Journal profile · Multidisciplinary Sciences
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES
ISSN 1310-1331 · BULGARIA · Monthly · Founded 1948
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES: CAS Zone 4 · Multidisciplinary (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.42; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review 3–6 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 209 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: With a bank transfer to the BAS Publishing House Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Founded in 1948 by academician Georgy Nadjakov, "Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences" is also known as "Доклади на БАН", "Доклады Болгарской академии наук" and "Proceedings of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences". If applicable, the name of the journal should be abbreviated as follows: C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci. (according to ISO.) Related subjects: Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Geophysics, Space Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Physical Geography, Medicine, Agricultural Sciences. The manuscripts should contain only unpublished data in the respective scientific field. They can further be expanded to be published elsewhere. All manuscripts are subject to peer review and copy editing.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Marine and environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Earthquake Detection and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences7.1%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsPhysics and Astronomy5.8%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Solar and Space Plasma DynamicsPhysics and Astronomy4.2%
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine4.2%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Multidisciplinary Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Multidisciplinary Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Multidisciplinary Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Journal Impact Factor, SJRPublisher 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
- Impact factor
- 0.42LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.53%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 216LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,122 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 134 | 134 | 13 |
| 2025 | 209 | 209 | 62 |
| 2024 | 214 | 214 | 203 |
| 2023 | 215 | 215 | 202 |
| 2022 | 217 | 217 | 381 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 | EUR 200 / EUR 100 / EUR 200 / EUR 300 / EUR 150 / EUR 300 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- EUR 200
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2
- concise review papers (short surveys)Comptes rendus also publishes Concise Review Papers (short surveys) at the invitation of the Editorial Board.Length not stated
- short reports of original scientific resultspublishes peer reviewed short reports of original scientific results in the field of Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Geophysics, S…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePreprints
- Preprints
Papers should not be descriptive or polemical and should contain only unpublished results. Model summary
The papers should not be of a descriptive or polemical character and should contain only unpublished results in the respective scientific field.
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
- Country or region
- BULGARIA
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1948
- ISSN
- 1310-1331
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 79, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES
What CAS zone is COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES is in Zone 4 of Multidisciplinary, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Multidisciplinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Multidisciplinary. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.42; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 10.
How long does peer review take at COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES?
Authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Cover letter: Required. 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 COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES open access, and what is the APC?
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE BULGARE DES SCIENCES is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .