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Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.5), WoS SCIE. Published by Korean Astronomical Society.
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ISSN 1225-4614Verify ISSN ↗2288-890XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korean Astronomical Society
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 69 / 97 | 29th | Q3 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 82 / 105 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present (also 1993), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.5.
Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society is Q3 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 69 of 97) and Q4 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 82 of 105), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society 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 1.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 29th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.400, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 25.
Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society is published by Korean Astronomical Society. Its print ISSN is 1225-4614 and its online ISSN is 2288-890X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #87 of 92 Scopus journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society published 9 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2015 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.
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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