2005 Impact Factor: 4.223 (June 2006)
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- Published on 31 July 2006
It is with a great pleasure that we communicate to you the new impact factor of ISI.
Astronomy & Astrophysics (0004-6361) benefits from an impact factor of 4.223 with 68577 quotations.
LaTeX2e v6.0 class for Astronomy & Astrophysics (May 2006)
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- Published on 02 May 2006
New A&A memberships and scientific editorial structure for the Letters section (March 2006)
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- Published on 10 March 2006
New in online version of A&A: Cited by (January 2006)
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- Published on 10 January 2006
Available with the full html page the 'Cited by' link lists all the papers quoting the present article and referred to in the ADS database.
This service is based on the ADS service 'Citations to the article'.
Latest articles FREE for Astronomy & Astrophysics (June 2005)
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- Published on 02 June 2005
As a service to the authors, to enlarge dissemination of scientific information and to increase the visibility of articles, EDP Sciences is pleased to announce the launch of the Latest articles FREE service for Astronomy & Astrophysics. This service allows non-subscribers to the journal to have, on registration, free access to the full online edition of the most recent issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics on EDP Sciences website.
The Latest articles FREE service is devoted to individuals for their private studies, scholarship or research, without any commercial benefit.
Closure of the Japanese mirror site (April 2005)
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- Published on 14 April 2005
As of April 1, 2005, The EDP Sciences mirror site at http://edpsciences.nao.ac.jp is no longer available.
Please use one of the following sites:
- http://www.edpsciences.org
- http://www.edpsciences-usa.org
- CDS mirror site
New search tools available for Astronomy & Astrophysics (2004)
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- Published on 05 December 2004
Search on full-text PDF files can now be performed for Astronomy & Astrophysics.
For this journal you can now:
- search words in full-text PDF articles;
- search in authors/title/abstract/keywords;
- find an article using its reference (journal/volume/starting page);
- find an article using its DOI.
Newly accepted? Then it's online (November 2004)
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- Published on 05 November 2004
As a new service to authors, Astronomy & Astrophysics now gives online access to the unedited preprint version of accepted papers several weeks ahead of publication, on the author's consent. This service is free of charge for authors.
The first PDF files of accepted papers were published online on November 16, 2004.
Permission is asked to the author either through MMS (Manuscript Management System) for regular articles or by the editorial office for Letters. The PDF file is produced by the publisher from the LaTeX file sent by the author and is released if the final size is less than 3Mb without any conversion problem. This online version does not take into account corrections made during copy-editing and production processes.
Online access to PDF forthcoming papers is granted to all Astronomy & Astrophysics subscribers.
Go to A&A Forthcoming Papers list .
Letter from the Board of Directors (October 2004)
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- Published on 14 October 2004
New policy concerning expanded European and non-European A&A memberships
In the early nineteen-nineties, A&A with great foresight took an important step - which the European Union would follow more than a decade later - by incorporating eastern European countries into its sponsoring membership: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic; Estonia became a full member in 1998. A&A was now truly "A European Journal", as then stated on the front cover.
In the meantime, A&A grew in importance as a vehicle for world-wide dissemination of astronomical research and an ever-increasing number of high-quality papers began streaming into the A&A Editorial offices from non-European countries, as well as from other European non-member countries. It became obvious to us that A&A no longer was merely a European Journal and in 2001 we removed the "A European Journal" from the front cover.
Eventually, some of these non-European countries began approaching us with queries about potential membership in A&A and in 2002 we admitted the first such country, Argentina, with an observer status. Meanwhile, the Board intensified its study of the financial and administrative consequences of a wider expansion including the admission of member countries beyond Europe - a special subcommittee was appointed.
The Board of Directors, at its meeting in Tartu, Estonia on 8 May 2004, made the important decision - after a lengthy and thorough discussion - that A&A will henceforth consider applications for sponsoring membership from any country in the world with well-documented active and excellent astronomical research. Each application will be carefully treated on a case-by-case basis. Subsequently, at this meeting, the Board admitted Argentina to full membership in A&A starting on 1 January 2005. In addition, three other applicants were admitted to observer status, namely Brazil, Chile and Portugal. The above-mentioned special Board subcommittee will continue its work and submit recommendations on the restructuring of the Board and its Executive Committee, a necessary consequence of the foreseen expansion.
Editorial: Editorship and peer-review at A&A (June 2004)
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- Published on 15 June 2004
Claude Bertout (Editor-in-Chief) and Peter Schneider (Letters Editor)
PDF file of the Editorial
See table of contents of the relevant issue (420-3)
Abstract. We present an overview of current issues involved in editing Astronomy & Astrophysics, going from the detail of editorial policies and procedures to some more general aspects.
Table of contents of the editorial.
1. Introduction
2. Considering a submission for publication
2.1. Regular papers
2.2. Letters
2.3. Papers describing instruments and observational techniques
2.4. Catalogs and data papers
2.5. Papers on special subjects
3. Some style issues
4. The peer-review process at A&A
4.1. How do we select referees?
4.2. The referee report
4.2.1. Regular papers
4.2.2. Letters
4.2.3. Special A&A Issues
4.3. Possible complications in the peer-review process
4.3.1. Delay in finding a referee
4.3.2. Delay in getting the referee report
4.3.3. Offensive attitude of referee or author
4.3.4. Delay in revising the paper
4.3.5. Some statistics and conclusions
5. Acceptance and publication
5.1. Letters
5.2. Regular papers
5.3. Language editing
5.4. On-line material 5.4.1. Publishing data at the CDS
5.4.2. On-line material
5.5. Page charges
6. Outlook
6.1. Impact factor issues
6.2. Electronic-only publication of A&A?