Icarus
Last updated ISSN 0019-1035
Icarus is published by Elsevier BV in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,810.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Icarus concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Space Exploration and Technology
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0019-1035, 1090-2643 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,810 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 16,814 |
| Publishing since | 1961 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/icarus/ |
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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