Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Last updated ISSN 0035-8711
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society is published by Oxford University Press in physics and astronomy. It is open access. The article processing charge is $3,046.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0035-8711, 1365-2966, 1365-8711 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $3,046 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 94,987 |
| Publishing since | 1827 |
| Journal website | mnras.oxfordjournals.org/ |
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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