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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Institute of Physics.
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ISSN 0004-6280Verify ISSN ↗1538-3873Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Physics
Cost to publish: About US$3,325 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space and Planetary Science | 11 / 105 | 90th | Q1 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 12 / 97 | 88th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific is Q1 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 11 of 105) and Q1 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 12 of 97), by CiteScore 2025.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 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 10, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 90th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.492, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 189.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,325 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 the Pacific is published by Institute of Physics. Its print ISSN is 0004-6280 and its online ISSN is 1538-3873.
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 the Pacific has an h-index of 237 and a 2-year mean of 2.85 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #34 of 99 Scopus journals in Space and Planetary Science.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific published 187 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.
In its latest 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (32.4%), China (13.5%) and Canada (5.5%).
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.
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