Acta Astronautica

Acta Astronautica is the monthly journal of space science and technology published by Elsevier under the sponsorship of the International Academy of Astronautics, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.7.《航天学刊》是国际宇航学会赞助、由 Elsevier 出版的航天科学与技术刊物，一月一册，2025 年《期刊引证报告》给出的影响因子为 3.7。

Scope

• The journal states that it considers original contributions in all fields of basic engineering, of the life sciences and of the social space sciences, as well as in space technology, related to the peaceful scientific exploration of space, to its exploitation for human welfare and progress, and to the conception, design, development and operation of space-borne and Earth-based systems.该刊表示，它考虑基础工程、生命科学与空间社会科学的各个领域以及空间技术方面的原创贡献，范围涵盖和平利用空间的科学探索、空间为人类福祉与进步带来的应用，以及天基与地面系统的构想、设计、研制与运行。

• Besides the regular issues the journal publishes selected special issues on topics of current interest, among them microgravity, space station technology, geostationary orbits and space economics.除常规期次外，该刊还出版若干当期热点的专题专辑，例如微重力、空间站技术、地球同步轨道与空间经济。

• Other subject areas listed are satellite technology, space transportation and communications, space energy, power and propulsion, astrodynamics, extraterrestrial intelligence and Earth observations.该刊另行列出的主题领域包括卫星技术、空间运输与通信、空间能源、动力与推进、天体动力学、地外智能与对地观测。

• Its subject headings in the United States National Library of Medicine are aerospace medicine, astronomical phenomena and the extraterrestrial environment, and the journal was indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed from volume 1 number 1 and 2 of 1974 up to volume 57 number 9 of 2005.该刊在美国国家医学图书馆的主题词为航天医学、天文现象与地外环境；1974 年第 1 卷第 1、2 合期起至 2005 年第 57 卷第 9 期止被 MEDLINE 与 PubMed 收录。

History

• The National Library of Medicine records the journal as beginning with volume 1 in the January and February issues of 1974, published in Oxford and New York by Pergamon Press and later in Amsterdam by Elsevier, and it also lists the earlier number 0004-6205 among the identifiers of the title.美国国家医学图书馆记录该刊 1974 年 1、2 月合刊以第 1 卷创刊，早期由牛津与纽约的 Pergamon Press 出版，后由阿姆斯特丹的 Elsevier 承接；该记录还把更早的号码 0004-6205 列在刊名标识之中。

• The publisher celebrated the seventieth anniversary of the journal in April 2026, which places its founding in 1956, while the volume numbering in the present series starts again at volume 1 in 1974.出版方在 2026 年 4 月为该刊庆贺了创刊七十周年，由此可推其创刊于 1956 年；而现刊系的卷号则从 1974 年的第 1 卷重新起算。

• The National Library of Medicine gives the frequency as monthly from 1974 and semimonthly from January 1997, with fourteen issues a year before December 1991 and some issues combined, and the Crossref record confirms one volume per month from volume 238 in January 2026 to volume 249 in December 2026.美国国家医学图书馆给出的频次是 1974 年起为月刊、1997 年 1 月起为半月刊，1991 年 12 月之前每年十四期，部分期次合并出版；Crossref 记录也印证了一月一卷，2026 年 1 月第 238 卷至 2026 年 12 月第 249 卷。

• The journal moved to a hybrid model in which an open access route with an article publishing charge of 3750 US dollars sits next to the subscription route, with three days from submission to a first decision, 52 days from review to a decision and 112 days from submission to acceptance.该刊转为混合模式，开放获取通道的文章处理费为 3750 美元，与订阅通道并行；从投稿到首次决定 3 天，从送审到决定 52 天，从投稿到接受 112 天。

• The Journal Citation Reports for 2025 record an impact factor of 3.7, a five year figure of 3.9, a percentile of 83.9 and 25214 citations to 771 articles, with 25.12 percent of them in gold open access, and the journal ranks tenth of 59 titles in aerospace engineering in the first quartile.《期刊引证报告》2025 年记录该刊影响因子 3.7、五年指标 3.9、百分位 83.9，771 篇论文总被引 25214 次，其中 25.12% 为黄金开放获取；在航空航天工程类目中列第 10 名（共 59 种）、处第一区。

Editors

• The journal is led by Zheng Hong Zhu as editor in chief, who works at York University in Toronto, with Jeng-Shing Chern of the same university as emeritus editor in chief.该刊主编为（Zheng Hong Zhu），任职于多伦多的约克大学；荣休主编是该校的（Jeng-Shing Chern）。

• The co-editors are arranged in seven thematic groups, covering space physical sciences, space life sciences, space technology and system development, space system operations and utilisation, space policy, law and economics, space and society with culture and education, and transdisciplinary astronautical arts and sciences.副主编按七个主题组别排列，分别负责空间物理科学、空间生命科学、空间技术与系统研制、空间系统运行与利用、空间政策、法律与经济，空间与社会、文化与教育，以及跨学科的航天艺术与科学。

• Three managing editors look after the production of the journal, an honorary editor in chief represents the International Academy of Astronautics, and the academy also lists a chair, a vice chair and a secretary among the people on the board.该刊设有三位执行编辑负责出版事务，另有一位荣誉主编代表国际宇航学会；学会方面也在编委名单中列出主席、副主席与秘书。

• The board page counts 45 editors and editorial board members in 14 countries and regions, with the United States, Canada and China each accounting for seven or eight places, and it closes with the statement that Elsevier remains neutral with regard to any jurisdictional claims.编委会页统计编辑与编委成员共 45 人，来自 14 个国家和地区，其中美国、加拿大与中国各占七八席；页面末尾声明 Elsevier 对任何管辖权主张保持中立。