals & Monographs (EDAGAFAJ)

Keywords

• Scientific journal publishing
• Geological research publications
• Open access journal
• Academic peer review
• Mexican geology research

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

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Core offering

The Instituto de Geología publishes the Boletín del Instituto de Geología, a peer-reviewed scientific journal that disseminates original manuscripts on the geology of Mexico and related regions, including monographs, conference proceedings, field excursion guides, and special tributes. The journal operates as an open-access electronic publication under a CC-BY-NC-ND license, with content freely available online in PDF, EPUB, and HTML formats, managed via Open Journal Systems (OJS) software.

Product overview

The Instituto de Geología (UNAM) operates a single, unified open-access scientific journal called the 'Boletín del Instituto de Geología', which publishes monographic contributions on the geology of Mexico. The journal is complemented by special issues containing congress proceedings and symposium memories. All publications are distributed in PDF, EPUB, and HTML formats under an open-access model.

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Products and services

• Boletín del Instituto de Geología A peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Instituto de Geología at UNAM, focusing on monographs and original manuscripts on the geology of Mexico and related regions. The journal covers topics including stratigraphy, hydrogeology, paleontology, seismology, volcanology, mineralogy, sedimentology, crystallography, and geodynamics. It operates as an open-access electronic publication accepting manuscripts in both Spanish and English.
• Memorias de Congreso (Congress Proceedings) Special issue publications containing congress and symposium proceedings, including conference memories such as the GeoAcatlán symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of modern geological research in Mexico and the GEOPANGEA symposium on Pangea assembly and dispersal in Mexican territory.

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Public Knowledge Project (PKP)coreTechnology or IntegrationPKP developed and distributes Open Journal Systems (OJS) software free of charge under GNU General Public License. The Boletín del Instituto de Geología utilizes OJS 3.3.0.8 for journal management, peer review workflow, and online publishing operations.

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Revista Geológica de América Central: Peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Costa Rica covering geology of Central America and surrounding regions. Comparable as a regional open-access geology journal in Latin America, though focused on Central rather than North America.

Direct peers

• Journal of South American Earth Sciences: Elsevier-published peer-reviewed journal covering earth sciences across South and Central America including Mexico. Directly comparable geological scope but with a broader regional footprint and stronger international indexing.
• Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana: The official publication of the Sociedad Geológica Mexicana (affiliated with UNAM), focused on Mexican and regional geology. Closely comparable journal serving the same Mexican geological research community.
• Geosphere: Peer-reviewed journal of the Geological Society of America covering all geoscience disciplines with an emphasis on regional to global earth-system science. Comparable as a peer-reviewed geology venue, though at a larger publisher scale and broader scope.
• Journal of Geology: Long-running peer-reviewed geology journal published by the University of Chicago. Comparable as a similarly established (founded 1893) academic geological research journal, though with global rather than regional scope.
• Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas: A peer-reviewed open-access journal covering geology, geophysics, and related earth sciences in Mexico and surrounding regions, also published by UNAM. Directly comparable in scope, geography, language strategy, and institutional positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Geological Society of America Bulletin: A flagship, long-established peer-reviewed journal of the Geological Society of America covering geology worldwide. Comparable as a peer-reviewed geological publication platform, but operates at much larger scale with broader scope and stronger international indexing.
• Earth-Science Reviews: Elsevier-published peer-reviewed journal of synthesis and review articles across all earth sciences. Adjacent comparable as a high-impact earth-sciences venue, though it targets review content globally rather than regional original research.

Market position

Strengths4 records

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Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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