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Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series

Sciendo · Poland · Est. 2009

ISSN2300-8490

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3 · Scopus CiteScore 1.4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.281

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.4

SNIPi

0.512

Total Worksi

214

Total Citationsi

1,283

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The main aim of the Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series, founded in 2009, is to present scientific findings in physical geography and related subjects. The journal covers the following fields/area: climatology, geomorphology, glaciology, hydrology, soil-science, biogeography and research methods in physical geography, with an emphasis on Poland, Europe, and polar regions.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications214

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

OA Since2008

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sciendo

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2300-8490

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

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

120

2019

117

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

GeophysicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography, Physical

Scopus Categories

GeophysicsGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Integrated Water Resources ManagementBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesClimate variability and modelsCryospheric studies and observationsArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchClimate change and permafrostHydrology and Drought AnalysisFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series

Is Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series?

Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4.

Is Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.