BELGEO

Societe Royale Belge de Geographie · Belgium · Est. 2000

ISSN1377-2368eISSN2294-9135

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

0.157

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.606

Total Worksi

1,007

Total Citationsi

4,105

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Belgeo is the only national scientific journal of geography in Belgium. Beyond thematic or reflective articles, the journal aims to cover major geographical questions, European and global issues, as well as national problems. Belgeo also allows the dissemination of research results conducted by Belgian geographers, often at the junction of Anglo-Saxon and Latin approaches, and opens its pages to the latest developments in both human and physical geography.

General Information

Country / RegionBelgium

Primary LanguageEnglish, French

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,007

Publisher OrgKatholieke Universiteit Leuven

OA Since1999

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

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 Royale Belge de Geographie

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1377-2368 / 2294-9135

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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?

English, French

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

192

2019

177

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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-Surface ProcessesQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

French Urban and Social StudiesAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchUrbanization and City PlanningHistorical Geography and Geographical ThoughtCross-Border Cooperation and IntegrationRural development and sustainabilityCultural Identity and HeritageUrban Transport and AccessibilityCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

Frequently asked questions about BELGEO

Is BELGEO a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BELGEO: 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 BELGEO?

BELGEO is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.157.

Is BELGEO indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BELGEO is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.