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Observatory

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory · United Kingdom

ISSN0029-7704

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q4+5

Total30

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

0.182

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.337

Total Works

6,825

Total Citations

8,465

2yr Mean Citedness

0.00

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The scientific journal Observatory publishes articles in the main subject areas of Space and Planetary Science, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. It also covers astronomy, space, and time.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications6,825

Publisher Orgself-publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0029-7704

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2013

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2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

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 AstrophysicsQ4

Space and Planetary ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History and Developments in AstronomyAstro and Planetary ScienceStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchHistorical Astronomy and Related Studies