The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

ISSN 0067-0049 · Institute of Physics · United Kingdom · active 1954–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
5.4
SJR
3.269
h-index
378

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric. Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline.

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~14 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

DOAJScopusWeb of Science

Access status: gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

Article processing charge (APC): £2,356 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

stellarplanetarygalacticastronomyastrophysicsastrophysicalinstrumentationgalaxiesformationevolutionphenomenastar

Frequently asked

Is The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, which is a positive signal.

Is The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series?

Papers in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series are cited about 5.4 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 378. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

Scimago places The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series in Q1 for its subject category. Quartiles split the journals in a field into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series is cited about 5.4 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 378. A journal is ranked per subject category, so one spanning several fields can sit in different quartiles depending on the category.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series?

Article processing charge (APC): £2,356 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series takes about ~14 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

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