BSGLg

Societe Geographique de Liege · Belgium · Est. 1965

ISSN0770-7576eISSN2507-0711

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.138

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.271

Total Worksi

102

Total Citationsi

123

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège (BSGLg) is an open access academic journal that publishes research literature in geography. It covers a wide range of geographical topics, including urban studies, environmental issues, climate change, cartography, and more. The journal aims to provide a platform for the free dissemination of peer-reviewed research.

General Information

Country / RegionBelgium

Primary LanguageFrench, English

1st Year Published1965

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications102

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Societe Geographique de Liege

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0770-7576 / 2507-0711

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

French, English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

French Urban and Social StudiesAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchCryospheric studies and observationsGeological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Frequently asked questions about BSGLg

Is BSGLg a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BSGLg: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BSGLg?

BSGLg is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.138.

Is BSGLg indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BSGLg is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.