Astronomy and Astrophysics Review

The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review is a review journal published by Springer that presents invited review articles by leading experts, covering all areas of astronomy and astrophysics, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 20.1.《天文学与天体物理学评论》是由（Springer）出版的综述类期刊，刊发由知名专家撰写的特邀综述文章，覆盖天文学与天体物理学的所有领域，2025 年影响因子为 20.1。

Scope

• It is devoted to all areas of astronomy and astrophysics, including subjects bordering on other fields.该刊致力于天文学与天体物理学的所有领域，包括与其他学科交叉的主题。
• Developments in laboratory or particle physics directly relevant to astronomy may be included, as well as cosmic ray physics and studies in the solar system.与天文学直接相关的实验室物理或粒子物理学进展也可纳入，以及宇宙线物理学与太阳系研究。
• Astrobiology, instrumentation, and computational and statistical methods with specific astronomical applications are also within its scope.天体生物学、仪器研制，以及具有特定天文应用的计算与统计方法，也属其报道范围。
• It emphasizes review articles that are of the highest quality in scientific content and also have good readability.该刊重视科学内容质量最高、同时具有良好可读性的综述文章。
• Its reviews provide an excellent starting point for scientists or students seeking access to a new or unfamiliar field.其综述为希望进入全新或不熟悉领域的科研人员与学生提供极佳的入门起点。
• It also serves researchers and lecturers in need of authoritative material in fields with which they are less familiar.该刊也服务于在自身不太熟悉的领域中需要权威资料的研究者与授课教师。

History

• The journal was founded in 1989, with its first issue published as Volume 1 Issue 1 in March 1989.该刊创刊于 1989 年，创刊号（第 1 卷第 1 期）于 1989 年 3 月出版。
• Its founding editor-in-chief was Lodewijk Woltjer, who wrote the editorial for the first issue in 1989.其创刊主编为 Lodewijk Woltjer，他为 1989 年创刊号撰写了发刊词。
• Woltjer stressed that reviews should present a reasonably complete and balanced critical view of the worldwide literature.Woltjer 强调，综述应对全球文献给出较为完整而均衡的批判性评述。
• The journal marked its 30th anniversary with a special issue in 2019.该刊于 2019 年推出纪念特刊，庆祝创刊 30 周年。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus and the Astrophysics Data System.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版（SCIE）、Scopus 与天体物理数据系统（ADS）收录。
• Its 2024 Journal Impact Factor was 26.5, with a five-year Journal Impact Factor of 34.5.该刊 2024 年影响因子为 26.5，五年影响因子为 34.5。^[1]
• Among its most cited articles are a 2009 review on the masses and radii of normal stars and a 2007 review on accretion flows in X-ray binaries.其被引最多的文章包括一篇 2009 年关于正常恒星质量与半径的综述，以及一篇 2007 年关于 X 射线双星吸积流的综述。^[2][3]

Editors

• Francesca Matteucci serves as the Editor-in-Chief and is based at the University of Trieste in Italy.该刊主编为 Francesca Matteucci，任职于意大利的（University of Trieste）。
• Eiichiro Komatsu of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany, serves as an editor.编辑 Eiichiro Komatsu 任职于德国加兴的（Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics）。
• Luisa M. Lara of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia in Granada, Spain, serves as an editor.编辑 Luisa M. Lara 任职于西班牙格拉纳达的（Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia）。
• Roberto Maiolino of the University of Cambridge recently joined the editorial board of the journal.Roberto Maiolino 来自（University of Cambridge），近期加入该刊编辑委员会。
• Its editorial board is drawn from leading experts worldwide, and the journal publishes invited review articles.其编辑委员会由全球知名专家组成，期刊刊发特邀综述文章。
• It is published by Springer under a hybrid publishing model, offering both subscription and open access options.该刊由（Springer）以混合模式出版，同时提供订阅与开放获取两种选择。