Journal profile
Border and Regional Studies
ISSN 2719-6577 · University of Opole · Poland
Border and Regional Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Border and Regional Studies is published by University of Opole. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration, Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography and Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, together about 35.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Border and Regional Studies (BRS) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal published quarterly, in open access, by the Institute of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Opole. The journal is dedicated to the advancement and development of latest thinking in the border, borderlands and regional studies. The Journal publishes articles from different disciplines that cover and explain the problems of regions, borders, and borderlands or different phenomena affected by the processes of bordering, de-bordering, re-bordering, and regionalization. Due to the interdisciplinary character of borderlands studies, the journal consists of articles published by political scientists, geographers, sociologists, economists, and also scholars from other disciplines. Articles published by the BRS cover the following areas: - cross-border cooperation, - border conflicts and disputes, - border regimes and policies, - social, cultural, political, economic and religious life on the borderlands, - international migration, - history of the border areas, - ethnic and regional identities, minority issues and ethnopolitics, - regions and regionalism, - local and regional politics on the borderlands, - new approaches to and applications of borderlands and regional studies, - border geographies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cross-Border Cooperation and IntegrationSocial Sciences14.4%
- Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical GeographySocial Sciences12.2%
- Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences7.8%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences6.7%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences6.7%
- Minority Rights and LanguagesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Central European and Russian historical studiesSocial Sciences4.4%
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 40 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted4
- articlesArticles published by the BRS cover the following areasLength not stated
- original research articlesWe accept the following types of papers: 1. original research articles; 2. reviews; 3. scientific reports.Length not stated
- reviewsWe accept the following types of papers: 1. original research articles; 2. reviews; 3. scientific reports.Length not stated
- scientific reportsWe accept the following types of papers: 1. original research articles; 2. reviews; 3. scientific reports.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Published by the Institute of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Opole Model summary
by the Institute of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Opole
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Published quarterly, in open access Model summary
published quarterly, in open access, by the Institute of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Opole
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer-reviewed, academic journal published quarterly, in open access Model summary
The Border and Regional Studies (BRS) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal
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
- University of Opole
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2719-6577
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Border and Regional Studies
How long does peer review take at Border and Regional Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Border and Regional Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Border and Regional Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Border and Regional Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Border and Regional Studies is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .