Astrophysics (journal) explained

Cover:	Astrophysics Journal Cover 10511.jpg
Discipline:	Astrophysics
Publisher:	Springer
Editor:	Arthur Nikoghossian
Abbreviation:	Astrophysics
History:	1965–present
Frequency:	Quarterly
Impact:	0.717
Impact-Year:	2020
Website:	https://link.springer.com/journal/10511
Issn:	0571-7256
Eissn:	1573-8191

Astrophysics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astrophysics published by Springer. Each volume is published every three months. It was founded in 1965 by the Soviet Armenian astrophysicist Viktor Ambartsumian. It is the English version of the journal Astrofizika, published by the Armenian National Academy of Sciences mostly in Russian.^{[1] [2]} The current editor-in-chief is Arthur Nikoghossian.^[3]

Aims and scope

The focus of this journal is astronomy and is a translation of the peer-reviewed Russian language journal Astrofizika.^[3]

Abstracting and indexing

Astrophysics is indexed in the following databases:

• Astrophysics Data System
• Academic OneFile
• Academic Search
• Chemical Abstracts Service
• CSA
• CSA Environmental Sciences
• Current Contents/Physical
• Chemical and Earth Sciences
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
• EBSCO Discovery Service
• Expanded Academic
• INIS Atomindex
• INSPEC
• INSPIRE
• Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
• Science Citation Index Expanded
• SCImago
• SCOPUS
• Simbad Astronomical Database
• Summon by ProQuest

See also

• List of astronomy journals

External links

• • astro.asj-oa.am

Notes and References

1. Web site: McCutcheon . Robert A. . Ambartsumian, Viktor Amazaspovich . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20191203145604/https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ambartsumian-viktor-amazaspovich . 3 December 2019 . 1 November 2019.
2. Book: Parsamian . Elma S. . Victor Amabartsumian . 2008 . Gitutyun Press. Armenian Academy of Sciences . Yerevan . 978-5-8080-0742-0 . 95.
3. Web site: Astrophysics - Springer . Springer Science+Business Media . Available online . Astrophysics presents recent theoretical and experimental advances in this field. The journal contains data obtained at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and all principal Soviet observatories on planetary atmospheres, interstellar matter, solar physics, and space astrophysics. Additional subjects include chemical composition and internal structure of stars, quasars, and pulsars; stellar and galactic evolution; and developments in modern cosmology. Astrophysics is a translation of the peer-reviewed Russian language journal Astrofizika. .