Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society

Journal editors gathered in Skopje to discuss challenges and opportunities for society publishers

Representatives of four geographical journals from Belgium, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia met in Skopje on 17^th May to participate in a panel discussion tackling challenges and opportunities for society-led journals. The event was organized by the JBGS Managing Editor, Dr. Hristina Prodanova, ...

Nearly 80 PhD students attended a JBGS workshop on high-quality science graphics

On 14^th May 2025, our Managing Editor, Dr. Hristina Prodanova, organized a workshop during this year’s Sixth Interdisciplinary PhD Forum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), which took place in Grand Hotel Velingrad from 13^th to 16^th May 2025. The 2.5 h workshop happened on the second day of ...

With SJR 2024=0.515, JBGS was ranked Q2 in Geography, Earth Sciences, and Nature and Landscape Conservation

Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society received its second SCImago Journal and Country Rank (SJR) this spring. According to the latest edition of the SJR published on 7 April 2025, our journal is ranked Q2 in three subject categories for 2024:

Geography, Planning and Development (#292 out of 8

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Reflections from the JBGS annual editorial meeting: Recap of 2024 and way forward

On Thursday, 20 February 2025, our editorial team met to discuss the journal’s development and exchange useful information. 23 participants altogether—19 members of the JBGS Editorial Board, Subject Editors, Copy and Layout Editors, as well as four representatives of our technology provider, Pensoft ...

Kalina Tylko welcomed as a copy editor at the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society

Dr. Kalina Tylko has recently accepted appointment as copy editor of the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society. She has recently completed her PhD in the field of Earth Sciences, and more specifically, the Geography of Tourism, at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Her doctoral the ...

Adrian Smith welcomed as a subject editor at Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society

Adrian Smith has joined the editorial team of the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society (JBGS). Based at the the University of Sussex Business School, Adrian specializes in economic geography, technology and work transformation, digital technologies and employment change, and global value ch ...

Gabriela Morosanu-Mitoseriu welcomed as a subject editor at Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society

Dr. Gabriela Adina Morosanu-Mitoseriu has recently joined the editorial team of the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society (JBGS). As a researcher at the Institute of Geography of the Romanian Academy and a collaborating teaching assistant at the Faculty of Geography (University of Bucharest) ...

Chad Staddon welcomed as the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society

Chad Staddon has accepted appointment as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society (JBGS), building on his previous role as subject editor. Chad is Professor of Resource Economics and Policy at the University of the West of England and Director of the International ...

NEW content on YouTube: Video abstract for Cholakova and Dogramadjieva (2023)

In December 2024 JBGS released new video content on their YouTube channel. It is a video abstract for an original research paper authored by Siya Cholakova and Elka Dogramadjieva and published in the journal in 2023. In this video abstract the authors present their paper demonstrating the applicatio ...