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Astronomical Journal

American Astronomical Society · United Kingdom

ISSN0004-6256eISSN1538-3881

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.966

H-Indexi

352

SNIPi

1.264

Total Worksi

32,553

Total Citationsi

1,146,504

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive

Total Publications32,553

Publisher OrgInstitute of Physics

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Astronomical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0004-6256 / 1538-3881

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

526

21k

2019

614

19k

2020

594

14k

2021

557

9.7k

2022

553

9.3k

2023

601

5.9k

2024

711

2.7k

2025

493

654

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.

Astronomy and AstrophysicsQ1

Space and Planetary ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchAstro and Planetary ScienceAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Frequently asked questions about Astronomical Journal

Is Astronomical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Astronomical Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Astronomical Journal?

Astronomical Journal 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.10.

Is Astronomical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Astronomical Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.