Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all branches of astronomy and astrophysics. It was established in 1981 as Acta Astrophysica Sinica and published in Chinese. It was renamed Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics in 2001, switching to publication in English and restarting volume numbering. It obtained its current name in 2009.^[1] The journal is published by IOP Publishing, on behalf of the National Astronomical Observatory of China and the Chinese Astronomical Society. The editor-in-chief is Jingxiu Wang (National Astronomical Observatory of China).

Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Discipline	Astronomy, astrophysics
Language	English
Edited by	Jingxiu Wang, Liang Gao
Publication details
Former name(s)	Acta Astrophysica Sinica, Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
History	1981–present
Publisher	IOP Publishing, on behalf of the National Astronomical Observatory of China and the Chinese Astronomical Society
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	1.8 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Res. Astron. Astrophys.
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ISSN	1674-4527
LCCN	2009242173
OCLC no.	430936171
Acta Astrophysica Sinica:
ISSN	0253-2379
Links
Journal homepage Journal page at publisher's website Online access Online archive

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 1.8.^[2]