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Journal of Deep Space Exploration is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.2). Published by Beijing Institute of Technology.
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ISSN 2096-9287Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Beijing Institute of Technology
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 58 / 97 | 40th | Q3 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 101 / 169 | 40th | Q3 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 68 / 105 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.2.
Journal of Deep Space Exploration is Q3 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 58 of 97), Q3 in Aerospace Engineering (rank 101 of 169) and Q3 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 68 of 105), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Deep Space Exploration is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q3, 40th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.298, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 15.
Journal of Deep Space Exploration is published by Beijing Institute of Technology. Its ISSN is 2096-9287.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Deep Space Exploration has an h-index of 1 and a 2-year mean of 0.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #83 of 92 Scopus journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Journal of Deep Space Exploration published 42 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.
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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