Overview
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences is dedicated to the science and technology of astronautics.
- Presents significant results, insights and surveys in all areas of astrodynamics, celestial mechanics, navigation & guidance, and space-related sciences.
- Covers topics such as attitude dynamics, orbit determination, trajectory optimization, and space mission analysis.
- The official journal of the American Astronautical Society.
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- Editor-in-Chief
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- Maruthi Akella
- Impact factor
- 1.8 (2022)
- 5 year impact factor
- 2.1 (2022)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 27 days
- Downloads
- 110,905 (2023)
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Journal updates
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The American Astronautical Society
Free journal access for AAS members
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Proceedings of the 44th Annual AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 179 now published by Springer
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Continuous Article Publishing (CAP) replaces Online First
Starting in 2023, The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences is changing to continuous article publishing (CAP) mode. CAP is the immediate assignment of articles to issues upon online publication of each article. This means there is no longer an ‘OnlineFirst’ status without a citable volume and page number.
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Digitized articles from 1997-2005 now available
Springer Nature has digitized additional back issues of the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. Volumes 1997 to 2005 are now available online for AAS members and subscribers.
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 2195-0571
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- Baidu
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- CNKI
- CNPIEC
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- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
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- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
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- ProQuest
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Wanfang
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