Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE

Baltic Journal of European Studies

ISSN 2228-0588 · eISSN 2674-4619 · Sciendo · Poland

Baltic Journal of European Studies: impact factor 7 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor7From the journal's website, latest value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
Review timeabout 12 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCFully open access
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year412025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Baltic Journal of European Studies is published by Sciendo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are European Union Policy and Governance, European and International Law Studies and Regional Development and Policy, together about 26.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

TalTech Journal of European Studies (abbreviation TJES) is a semiannual international peer-reviewed research journal (formerly known as the Baltic Journal of European Studies and Proceedings of the Institue for European Studies) with an international editorial office and extensive international editorial board. The journal is abstracted in SCOPUS, Web of Science (Emerging Sources Citation Index) and other relevant databases. Since 2020, the scope of the journal is related to digitalisation and technology implementation and their impact in the social, legal, political, economic and cultural domains in the European Union and its Member States.We kindly encourage members of the academic community to contribute to our journal. Papers submitted to the forthcoming issues will be reviewed by eminent scholars in the particular field under strict supervision of the international editorial board.Special issuesBJES 2013 Vol. 3 Issue 3 was guest co-edited by Natalia Chaban and Martin Holland (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)BJES 2014 Vol. 4 Issue 2 was prepared in cooperation with Latvian European Community Studies Association (LECSA)BJES 2017 Vol. 7 Issue 2 has been supported by the European Commission’s Jean Monnet Module “Digital Single Market as a New Core of European Union Studies”, project reference number 587255-EPP-1-2017-1-EE-EPPJMO-MODULE.BJES 2018 Vol. 8 Issues 1 and 2 have been supported by the project ‘Digital Single Market as a Key Element in EU-oriented Georgian Higher Education’ (no. 155-2016-A), funded by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the framework of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid.TJES 2023 Vol. 13 Issue 1 was guest edited by Viktorija Skvarciany (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania).TJES 2025 Vol. 15 Issue 1 was guest edited by Soili Nystén-Haarala (University of Lapland, Finland) and Maria Claudia Solarte-Vásquez (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)TJES 2025 Vol. 15 Issue 2 was guest edited by Tran Viet Dung (Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, Vietnam)Why submitTJES is an effective channel of academic dissemination as it is widely read and distributed through Baltic and European research networks and libraries and read by policy makers as well.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): POLITICAL SCIENCE

Editor-in-chief Archil ChochiaPublisher website

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences10.5%
  2. European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences9.9%
  3. Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences6.3%
  4. Security, Politics, and Digital TransformationSocial Sciences5.1%
  5. Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences4.5%
  6. International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences4.2%
  7. Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial Sciences4.2%
  8. European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences4.2%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

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

ScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Metrics

Impact metrics and publication volume

Impact

Impact factor (publisher)
7Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
1.2LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
21Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.23LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.44LetPub ·
h-index
18OpenAlex ·
i10-index
57OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
1.05OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
100%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
24LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 337 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202612120
2025414138
2024262645
2023202096
20221616154
20212020123

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 12 weeksLetPub ·
Peer review
Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub

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

Fully open accessOpenAlex

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
LetPubNo APCNo—

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 websiteLicense & copyright
License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.

Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility

Source ↗Publisher website ·

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
Sciendo
Country or region
Poland
Language
English
ISSN
2228-0588
Print ISSN
2674-4600
Electronic ISSN
2674-4619
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Baltic Journal of European Studies

What is the impact factor of Baltic Journal of European Studies?

The journal's website gives an impact factor of 7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 18.

How long does peer review take at Baltic Journal of European Studies?

Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Baltic Journal of European Studies?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Baltic Journal of European Studies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Baltic Journal of European Studies open access, and what is the APC?

Baltic Journal of European Studies is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .