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Bulgarian Astronomical Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), WoS ESCI. Published by Institute of Astronomy and Rozhen NAO.
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ISSN 1313-2709Verify ISSN ↗1314-5592Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Astronomy and Rozhen NAO
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 85 / 97 | 12th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Bulgarian Astronomical Journal is Q4 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 85 of 97), by CiteScore 2025.
Bulgarian Astronomical Journal is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.5, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 12th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.145, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 7.
Bulgarian Astronomical Journal is published by Institute of Astronomy and Rozhen NAO. Its print ISSN is 1313-2709 and its online ISSN is 1314-5592.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Bulgarian Astronomical Journal has an h-index of 3 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #87 of 92 Scopus journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Bulgarian Astronomical Journal published 8 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 18. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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