Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (commonly abbreviated as ''Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust.', known in the trade as PASA) is the journal of the Astronomical Society of Australia, published by Cambridge University Press. Its first volume appeared in March 1967 and it became fully open access in 2025, with a 2025 impact factor of 4.0.Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia（常用缩写 Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust.，业内简称 PASA）是澳大利亚天文学会的机关刊，由剑桥大学出版社出版，1967 年 3 月出首卷，2025 年起转为完全开放获取，2025 年影响因子为 4.0。^[1]

Scope

• Disciplinary focus: the journal publishes new and significant research in astronomy and astrophysics for a readership of professional astronomers worldwide. Manuscripts are refereed by at least two international referees, and every paper is indexed in the Astrophysics Data System maintained by the United States space agency.学科定位： 期刊刊发天文学与天体物理学领域新的且重要的研究成果，读者为全球范围内的职业天文学家，稿件经至少两位国际同行评审后录用，全部论文收入美国航空航天局的天体物理数据系统。
• Subject coverage: the scope spans a broad range of topics within astronomy, including multi-wavelength observation, theoretical modelling, computational astronomy and visualisation. The journal also maintains its heritage of publishing results on southern hemisphere astronomy and on astronomy carried out with Australian facilities.选题范围： 覆盖天文学内部的广阔题目，包括多波段观测、理论建模、计算天文学与可视化，同时保留其刊发南半球天文学成果以及与澳洲天文设施相关研究的传统。
• Content types: the journal accepts research articles, review articles, Dawes Reviews and PASA Letters, the last being the shorter form for work on topics of current interest. For the purposes of open-access funding all four are treated as research articles.体裁： 收录研究论文、综述论文、道斯综述与 PASA 通讯四类，其中 PASA 通讯用于就时新问题刊发篇幅较短的成果，上述各类型在开放获取经费的认定上都被视为研究论文。
• Dawes Reviews: the Dawes Reviews are substantial reviews of topical areas in astronomy written by authors of international standing at the invitation of the editorial board. The series is named for William Dawes, the Royal Marines lieutenant and astronomer who came to Australia with the First Fleet, and more than a dozen have appeared to date.道斯综述： 道斯综述系列是天文学领域的大部头专题综述，由编委邀请在国际上享有声望的学者撰写，系列名纪念 1762 至 1836 年间的英国皇家海军陆战队中尉兼第一舰队随队天文学家威廉·道斯，该系列至今已出十余篇。
• Open access: the journal flipped from subscription to gold open access with volume 42 in 2025, so all content is free to read. Publication costs are often met by Cambridge University Press agreements or by waiver schemes, and authors outside such coverage and without funding may request a waiver following the journal's stated guidance.开放获取： 期刊自 2025 年第 42 卷起由订阅制转为黄金开放获取，全部内容免费阅读，作者费用常由剑桥大学出版社的相关协议或各类减免计划承担，未被协议覆盖且未获资助的作者可依期刊指引申请减免。
• Publication format: the journal is electronic only and publishes paper by paper, which makes for a rapid turnaround. It keeps no traditional bound volume or issue, and each paper is identified by an electronic article number.出版形态： 期刊为纯电子出版物，不出纸本，以逐篇方式连续出版，因而出版速度较快，不设传统的年度合订卷期，每篇论文以电子文章编号标识。

History

• 30 November 1966: at its inaugural meeting the Astronomical Society of Australia resolved to found the journal, which appeared under the title Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia.1966年11月30日： 澳大利亚天文学会在成立大会上决定创办本刊，创刊时的刊名为 Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia。
• March 1967: the first volume went into print. For a considerable period afterwards the journal's primary purpose was to publish papers presented at the annual general meeting of the society, with historical papers and book reviews also admitted.1967年3月： 首卷付印，此后在相当长一段时期里，本刊的主要用途是发表澳大利亚天文学会年会上宣读的论文，同时酌情刊登历史文献与书评。
• Editorial arrangements: the journal was run by a single editor, Richard McGee, until an editorial board was formally established in 1989, after which it moved from a one-person editorship to a committee structure.编务建制： 创刊之初由 Richard McGee 一人独任编辑之职，直至 1989 年才正式设立编辑委员会，此后由单一编辑制转为委员会制。
• 1994 to 1995: with volume 12 the title became the present Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, reflecting a widening of purpose from meeting papers to general astronomy research. Bibliographic records mark the boundary between the old and new titles at 1995.1994年至1995年： 自第 12 卷起刊名改为今日的 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia，反映出刊物宗旨已由刊发会议论文扩展到刊发一般性天文学研究论文，编目记录上新旧刊名以 1995 年为界。
• 1996 to 2013: the journal first appeared electronically in 1996 in partnership with the publishing arm of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, and the print edition continued until 2012.1996年至2013年： 期刊在 1996 年首次实现电子出版，由联邦科学与工业研究组织的出版部门合作承办，纸质版的发行则持续至 2012 年。
• 2013: publishing passed to Cambridge University Press, which has since published the journal on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Australia, a further instance of society and publisher partnership.2013年： 出版方改为剑桥大学出版社，此后本刊一直以该社名义代表澳大利亚天文学会出版，成为学会与出版方合作的又一例。
• 2025: with volume 42 the journal moved from subscription to gold open access and became free to read in full, while its electronic continuous format was retained.2025年： 自第 42 卷起由订阅制转为黄金开放获取，本刊由此成为免费阅读的完全开放获取刊物，而其电子连续出版的形式则保持不变。^[2]

Editors

• Editors-in-chief: the journal is led by Minh Huynh PhD of the Space and Astronomy group at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, who took office in 2025, with Professor Andrew Hopkins of Macquarie University as deputy editor-in-chief.主编： 现任主编为 Minh Huynh 博士，任职于联邦科学与工业研究组织的空间与天文学部门，2025 年就任，副主编为澳大利亚麦克里大学的 Andrew Hopkins 教授。
• Composition of the board: the editorial board has seven members. The editor-in-chief chairs it and a deputy chair is also appointed. Members are appointed by the society's council, serve three-year terms and receive an annual honorarium.编委构成： 编委会由七名成员组成，主编兼任编委会主席，另有副主席一职；成员由学会理事会任命，任期三年并领取年度津贴。
• International spread of the board: board members are based at the Australian National University, the European Southern Observatory, Macquarie University, the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the University of Washington. Alongside Australian members sit colleagues in Germany and the United States, so the board is not a purely domestic Australian body.编委的国际分布： 编委成员分属澳大利亚国立大学、欧洲南方天文台、麦克里大学、马克斯·普朗克射电天文学研究所、联邦科学与工业研究组织与美国华盛顿大学，除澳洲本土外另有德、美两地的成员，因而并非单一的澳洲内部事务机构。
• Duties and selection: the board selects referees, takes final decisions on the basis of their reports so as to maintain the journal's quality, solicits submissions, advocates for the journal and works to improve editorial processes. Selection weighs the applicant's standing in the community, the breadth of their knowledge and their specific areas of expertise, and published calls for applications explicitly encourage members of traditionally under-represented groups.编委的职责与遴选： 编委的日常职责是挑选审稿人、依据审稿报告作出最终决定以维持期刊质量、约稿、推介刊物并改进编辑流程，遴选时看重申请人在本领域的声望、知识广度与专长方向，公开招聘的说明中特别鼓励传统上代表不足的群体申报。
• Submission system: manuscripts are submitted and reviewed online through the ScholarOne Manuscripts platform, where authors may elect a single or dual anonymous review process. Decisions are taken by the board on the basis of reports from international referees.投稿系统： 稿件经 ScholarOne Manuscripts 平台在线递交与评审，作者可选择单盲或双盲评审流程，录用决定由编委依据国际审稿人的意见作出。^[3]