Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France

The Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, otherwise known as BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering Earth sciences. The journal publishes articles, short communications, reviews, comments and replies. It is published by EDP Sciences and the editor-in-chief is Laurent Jolivet (Sorbonne Université, Paris). The journal was established in 1830. It is a publication of the Société géologique de France. Most of the older content, published before 1924 is available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

The journal is a historically important venue for great debates on the various interpretations of the history of the earth and the history of life between 1830 and 1860.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Biological Abstracts

• CSA International Aerospace Abstracts

• GEOBASE

• GeoRef

• Petroleum Abstracts TULSA Database

• Web of Science

• According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.262.

Biological taxa first described in this journal
Many new genera and species have been first described in this journal. For example:
 * The crocodyliform genus Siamosuchus was first described in the Bulletin in 2007.
 * The dinosaur genus Atsinganosaurus was first described in the Bulletin in 2010.

Notable scientists who have published in this journal

 * The French geologist Gabriel Auguste Daubrée
 * The French geologist René Chudeau
 * The taxonomist Robert Hoffstetter
 * The French palaeontologist Marcellin Boule
 * The French geologist and palaeontologist Henri Coquand
 * The French geologist and palaeontologist Jean Albert Gaudry
 * The French geologist Pierre-Marie Termier
 * The French geologist Charles Lory
 * The Swiss geologist and palaeontologist Hans Georg Stehlin