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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1969

ISSN1572-9478

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.536

H-Indexi

105

SNIPi

0.853

Total Worksi

4,162

Total Citationsi

80,607

2yr Mean Citednessi

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.

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

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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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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

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

770

2019

589

2020

395

2021

405

2022

239

2023

237

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.

Applied MathematicsQ2

Astronomy and AstrophysicsQ2

Computational MathematicsQ2

Mathematical PhysicsQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

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

Frequently asked questions about Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Is Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy: 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 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy?

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 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 2.12.

Is Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.