Discover Space
Springer · Netherlands · Est. 2024
✓ 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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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.
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Frequently asked questions about Discover Space
Is Discover Space a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discover Space: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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 Discover Space?
Discover Space 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 1.56.
Is Discover Space indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Discover Space is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Discover Space?
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 Sci
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