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Published on 29 June 2026

Paris, France, 29 June 2026. Nearly 3,000 astronomers from 69 countries responded to the A&A community survey on trends and challenges in scientific publishing. The survey, conducted in 2025, explored community attitudes towards journal selection, peer review, Open Access, research assessment and artificial intelligence. Its findings suggest that researchers value credibility over speed, fairness over profit, and human judgement over automation.

The findings have recently been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) in a new editorial, A&A community survey on the future of scientific publishing, authored by members of the A&A Board of Directors, the journal’s editorial leadership team, and EDP Sciences.

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Published on 18 June 2026

Astronomy & Astrophysics has published a statement on the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies by authors in the journal.

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Published on 13 May 2026

Paris, France, 13 May 2026. The Board of Directors of Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) and EDP Sciences are pleased to announce that A&A will remain fully open access in 2026 under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model, following sufficient renewal support from the library community.

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Published on 22 April 2026

On 20 April 2026, the Board of Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) finalised its selection for this year’s A&A Awards, recognising exceptional work by early-career researchers in the field.

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Published on 02 April 2026

The Board of Directors of Astronomy & Astrophysics invites applications for four Associate Editor positions in the following broad research areas:

• One position in planetary science and exoplanets
• One position in solar physics
• One position in interstellar and circumstellar medium
• One position in theoretical astrophysics

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Published on 05 March 2026

Astronomy & Astrophysics has received a particularly high number of applications for the 2026 A&A Awards. We thank the community for this strong response and for the continued trust of early-career researchers in choosing to publish their work in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

To ensure that all applications receive the careful consideration they merit, the timeline for announcing the 2026 awardees has been revised.

The awardees will now be announced by mid-April 2026.

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Published on 14 October 2025

The Board of Directors of Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) attributes two yearly Awards for outstanding research published in A&A by individuals in the initial stages of their careers. With these two Awards, the Board aims to recognise and contribute to the enthusiasm of the new generation of researchers who will shape the future of astronomy for decades to come.

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Published on 24 September 2025

Paris, France, 24 September 2025. In the 2024 edition of the Journal Citation Reports™ released by Clarivate in June, Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) received an Impact Factor of 5.8, placing it firmly at the head of the leading journals for original research in astronomy and astrophysics. We were pleased with this result, and are even more pleased to report that, after one of our community members identified missing citations from the highly-cited Gaia Data Release 3 article and raised the issue with the Editors, Clarivate reviewed the record at the request of the publisher, EDP Sciences, and corrected the calculation. A&A’s Impact Factor is now 6.1, and this corrected figure will be formally reflected in the October reload of the JCR.

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Published on 08 September 2025

The Executive Committee of Astronomy & Astrophysics has extended the deadline for the applications for two new Associate Editor (AE) positions to 1 October 2025.

The Board of Directors of Astronomy & Astrophysics invites applications for two Associate Editor positions in the following broad research areas:

• One position in planetary science
• One position in interstellar and circumstellar medium

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Published on 30 June 2025

The Board of Directors of Astronomy & Astrophysics invites applications for two Associate Editor positions in the following broad research areas:

• One position in planetary science
• One position in interstellar and circumstellar medium

The new Associate Editors should possess broad and recognised expertise in their respective fields, as demonstrated by a strong record of influential published research. Familiarity with additional fields of astrophysics will be considered an advantage for both positions. For the planetary science position, the ideal candidate would also have a good understanding of some aspects of exoplanets. Candidates from underrepresented groups and geographical regions are strongly encouraged to apply.

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