Open Astronomy

Open Astronomy  
Former names
Baltic Astronomy
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
Open Astron.
Discipline Astronomy
Language English
Edited by Philip Judge
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
1992-present
Yes
0.439 (Baltic Astronomy)
Indexing
ISSN 2543-6376
LCCN 95640784
OCLC no. 50136117
Baltic Astronomy:
ISSN 1392-0049
Links

Open Astronomy (formerly Baltic Astronomy) is a peer-reviewed fully open access scientific journal, and currently published by De Gruyter Open. The journal was established in 1992 by the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy (Vilnius University, Lithuania) as Baltic Astronomy, obtaining its current title in 2017 when it converted to open access. The journal is devoted to publishing research, reviews and news spanning all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. The editor in chief is Philip Judge (High Altitude Observatory).

History

Open Astronomy is the further continuation of publishing in the open access model Baltic Astronomy. Baltic Astronomy was published by the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy for astronomical institutions of the Baltic states. The journal sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Science (Lithuania). Baltic Astronomy was published quarterly (4 issues per year). The journal was preceded by the Vilnius Astronomijos Observatorijos Biuletenis (Bulletin of the Vilnius Astronomical Observatory), published from 1960–1992 by Vilnius University Astronomical Observatory, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics and Mathematics. The editor in chief of Baltic Astronomy was Vytautas Straižys since 1992.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by:


References

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