Icarus

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1961

ISSN1090-2643

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.202

H-Indexi

257

SNIPi

1.094

Total Worksi

16,620

Total Citationsi

703,608

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Icarus is devoted to the publication of original contributions in the field of Solar System studies. It publishes manuscripts reporting the results of new research concerning the astronomy, geology, meteorology, physics, chemistry, and biology of the Solar System.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1961

Annual Volume~ 377 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications16,620

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-2643

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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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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

413

10k

2019

445

7.7k

2020

357

4.9k

2021

380

4.4k

2022

378

3.5k

2023

395

2.2k

2024

358

631

2025

294

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 ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Astro and Planetary SciencePlanetary Science and ExplorationStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesIsotope Analysis in EcologyAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateSpace Exploration and TechnologySpace Science and Extraterrestrial LifeSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Icarus

Is Icarus a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Icarus: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Icarus?

Icarus 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 2.45.

Is Icarus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Icarus is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.