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Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.5), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by World Scientific.
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ISSN 2251-1717Verify ISSN ↗2251-1725Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: World Scientific
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | 76 / 206 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 41 / 97 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.5.
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation is Q2 in Instrumentation (rank 76 of 206) and Q2 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 41 of 97), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 3.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 63rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.487, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 33.
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation is published by World Scientific. Its print ISSN is 2251-1717 and its online ISSN is 2251-1725.
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 Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 0.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #107 of 146 Scopus journals in Instrumentation.
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation published 11 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 37. 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 89 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (35.2%), India (21.1%) and Canada (5.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (6.5 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.
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