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Astronomy and Astrophysics

EDP Sciences · France

ISSN0004-6361eISSN1432-0746

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

/ 100

High Trust

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total75

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.968

H-Index

396

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.429

Total Works

53,828

Total Citations

2,289,270

2yr Mean Citedness

4.38

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Aims & Scope

Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the fields of astronomy and astrophysics. It is published under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model, which relies on library contributions to make content open access. The journal's open access status is reviewed annually. A&A covers research on planet-forming disks, cosmology, exoplanets, stellar astrophysics, galaxy formation and evolution, interstellar medium, and high-energy astrophysics, among other topics.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications53,828

Publisher OrgEDP Sciences

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

EDP Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0004-6361 / 1432-0746

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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 studiesAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaAstro and Planetary Science