Astrophysics and Space Science
Last updated ISSN 0004-640X
Astrophysics and Space Science is published by Springer Science+Business Media in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,490.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Astrophysics and Space Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0004-640X, 1572-946X |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,490 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 19,546 |
| Publishing since | 1968 |
| Journal website | link.springer.com/journal/10509 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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