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Discover Space

Springer · Netherlands · Est. 2024

eISSN2948-295X

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Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total40

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 ↗

H-Index

SNIP

0.197

Total Works

Total Citations

2yr Mean Citedness

1.56

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Aims & Scope

Discover Space is an open access journal publishing research from all fields relevant to space science. Springer Nature is offering a discount on publication costs in this journal until 31 December 2026. Authors whose articles are accepted for publication in Discover Space up to and including that date will pay a discounted article-processing charge. Note that the discounted APC period does not apply to any journal to which your article may be transferred if not accepted in Discover Space. Discounted charge: €1140/$1520/£1040. Standard charge: €1790/$2090/£1490. Indexed in Web of Science’s Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), DOAJ, Scopus with a CiteScore 2024 of 1.2, and others. Formerly Earth, Moon, and Planets (2023 Impact Factor 0.7), Discover Space is expected to receive its first impact factor under the new name in 2026. Topics include astrobiology, astrochemistry and exoplanets, astronomy, celestial mechanics, earth and solar system, astrophysics and cosmology, fundamental physics, plasma and solar physics and space engineering, society and space law. A journal in Springer Nature’s Discover Series: Rigorous, representative and wide-reaching.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2024

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications32

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature (Netherlands)

OA Since2023

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Submission Info

APC Cost$1,140Below median

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2948-295X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

$1,140

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & AstrophysicsGeosciences, Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysical ResearchPlanetary Science and ExplorationDark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaDust and Plasma Wave PhenomenaEarthquake Detection and AnalysisAstro and Planetary ScienceAstrophysical Phenomena and ObservationsSpace Satellite Systems and Control