Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Last updated ISSN 0022-4650
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 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 Spacecraft and Rockets concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Spacecraft Design and Technology
- Rocket and propulsion systems research
- Space Satellite Systems and Control
- Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
- Energetic Materials and Combustion
Key facts
| Publisher | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-4650, 1533-6794 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 10,747 |
| Publishing since | 1964 |
| Journal website | arc.aiaa.org/loi/jsr |
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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