Astronomy & Astrophysics

Astronomy & Astrophysics is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by EDP Sciences on behalf of the European Southern Observatory, founded in 1969 and covering theoretical, observational and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.1《天文学与天体物理学》（Astronomy and Astrophysics）由（EDP Sciences）代表欧洲南方天文台出版，1969 年创刊，现为月刊，涵盖理论、观测与仪器天文学和天体物理学，2025 年影响因子为 6.1

Scope

• The journal covers theoretical, observational and instrumental research in astronomy and astrophysics期刊刊载天文学与天体物理学的理论、观测与仪器研究
• Subject areas include the Sun, stars and stellar evolution, interstellar and circumstellar matter, and the structure of the Galaxy主题领域包括太阳、恒星与恒星演化、星际与星周物质以及银河系结构
• Extragalactic astronomy, cosmology and the physics of galaxies, active nuclei and large-scale structure are also within scope河外天文学、宇宙学以及星系、活动星系核与大尺度结构的物理研究同样在收录范围之内
• Planetary systems, exoplanets and solar system science are covered行星系统、系外行星与太阳系科学亦在报道之列
• Instrumentation, data reduction techniques and survey programmes supporting these fields are published支撑上述领域的仪器研制、数据处理技术与巡天项目也予以发表
• Letters to the Editor provide rapid publication of significant new results致编辑的信栏目用于快速发表具有重要价值的新结果
• The journal operates a fully open access model in which authors retain copyright and articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution licence期刊采用完全开放获取模式，作者保留版权，论文依知识共享「署名」许可协议发布

History

• Astronomy & Astrophysics was created in 1969 by the merger of several European astronomical journals, among them the Annales d'Astrophysique, the Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands and the Zeitschrift fur Astrophysik该刊于 1969 年由若干欧洲天文学期刊合并而成，其中包括（Annales d'Astrophysique）、（Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands）与（Zeitschrift fur Astrophysik）
• It published four volumes a year from 1969, increased to eight volumes a year from 1976, and now appears in twelve volumes annually1969 年起每年出版 4 卷，1976 年起增至每年 8 卷，现为每年 12 卷
• A supplement series published data tables and additional material alongside the main journal期刊另设增刊系列，用于发表数据表与补充材料
• The journal is published by EDP Sciences under the responsibility of the European Southern Observatory, supervised by a board of directors representing the sponsoring countries期刊由（EDP Sciences）出版、欧洲南方天文台负责，并由代表各赞助国的理事会监督
• Since 2022 the journal has been fully open access under a Subscribe to Open arrangement, with articles released under the CC BY licence自 2022 年起，期刊通过「订阅转开放」模式实现完全开放获取，论文以 CC BY 许可协议发布
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.802 in 2021 through 6.24 in 2022 to 6.1 in 2025影响因子由 2021 年的 5.802 经 2022 年的 6.24 变化至 2025 年的 6.1

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Thierry Forveille, with R. Kotak serving as Deputy Editor-in-Chief现任主编为（Thierry Forveille），副主编为（R. Kotak）
• Joao Alves is Letters Editor-in-Chief and D. Elbaz is Managing Editor（Joao Alves）担任快讯主编，（D. Elbaz）担任执行编辑
• An executive committee of the board appoints associate editors, and vacancies for associate editor positions are advertised publicly理事会下设执行委员会负责任命副编辑，副编辑空缺岗位会公开发布招聘
• The board of directors brings together representatives of the sponsoring countries together with a representative of the European Southern Observatory理事会由各赞助国代表与欧洲南方天文台的一名代表共同组成
• Associate editors are assigned broad research areas such as planetary science or the interstellar and circumstellar medium副编辑按研究领域分工，例如行星科学、星际与星周介质等
• Manuscripts are submitted through the journal's online system and are refereed by independent experts稿件经期刊在线系统提交，由独立专家进行同行评审