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Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege
ISSN 0037-9565 · eISSN 1783-5720 · Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege
Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege: fully open access; no APC; 13 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege is published by Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, together about 48.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Astronomy and Astrophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (Bull. Soc. R. Sci. Liege) is a multidisciplinary journal oriented towards the dissemination of works in the exact and natural sciences. It also covers more applied topics if they are directly linked to the basic sciences. The Bulletin publishes original research and review articles in the following fields: biology, chemistry, geography, geology, mathematics, physics, environmental sciences and space sciences. Research works involving experimentation on living organisms as well as contributions in the fields of pharmacology, urban planning and architecture are are beyond the scope of the Bulletin.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Guy MUNHOVEN, ad interimPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesPhysics and Astronomy22.4%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical ResearchPhysics and Astronomy17.2%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaPhysics and Astronomy8.9%
- Astrophysics and Star Formation StudiesPhysics and Astronomy7.6%
- Astrophysical Phenomena and ObservationsPhysics and Astronomy6.9%
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensingPhysics and Astronomy5%
- History and Developments in AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy2.9%
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovaePhysics and Astronomy2.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary | Q3 | 157/223 | — |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google ScholarPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,053 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 108 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 193 |
| 2024 | 133 | 133 | 232 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 188 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 178 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 151 |
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
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 5
Article types accepted4
- articlesThe Bulletin publishes articles, reviews (the latter mainly by invitation) and conference proceedings.Length not stated
- conference proceedingsThe Bulletin publishes articles, reviews (the latter mainly by invitation) and conference proceedings.Length not stated
- editorialAfter an initial evaluation by the editor-in-chief, the manuscripts are sent to at least one reader from the international scientific community in accordance wi…Length not stated
- reviewsThe Bulletin publishes articles, reviews (the latter mainly by invitation) and conference proceedings.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Open access
Originality: contributions must not have been published elsewhere or be under consideration in another journal. Model summary
The Bulletin only publishes original contributions, which have not been published (partially or totally) elsewhere and which are not under consideration for publication (partially or totally) in another journal .
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 3. External evaluation by single-blind peer review
Single-blind peer review after initial editor-in-chief evaluation. Model summary
Either the editor-in-chief or the associate editor in charge of the submission will ask for an evaluation report by one or several external reviewer(s) whose identity will not be revealed to the authors. The editor-in-chief or the associate editor acts as the interface between the reviewer(s) and the author(s) during the evaluation of the initial manuscript and (possible) revised version(s).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors retain rights and may self-archive post-print. Model summary
Authors retain their rights and can publicly self-archive their article in the publisher's post-print version.
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 Royale des Sciences de Liege
- ISSN
- 0037-9565
- Electronic ISSN
- 1783-5720
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege
What are the manuscript requirements of Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; Suggested reviewers: Required, 5. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege is indexed in Scopus.
Is Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege open access, and what is the APC?
Bulletin de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .