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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 0004-6264Verify ISSN ↗2053-051XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: About US$2,398 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 29 / 97 | 70th | Q2 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 35 / 105 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.4.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan is Q2 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 29 of 97) and Q2 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 35 of 105), by CiteScore 2025.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 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 5.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.178, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 117.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,398 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.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 0004-6264 and its online ISSN is 2053-051X.
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.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan has an h-index of 136 and a 2-year mean of 3.08 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #24 of 92 Scopus journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan published 159 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 179. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Japan (60.1%), United States (7.8%) and China (3.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.1 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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