The Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) is the official journal of Academia Brasileira de Ciencias (Brazilian Academy of Sciences) and has been published with no major interruptions since 1929 (it was termed Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Sciencias from 1917 to 1919, and published irregularly as Revista de Sciencias from 1920 to 1928).
The main objective of the Anais is to publish original research findings in the fields covered by the Academy. The Editorial Board coordinates and evaluates the articles to be published. Volumes are published in March, June, September and December.

The abbreviated title of the journal is An. Acad. Bras. Cienc., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.  

The journal is indexed by: Chemical Abstracts Service; Index Medicus Medline; Literatura Latino-Americana em Ciencias da Saúde, Lilacs; Bibliography and Index of Geology; Institut de l' Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST); Mathematical Reviews; Zentralblatt Math; BIOSIS; Periodica; Science Citation Index (ISI); ISI Alerting Services.