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International Journal of Astrobiology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 1473-5504Verify ISSN ↗1475-3006Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Cost to publish: About US$3,550 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 343 / 736 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | 97 / 194 | 50th | Q2 |
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 46 / 88 | 48th | Q3 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 66 / 105 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
International Journal of Astrobiology is Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 343 of 736), Q2 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 97 of 194) and Q3 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 46 of 88), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Astrobiology 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 53rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.256, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 45.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 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.
International Journal of Astrobiology is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 1473-5504 and its online ISSN is 1475-3006.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Astrobiology has an h-index of 53 and a 2-year mean of 1.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #253 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
International Journal of Astrobiology published 28 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 50. 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 98 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from United States (29.7%), Germany (8.6%) and United Kingdom (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2 per 1,000 papers). 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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