Journal profile · Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
ISSN 2738-8107 · eISSN 2738-8115 · Bulgarian Geographical Society · Bulgaria
Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society is published by Bulgarian Geographical Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Geography and Geographical Thought, Land Use and Ecosystem Services and Biographical and Historical Analysis, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geography, Planning and Development. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society is an international diamond open access peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to all fields of geography and interrelated fields of earth, ecological, social, economic and geoinformation sciences. It is the oldest geographical journal in Bulgaria published regularly in three periods since 1933. The geographical scope of the journal covers all the world with special attention to the Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.We seek to publish high-quality research across a wide range of geographical, environmental and ecological topics. The journal publishes papers by Bulgarian and international researchers, and we particularly encourage submissions from junior scholars and researchers working on innovative theoretical and practical topics including, but not limited to:Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity;Climate Change;Nature and Landscape Conservation;Ecological Modeling;Remote Sensing;GIS and Spatial Analysis;Political Geography;Geographic Education;Geomorphology and Natural Hazards;Glaciology and Antarctic Studies;Hydrology and Water Resources;Urban Geography;Cultural Heritage and Tourism.Full list of topics available here: PDF.Publication types:Mostly publishing research articles, reviews and short communications. In some cases, we accept editorials, correspondences, book reviews, and review essays.Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society (JBGS) uses ARPHA—a technologically unique publishing platform which supports the full life cycle of a manuscript, from writing through submission, peer-review, publication and dissemination.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtSocial Sciences13.2%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science10.4%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities9.4%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science8.3%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Geography Education and PedagogySocial Sciences4.2%
- Remote Sensing and Land UseEarth and Planetary Sciences3.8%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences3.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q3 | 440/876 | 49th |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | Q3 | 123/231 | 46th |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 111/194 | 43rd |
| Ecological Modeling | Q3 | 32/51 | 38th |
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
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
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.45Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 203 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 67 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 71 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 95 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 59 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 50 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Use of AI
Authors must be transparent about the use of Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and other large language models in the manuscript preparation, and disclose details of how the AI tool was used within the "Materials and Methods" section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship/Contributorship
Some journals are integrated with Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), in order to recognise individual author input within a publication, thereby ensuring professional and ethical conduct, while avoiding authorship disputes, gift / ghost authorship and similar pressing issues in academic publishing. During manuscript submission, the submitting author is strongly recommended to specify a contributo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
During the editorial process, the following relationships between editors and authors are considered conflicts of interest: Colleagues currently working in the same research group or department, recent co-authors, and doctoral students for which the editor served as committee chair. During the submission process, the authors are kindly advised to identify possible conflicts of interest with the jo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
GeneralThe publishing ethics and malpractice policies follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (joint statement by COPE, DOAJ, WAME, and OASPA), the NISO Recommended Practices for the Presentation and Identification of E-Journals (PIE-J), and, where relevant, the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License and Copyright Agreement
In submitting the manuscript to the journal, authors certify that: They are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements. The work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review or thesis); it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere or shared as preprint; its publication has been approved by all a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
This journal uses a double-blind peer review process, which means that both reviewer and author's names are concealed throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not reveal their identity. Please consider the Editor and Reviewer Guidelines in the About webpage of this journal for more details and stepwise instruct…
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
- Bulgarian Geographical Society
- Country or region
- Bulgaria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2738-8107
- Electronic ISSN
- 2738-8115
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .