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Space: Science and Technology (United States)

American Association for the Advancement of Science · United States · Est. 2020

ISSN2692-7659eISSN2692-7659

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.622

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.958

Total Worksi

351

Total Citationsi

2,877

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Space: Science & Technology covers space science, space technology, and space infrastructure and services. Its space science domain includes astrophysics, planetary sciences, deep space exploration, earth sciences, fundamental physics, space medicine, life sciences, and materials and fluids.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

FrequencyContinuously Updated

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications351

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2692-7659 / 2692-7659

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2020

565

2021

952

2022

1.2k

2023

457

2024

206

2025

100

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.

Aerospace EngineeringQ1

Space and Planetary ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & AstrophysicsEngineering, Aerospace

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceAerospace Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Space Satellite Systems and ControlAstro and Planetary SciencePlanetary Science and ExplorationSpacecraft Dynamics and ControlSpaceflight effects on biologySpacecraft and Cryogenic TechnologiesSatellite Communication SystemsInertial Sensor and NavigationSpacecraft Design and TechnologySpace Exploration and Technology

Frequently asked questions about Space: Science and Technology (United States)

Is Space: Science and Technology (United States) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Space: Science and Technology (United States): it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Space: Science and Technology (United States)?

Space: Science and Technology (United States) 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 Space: Science and Technology (United States) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Space: Science and Technology (United States) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.