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Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0275-1062

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.164

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.296

Total Worksi

3,085

Total Citationsi

4,144

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics publishes translations of papers from the Chinese Journal of Space Science and the review journal Progress in Astronomy, in addition to translations of Acta Astronomica Sinica. The journal publishes research related to Physics and Astronomy, and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,085

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0275-1062

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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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?

N/A

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

220

2019

125

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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 AstrophysicsQ4

Space and Planetary ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstro and Planetary ScienceGeophysics and Gravity MeasurementsAstronomy and Astrophysical Research

Frequently asked questions about Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics

Is Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics?

Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.164.

Is Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics is indexed in Scopus.