Nature Astronomy

Nature Astronomy is an online-only monthly journal launched by Nature Portfolio in 2016, publishing research, reviews and commentary across astronomy, astrophysics and planetary science, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 15.2《自然-天文学》是（Nature Portfolio）于 2016 年创办的纯在线月刊，发表天文学、天体物理与行星科学领域的研究、综述与评论文章，2025 年影响因子为 15.2。

Scope

• Topics include observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, computational techniques in astrophysics, and instrumentation and techniques主题包括观测天文学、理论天体物理、天体物理计算方法以及仪器与技术。^[1]
• It also covers planetary science, exoplanets, solar and stellar physics, and the interplanetary and interstellar medium还涵盖行星科学、系外行星、太阳与恒星物理以及行星际与星际介质。^[2]
• Galactic and extragalactic astronomy, high energy astrophysics, cosmology, astrochemistry and astronomical big data fall within its remit银河系与河外天文学、高能天体物理、宇宙学、天体化学与天文大数据亦在其范围之内。^[3]
• Beyond research papers it publishes Comments, Reviews, News and Views, Features and Correspondence除研究论文之外，还发表评论、综述、新闻与观点、专题以及通讯类文章。
• The journal aims to foster closer interaction between researchers working in astronomy, astrophysics and planetary science该刊旨在推动天文学、天体物理与行星科学研究者之间的紧密互动。
• Peer review is robust and typically involves three referees, and articles are published online as soon as they are ready其同行评审严谨，通常由三位审稿人参与，文章一经就绪即在线发布。

History

• Nature Astronomy was launched in 2016 by Nature Portfolio and is edited from the publisher's London office该刊由（Nature Portfolio）于 2016 年创办，在出版方的伦敦办公室编辑出版。
• It is an online-only journal with no print edition, identified by the electronic ISSN 2397-3366该刊为纯在线期刊，无印刷版，电子连续出版物号为 2397-3366。
• Its impact factor was 14.437 in 2021, 15.647 in 2022, 14.3 in 2024 and 15.2 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 14.437，2022 年为 15.647，2024 年为 14.3，2025 年为 15.2。
• It ranks fifth out of 86 journals in the JCR Astronomy and Astrophysics category, placing it in the first quartile该刊在（JCR）天文学与天体物理类别 86 种期刊中排名第五，位于第一四分位。
• It publishes twelve issues a year on a monthly schedule该刊每年出版十二期，按月出版。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, and its official abbreviation is Nat. Astron.该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）收录，官方缩写为（Nat. Astron.）。

Editors

• The chief editor is Paul Woods, who took up the post in 2024 and covers stars, the Galaxy and local galaxies现任主编为 Paul Woods，2024 年出任该职，负责恒星、银河系与近邻星系方向。
• He succeeded May Chiao, who had been chief editor from the launch in 2016 until 2024其前任为 May Chiao，自 2016 年创刊起担任主编直至 2024 年。
• Luca Maltagliati is a senior editor whose remit is planetary science and atmospheric physics资深编辑 Luca Maltagliati 负责行星科学与大气物理方向。
• Associate editors are Bokyoung Kim, who joined in 2025, and Lindsay Oldham, who joined in 2024副编辑包括 2025 年加入的 Bokyoung Kim 与 2024 年加入的 Lindsay Oldham。
• All members of the editorial team are based in the London office of the publisher编辑团队全体成员均驻出版方的伦敦办公室。