Journal of Aircraft
Last updated ISSN 0021-8669
Journal of Aircraft is published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in engineering. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Aircraft concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Aerospace and Aviation Technology
- Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows
- Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
- Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
- Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control
- Air Traffic Management and Optimization
- Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-8669, 1533-3868 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 11,440 |
| Publishing since | 1964 |
| Journal website | arc.aiaa.org/journal/ja |
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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