Aims and scope
The BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin is the scientific journal of the Société Géologique de France, an association under the 1901 law whose objective is to promote Earth Sciences. The BSGF covers all Earth Sciences disciplines and themes addressing the internal envelopes of the solid Earth (core, mantle, crust) and interactions with the hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere in the critical zone. Published works may deal with the nature, history and dynamics of the Earth, the evolution of climate and life, subsoil resources, natural risks and the environment. The BSGF publishes original articles and review articles, without size limits, which can be grouped into special thematic or regional volumes led by guest editors.
The peer review process (between submission and acceptance) generally lasts 4 to 6 months. Accepted articles awaiting publication are online on the BSGF website, accessible to the community and citable. All published articles, whatever their form, are accessible free of charge (Open Access articles) on the BSGF website and on the GeoScienceWorld website, as long as the authors have paid the flat publication fees.
The BSGF authorizes authors to place version n-1 of their manuscripts (i.e. accepted but without formatting by the journal) in the HAL Open Archives.
The BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin is a leading international journal in the field of Geosciences, with a broad spectrum and significant distribution/accessibility via GSW, and which remains independent of large commercial editorial groups.
Indexed in
BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin is indexed/abstracted in:
- Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
- Scopus
- BRGM/INIST (Pascal – Géode)
- CSA
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Geo. Abstr.
- Geo Ref.
- GeoScienceWorld
- Biol. Abstr.
- Eng. Ind.
- Br. Geol. Lit.
- Int. Aerosp. Abstr.
- Petrol. Abstr.
- Portico
- Risk. Abstr.
2024 Impact Factor*: 2.1
2024 5-Year Impact Factor*: 2.5
* Journal Citation Reports™ from Clarivate, 2025 - Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
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Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Olivier VANDERHAEGHE (Univ. Toulouse, GET): tectonique, géodynamique, ressources minérales
Associate Editors
Romain AUGIER (Univ. Orléans, ISTO): tectonique, métamorphisme, radiochronologie
Ludovic BODET (Sorbonne Université, Paris, METIS): géophysique de proche surface
Borja CASCALES-MINANA (Univ. Lille): paléontologie, paléoenvironnement
Fabien CHOULET (Univ. Franche-Comté, Chrono-Environnement): pétrologie, métallogénie
Yves GERAUD (Univ. Lorraine, GeoRessources): physique des roches, fluides
Muriel GERBAULT (IRD, GET): modélisation numérique, thermomécanique
Michel GREGOIRE (CNRS, GET): pétrologie, minéralogie et géochimie des roches ultramafique-mafique
Jean-Philippe MALET (CNRS, EOST): déformation active, géomorphologie quantitative, aléas telluriques
Seta NABA (Univ. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso): géologie structurale, tectonique des roches cristallines
Fleurice PARAT (Univ. Montpellier, GM): géochimie, minéralogie, magmatisme
Marc POUJOL (Univ. Rennes, Géosciences Rennes): géochronologie U-Pb, métallogénie
Armelle RIBOULLEAU (Univ. Lille): géochimie sédimentaire, paléoenvironnement, matière organique, kérogène, biomarqueur
Antonin RICHARD (Univ. Lorraine, GeoRessources): géochimie des fluides, métallogénie
Cécile ROBIN (Univ. Rennes, Géosciences Rennes): sédimentologie, bassins sédimentaires
Pierre SANS-JOFRE (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle): paléontologie
Nicolas TRIBOVILLARD (Univ. Lille): sédimentologie, géochimies
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Publications manager: Agnès Henri
President of the SGF: Jérémy Melleton
Journal Manager: Florence Anglézio