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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1969

ISSN1572-9478

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

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

0.448

H-Index

105

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.853

Total Works

4,162

Total Citations

80,607

2yr Mean Citedness

2.12

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Aims & Scope

The journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy offers comprehensive coverage of celestial mechanics, its applications and related fields. Includes mathematical, physical and computational aspects of planetary theory, lunar theory and more. The journal of record in this field since 1969.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 53 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,162

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

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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?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1572-9478

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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

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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.

Applied MathematicsQ2

Computational MathematicsQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Astronomy and AstrophysicsQ3

Mathematical PhysicsQ3

Space and Planetary ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & AstrophysicsMathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceApplied MathematicsMathematical PhysicsComputational MathematicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsModeling and Simulation