Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth-Surface Processes
Forum Geografic
ISSN 1583-1523 · eISSN 2067-4635 · University of Craiova · Romania
Forum Geografic: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Forum Geografic is published by University of Craiova. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geography and Environmental Studies, Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, together about 28% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Forum geografic aims to publish high quality research in the domains of geography, as well as geosciences and social sciences that mainly use, but are not limited to geographic approaches (human, physical, nature and society as well as GIScience). Although initially the journal published research from and about Europe, it gradually extended its reach and currently, it welcomes research papers from all over the world on a range of issues such as geomorphology, pedology, climatology, hydrology, tourism, population geography, human settlements and environment protection.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth-Surface Processes
Editor-in-chief Sandu BOENGIUPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 36, Serbia 6, India 2, Hungary 2, United States 1 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science13.2%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences7.9%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences7%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science6%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Regional Socio-Economic Development TrendsSocial Sciences5%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEnvironmental Science4.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth-Surface Processes | Q3 | 136/184 | 26th |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q3 | 654/876 | 25th |
| Global and Planetary Change | Q4 | 122/134 | 9th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Crossref
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
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 406 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 95 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 149 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 162 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 164 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 149 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 157 |
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 ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Craiova
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1583-1523
- Electronic ISSN
- 2067-4635
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Forum Geografic
How long does peer review take at Forum Geografic?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Forum Geografic based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (36), Serbia (6) and India (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Forum Geografic?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Forum Geografic is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Forum Geografic open access, and what is the APC?
Forum Geografic 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .