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Astrophysical Journal Letters is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 16.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by American Astronomical Society.
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ISSN 2041-8205Verify ISSN ↗2041-8213Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space and Planetary Science | 7 / 105 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 7 / 97 | 93rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present (also 1995–2006), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 16.6.
Astrophysical Journal Letters is Q1 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 7 of 105) and Q1 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 7 of 97), by CiteScore 2025.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 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 16.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.878, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 227.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,400 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.
Astrophysical Journal Letters is published by American Astronomical Society. Its print ISSN is 2041-8205 and its online ISSN is 2041-8213.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Astrophysical Journal Letters has an h-index of 247 and a 2-year mean of 8.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 16.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 99 Scopus journals in Space and Planetary Science.
Astrophysical Journal Letters published 978 papers in 2025. 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (29.6%), China (23.3%) and United Kingdom (7.6%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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