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Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies

Allerton Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN1934-8401

SJR Q3✓ 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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.251

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.474

Total Worksi

915

Total Citationsi

2,561

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Space and Planetary Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications915

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

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?

Allerton Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1934-8401

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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

139

2019

111

2020

110

2021

127

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 AstrophysicsQ3

Space and Planetary ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Solar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstro and Planetary ScienceStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomical Observations and InstrumentationPlanetary Science and ExplorationAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesGeophysics and Gravity MeasurementsAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies

Frequently asked questions about Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies

Is Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies: 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 Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies?

Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies 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 0.74.

Is Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies?