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Open Astronomy is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 2543-6376Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 66 / 97 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 76 / 105 | 28th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.7.
Open Astronomy is Q3 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 66 of 97) and Q3 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 76 of 105), by CiteScore 2025.
Open Astronomy 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 1.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 32nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.215, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,187 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.
Open Astronomy is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its ISSN is 2543-6376.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Open Astronomy has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #68 of 92 Scopus journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Open Astronomy published 13 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 46. 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 84 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (31.5%), Russia (27.2%) and Latvia (4.2%).
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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