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Advances in Astronomy is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 1687-7969Verify ISSN ↗1687-7977Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 64 / 97 | 34th | Q3 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 74 / 105 | 30th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Advances in Astronomy is Q3 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 64 of 97) and Q3 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 74 of 105), by CiteScore 2025.
Advances in Astronomy is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 34th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.141, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 35.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,130 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Advances in Astronomy is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1687-7969 and its online ISSN is 1687-7977.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Advances in Astronomy has an h-index of 40 and a 2-year mean of 1.03 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #56 of 92 Scopus journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Advances in Astronomy published 11 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 36. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 76 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (25%), Pakistan (14.5%) and Saudi Arabia (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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