Journal profile · Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
BSGLg
ISSN 0583-8622 · eISSN 2507-0711 · Societe Geographique de Liege · Belgium
BSGLg: subscription journal; review about 20 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q4 | 769/876 | 12th |
| General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q4 | 185/201 | 8th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Authors retain copyright Model summary
The authors retains copyright without restriction and publication rights for their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Belgian Code of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity Model summary
The authors acknowledge that they have read the Belgian Code of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity (Appendix 1 of the Full instructions to authors in pdf format) and that they are committed to respecting it.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
The authors acknowledge and accept that the contributions published by the Geographical Society of Liège in the BSGLg journal are published under the creative common CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: attribution, no commercial use, no modifications.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal (Budapest Declaration) Model summary
The authors acknowledge and accept that BSGLg is an open access academic journal whose principles are in accordance with the Budapest Declaration of 14 February 2002
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review Model summary
Articles are evaluated through a double blind peer-review process.
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
- Societe Geographique de Liege
- Country or region
- Belgium
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 0583-8622
- Print ISSN
- 0770-7576
- Electronic ISSN
- 2507-0711
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BSGLg
How long does peer review take at BSGLg?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 BSGLg?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BSGLg is indexed in Scopus.
Is BSGLg open access, and what is the APC?
BSGLg is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .