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Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions

Cambridge Scientific Publishers · United Kingdom · Est. 1991

ISSN1476-3540

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

0.167

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.269

Total Worksi

1,456

Total Citationsi

3,935

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions provides a forum for the rapid publication of material from all modern and classical fields of astronomy and astrophysics, as well as material concerned with astronomical instrumentation and related fundamental sciences. It includes theoretical and experimental original research papers, short communications, review papers and conference reports.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,456

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Cambridge Scientific Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1476-3540

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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

274

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2021

2022

2023

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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

InstrumentationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

InstrumentationAstronomy and Astrophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstro and Planetary ScienceAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchAstronomical Observations and InstrumentationGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaGeophysics and Gravity MeasurementsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Frequently asked questions about Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions

Is Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions: 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 Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions?

Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.167.

Is Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions is indexed in Scopus.