Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences is a multidisciplinary gold open access journal from Frontiers Media in Lausanne, Switzerland, launched in 2014 and covering astronomy and space science from planetary science to extragalactic astronomy and astroparticle physics. Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 2.4 and its CiteScore is 5.5.《天文学与空间科学前沿》是 Frontiers Media 在瑞士洛桑出版的多学科金色开放获取期刊，2014 年创刊，覆盖从行星科学到河外天文学与天体粒子物理的天文学与空间科学各方向。2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4，CiteScore 为 5.5。

Scope

• Astrobiology asks how life begins and where it might persist, drawing on the chemistry of the early Earth, the habitability of Mars and icy moons, and the search for biosignatures in atmospheres and rocks.天体生物学追问生命如何起源、又可能在何处存续，取材于早期地球的化学、火星与冰卫星的宜居性，以及大气与岩石中的生物标志物。
• Astrochemistry traces the molecules of the interstellar medium, following gas-phase and grain-surface reaction networks from dense clouds to protoplanetary disks, and testing them against laboratory spectroscopy and radio observations.天体化学追踪星际介质中的分子，梳理从致密云到原行星盘的气相与尘埃表面反应网络，并用实验室光谱与射电观测加以检验。
• Astronomical instrumentation covers the design and performance of telescopes, detectors, spectrographs and adaptive optics, the hardware side of the field rather than the science it produces.天文仪器方向涵盖望远镜、探测器、光谱仪与自适应光学的设计与性能，关注的是这一领域的硬件一侧，而非由硬件产出的科学结果。
• Astrostatistics deals with inference from noisy and incomplete data, from survey photometry and time-domain light curves to Bayesian model comparison, provided the astronomy stays the purpose of the work.天文统计学处理含噪与不完备数据的推断，从巡天测光与时域光变曲线到贝叶斯模型比较，前提是天文问题仍为研究目的。
• Cosmology takes in the cosmic microwave background, the expansion history of the universe, dark matter and dark energy, and the growth of large-scale structure, together with the models that tie these measurements together.宇宙学涉及宇宙微波背景与宇宙膨胀史，也涉及暗物质、暗能量与大尺度结构的增长，以及把这些测量联系起来的理论模型。
• Exoplanets spans detection by transit, radial velocity and microlensing, the characterisation of atmospheres and interiors, and the formation and migration histories that place planets where we find them.系外行星方向包括凌星、视向速度与微引力透镜探测，大气与内部结构的刻画，以及决定行星最终位置的形成与迁移历史。
• Extragalactic astronomy follows galaxies from their assembly at high redshift to the present day, together with active galactic nuclei, intergalactic gas and the feedback that links black holes to their hosts.河外天文学考察星系从高红移组装到今日的演化，也考察活动星系核、星系际气体，以及把黑洞与宿主星系联系起来的反馈。
• Fundamental astronomy covers reference frames, time scales, astrometry and the determination of astronomical constants. That section is marked as an archive on the journal page rather than listed among the active ones.基础天文学涵盖参考系、时间尺度、天体测量与天文常数测定，该分栏在期刊页面上标为存档，不在活跃分栏之列。
• High-energy and astroparticle physics addresses cosmic rays, gamma-ray sources, neutrinos and dark matter searches, setting accelerator results beside the messengers that reach us from distant objects.高能与天体粒子物理研究宇宙线、伽马射线源、中微子与暗物质搜寻，把加速器结果与来自遥远天体的信使粒子并列讨论。
• The local universe section concentrates on the Milky Way, the Local Group and nearby galaxies, where resolved stars and gas allow tests that distant samples cannot support.近邻宇宙分栏集中研究银河系、本星系群与邻近星系，这些天体上的恒星与气体可以分辨，能做出遥远样本无法支撑的检验。
• Low-temperature plasma physics brings laboratory and dusty plasma work into the journal, covering waves, instabilities and charging processes that also operate in space and in astrophysical settings.低温等离子体物理把实验室等离子体与尘埃等离子体研究带入本刊，涵盖波、不稳定性与带电过程，这些过程同样出现在空间与天体环境中。
• Nuclear physics enters through nucleosynthesis, the equation of state of dense matter, and the reactions that power stars, supernovae and the crusts of neutron stars.核物理经由核合成、致密物质状态方程，以及驱动恒星、超新星与中子星壳层的核反应进入本刊。
• Planetary science covers the surfaces, interiors and atmospheres of Solar System bodies, along with small bodies, impact processes and the comparison of planets as physical systems.行星科学涵盖太阳系天体的表面、内部与大气，也包括小天体、撞击过程，以及把行星作为物理系统加以比较的研究。
• Space physics examines the heliosphere, the solar wind, planetary magnetospheres and the plasma processes behind space weather, from in situ spacecraft measurements to global modelling.空间物理考察日球层、太阳风、行星磁层与空间天气背后的等离子体过程，从航天器就地测量到全球模拟都在范围之内。
• Stellar and solar physics ranges across stellar structure and evolution, magnetic activity, the solar interior, flares and coronal mass ejections, so the Sun is studied as a star among stars.恒星与太阳物理横跨恒星结构与演化、磁活动、太阳内部、耀斑与日冕物质抛射，太阳在这里被当作恒星中的一员来研究。
• The scope statement rules out work without a fundamental basis in astronomy and space science, naming papers built mainly on statistical or computational method development and papers centred on organisation or communication.范围声明排除缺乏天文与空间科学根基的稿件，并点名以统计或计算方法开发为主的文章，以及偏重组织与传播层面的文章。

History

• The first volume opened in 2014. Crossref records its earliest article on 26 June 2014, a grand challenges piece on the physics of the Sun and sun-like stars.第 1 卷于 2014 年开出，Crossref 记录的最早一篇文章发表于 2014 年 6 月 26 日，题为「Grand challenges in the physics of the sun and sun-like stars」。
• One volume has appeared every year since then, so the 2026 papers carry volume 13, and the numbering has never restarted or skipped a year.此后每年出版一卷，2026 年的文章属于第 13 卷，卷号没有重启，也没有跳过年份。
• Publication is continuous. Each paper carries its own article number and appears without waiting for a quarterly or monthly issue, which keeps the queue short.刊物采用连续出版，每篇文章有自己的文章号，不必等待季度或月度期号即可上线，排队时间因此较短。
• Gold open access has been the only model from the start. Articles are free at publication, and no subscription edition sits beside the open one.金色开放获取自创刊起就是唯一模式，文章发表即免费阅读，开放版之外没有并行的订阅版。
• Two affiliations came early. The title is a European Physical Society Recognised Journal, and Frontiers Media belongs to the Committee on Publication Ethics.两项身份很早确立，本刊是欧洲物理学会（European Physical Society）的认可期刊，出版方 Frontiers Media 则是出版伦理委员会（COPE）的成员。
• Clarivate indexes the title in Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus carries it as well, and the 2025 Journal Citation Reports place it at 42 of 86 in astronomy and astrophysics.Clarivate 将本刊收入 Science Citation Index Expanded，Scopus 同样收录，2025 年期刊引证报告把它排在天文与天体物理类目 86 种刊物的第 42 位。
• That position is Q2. The Journal Citation Indicator stands at 0.46, close to the median of the category rather than at its top.这一位置属于 Q2，期刊引证指标为 0.46，接近类目中位数，而不在类目顶端。
• Further indexes widen the reach. The title appears in the Astrophysics Data System and the Directory of Open Access Journals, in INSPEC, ProQuest, BASE, Dimensions, GoOA, OpenAIRE, EBSCO and CNPIEC, with CLOCKSS for preservation.更多索引扩大了可见度，本刊见于天体物理数据系统（ADS）与开放获取期刊目录（DOAJ），也见于 INSPEC、ProQuest、BASE、Dimensions、GoOA、OpenAIRE、EBSCO 与 CNPIEC，长期保存由 CLOCKSS 承担。
• The National Library of Medicine lists the journal for PubMed with selected citations only, so coverage there is partial rather than complete.美国国家医学图书馆把本刊列入 PubMed，标注为仅选录部分文献，收录并不完整。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 2.4 and the five-year figure is 2.7. Scopus gives a CiteScore of 5.5, higher than either impact factor.2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4，五年影响因子为 2.7，Scopus 给出的 CiteScore 为 5.5，高于两项影响因子。
• Impact factors have drifted down since 2022, when the title reached 4.055. The next three years gave 2.6, 2.6 and 2.4, a plateau after the early peak.影响因子自 2022 年的 4.055 起回落，随后三年依次为 2.6、2.6 与 2.4，早期高点之后趋于平稳。
• Output runs at about 146 articles a year, total citations reach 4088, and the cited half-life is 3.7 years, short by the standards of the field.年发文约 146 篇，总被引 4088 次，被引半衰期 3.7 年，按本领域的引用节奏算短。
• Gold open access accounts for 99.85 per cent of the content. Charges follow three article-type tiers, corrections and editorials carry none, and institutional agreements or country income status can reduce the rest.金色开放获取占全部内容的 99.85%，费用按文章类型分三档，更正与社论一档不收费，机构协议与作者所在国的收入水平可以减免其余部分。

Editors

• Julio Navarro of the University of Victoria in Canada holds the post of Field Chief Editor, and his name heads the masthead that runs across all fourteen active sections.Field Chief Editor 由加拿大维多利亚大学（University of Victoria）的 Julio Navarro 担任，他的名字居于横跨 14 个活跃分栏的编委名单之首。
• Each active section has its own Specialty Chief Editor. The fourteen sections are led by fifteen editors, sitting in the United States, Italy, Spain, China, Germany, France and the Netherlands, and high-energy physics is shared by two of them.每个活跃分栏各设一位 Specialty Chief Editor，14 个分栏由 15 位主编带领，分布在美国、意大利、西班牙、中国、德国、法国与荷兰，高能物理分栏由其中两位共同负责。
• Alberto Fairén of the Center for Astrobiology in Madrid leads Astrobiology, Cristina Puzzarini of the University of Bologna leads Astrochemistry, and Jeff Kuhn of the Institute for Astronomy in Hawaii leads Astronomical Instrumentation.马德里天体生物学中心（CAB 与 CSIC-INTA）的 Alberto Fairén 主持天体生物学分栏，博洛尼亚大学的 Cristina Puzzarini 主持天体化学分栏，夏威夷大学天文研究所的 Jeff Kuhn 主持天文仪器分栏。
• Didier Fraix-Burnet of IPAG in Grenoble leads Astrostatistics, Orlando Luongo of the University of Camerino leads Cosmology, and Steve B. Howell of NASA Ames Research Center leads Exoplanets.格勒诺布尔 IPAG 的 Didier Fraix-Burnet 主持天文统计学分栏，卡梅里诺大学的 Orlando Luongo 主持宇宙学分栏，NASA Ames 研究中心的 Steve B. Howell 主持系外行星分栏。
• Paola Marziani of the Padova Observatory leads Extragalactic Astronomy, while High-Energy and Astroparticle Physics is shared by Jan de Boer of Amsterdam and J. W. F. Valle of CSIC in Spain.帕多瓦天文台的 Paola Marziani 主持河外天文学分栏，高能与天体粒子物理分栏由阿姆斯特丹大学的 Jan de Boer 与西班牙 CSIC 的 J. W. F. Valle 共同主持。
• Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez of Complutense University in Madrid leads Local Universe, Xinpei Lu of Huazhong University of Science and Technology leads Low-Temperature Plasma Physics, and Jie Meng of Peking University leads Nuclear Physics.马德里康普顿斯大学的 Patricia Sanchez-Blazquez 主持近邻宇宙分栏，华中科技大学的 Xinpei Lu 主持低温等离子体物理分栏，北京大学的 Jie Meng 主持核物理分栏。
• Miriam Rengel of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen leads Planetary Science, Joseph E. Borovsky of the Space Science Institute in Boulder leads Space Physics, and Scott William McIntosh of Lynker Technologies leads Stellar and Solar Physics.哥廷根马普太阳系研究所的 Miriam Rengel 主持行星科学分栏，博尔德空间科学研究所（Space Science Institute）的 Joseph E. Borovsky 主持空间物理分栏，Lynker Technologies 的 Scott William McIntosh 主持恒星与太阳物理分栏。
• Every manuscript goes to a named specialty section, where its Associate Editors and Community Reviewers handle it. The journal page lists fifteen sections, one marked as an archive, leaving fourteen active.所有稿件都投到指定的专业分栏，由该分栏的副编辑与社区审稿人处理，期刊页面共列出 15 个分栏，其中一个标为存档，活跃的为 14 个。
• Names and affiliations are public throughout. Chief editors, associate editors and community reviewers are all listed on the site, and the reviewers of a paper are named on the published article.编委、副编辑与社区审稿人的姓名与单位都在网站上公开，一篇稿件的审稿人姓名也出现在发表后的文章上。
• Article types fall into three groups. Original Research, Review, Methods, Hypothesis and Theory, Technology and Code and Study Protocol lead the first. Mini Review, Perspective, Opinion, Data Report, Brief Research Report, General Commentary and Curriculum, Instruction and Pedagogy follow in the second. Correction and Editorial stand as notices, and a FAIR² Data format is listed beside them.文章类型分三组。第一组以原创研究、综述、方法、假说与理论、技术与代码以及研究方案为主。第二组包括小型综述、观点、意见、数据报告、简报、一般评论以及课程、教学与教育学。更正与社论作为通告另列，另有一类 FAIR² 数据文稿。
• Review is single anonymized, so reviewers know who wrote the paper while authors do not learn who reviewed it.评审采用单盲模式，审稿人知道作者是谁，作者不知道审稿人是谁。
• Two stages follow. Reviewers first work independently, and the handling editor then opens an interactive forum where authors and reviewers see every report and revise in conversation.评审分两段进行，审稿人先各自独立评阅，随后由处理编辑开启互动讨论区，作者与审稿人都能看到全部评审报告，并在往来中完成修改。
• Acceptance requires unanimity among all reviewers and the handling Associate Editor, a rule that leaves little room for a split verdict to be settled quietly.录用须经全部审稿人与处理编辑一致同意，意见分歧时没有多少空间可以低调收场。
• Authors may name a preferred Associate Editor, though the request does not bind the journal. Editors can step in, replace a reviewer, or send a disputed paper to arbitration.作者可以提名希望处理稿件的副编辑，提名不具约束力，编辑可以随时介入，更换审稿人，或把有争议的稿件提交仲裁。