Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A)

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A)

Discipline Astronomy, Astrophysics
Language English
Edited by Thierry Forveille, João Alves
Publication details
History 1969–present
Publisher
EDP Sciences on behalf of the European Southern Observatory
Frequency Monthly

Open access Yes
License CC BY 4.0

Impact factor 6.5 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 Astron. Astrophys.
Indexing
CODEN AAEJAF
ISSN 0004-6361 (print)
1432-0746 (web)
LCCN 74220573
OCLC no. 1518497
Links
Journal homepage
Online archive

Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics. It is operated by an editorial team under the supervision of a board of directors representing 27 sponsoring countries plus a representative of the European Southern Observatory. The journal is published by EDP Sciences and the current editors-in-chief are Thierry Forveille and João Alves.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is abstracted and indexed in:

Astrophysics Data System[citation needed]
Chemical Abstracts Service
Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
EBSCO databases
Ei Compendex
Inspec
Metadex
ProQuest databases*Science Citation Index Expanded
Scopus
ZbMATH Open

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 6.5.

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