Open Access Astronomy Journals
A list of Open Access Astronomy journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Astronomy is natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects
All articles published in Open Access journals have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
Our team made this list of Astronomy Open Access journals with the aim to help you to decide where to publish your Astronomy manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Astronomy journals that may be relevant to your field of study. In any case, we've also included other journals that may also offer more affordable publishing fees.Rather than displaying just the most relevant Astronomy journals, we have made an in-depth list of all the open accesss Astronomy journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Astronomy venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Astronomy journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Astronomy OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
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Satellite Navigation | 2662-1363 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 75 | 692 | 90.7 | Website |
International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2161-4717 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 423 | 1201 | 88.7 | ||
Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society | 1225-4614 | The Korean Astronomical Society | 1159 | 5481 | 88.2 | Website | |
Galaxies | 2075-4434 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 785 | 4929 | 88 | Website |
Astra proceedings | 2199-3963 | Copernicus GmbH | 24 | 87 | 87.5 | ||
Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate | 2115-7251 | ☑ | EDP Sciences | 479 | 6789 | 87.1 | Website |
Serbian Astronomical Journal | 1450-698X | ☑ | National Library of Serbia | 428 | 1779 | 86.7 | Website |
Advances in Astronomy | 1687-7969 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 367 | 6136 | 85.8 | Website |
The planetary science journal | 2632-3338 | ☑ | American Astronomical Society | 509 | 1239 | 84.5 | Website |
Open Journal of Astrophysics | 2565-6120 | ☑ | The Open Journal | 62 | 972 | 83.9 | Website |
International journal of astrophysics and space science | 2376-7014 | Science Publishing Group | 99 | 101 | 80.8 | ||
Baltic Astronomy | 2543-6376 | ☑ | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 947 | 2355 | 80.3 | Website |
Contributions of The Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso | 1335-1842 | Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences | 733 | 791 | 79 | ||
American journal of astronomy and astrophysics | 2376-4678 | Science Publishing Group | 95 | 138 | 78.9 | ||
Odessa astronomical publications | 1810-4215 | ☑ | Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University | 365 | 296 | 78.6 | Website |
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences | 2093-1409 | ☑ | 1107 | 1665 | 77.9 | Website | |
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | 2296-987X | ☑ | Frontiers Media SA | 799 | 4103 | 77.7 | Website |
Living Reviews in Solar Physics | 1614-4961 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 92 | 14181 | 77.2 | Website |
American journal of space science | 1948-9927 | Science Publications | 21 | 43 | 76.2 | ||
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars | 0374-0676 | ☑ | Information Bulletin on Variable Stars (IBVS) | 3563 | 493 | 74.7 | Website |
Citizen science | 2057-4991 | ☑ | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 169 | 1179 | 72.8 | Website |
Living Reviews in Relativity | 1433-8351 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 119 | 37998 | 72.3 | Website |
Journal of Gravity | 2314-6907 | Hindawi Limited | 38 | 221 | 71.1 | ||
Universe | 2218-1997 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 1781 | 9386 | 69.8 | Website |
Artificial Satellites | 1509-3859 | 418 | 1245 | 69.4 | |||
Annales Geophysicae | 0992-7689 | ☑ | 7333 | 126576 | 68.2 | Website | |
Journal of high energy physics, gravitation and cosmology | 2380-4327 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 427 | 563 | 68.1 | ||
International journal of astronomy | 2169-8848 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 9 | 42 | 66.7 | ||
Advances in astrophysics | 2415-6450 | Isaac Scientific Publishing Co., Ltd. | 90 | 91 | 66.7 | ||
Journal of astrobiology & outreach | 2332-2519 | OMICS Publishing Group | 82 | 130 | 65.9 | ||
International journal of sustainable lighting (Online) | 2586-1247 | ☑ | International Journal of Sustainable Lighting | 54 | 247 | 64.8 | Website |
Solar-Terrestrial Physics | 2500-0535 | ☑ | Infra-M Academic Publishing House | 416 | 1303 | 64.7 | Website |
Journal of Astrophysics | 2314-6192 | Hindawi Limited | 22 | 83 | 63.6 | ||
Living reviews in relativity | 2367-3613 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 45 | 1755 | 62.2 | Website |
Vìsnik astronomìčnoï školi | 1607-2855 | ☑ | National Aviation University | 432 | 93 | 61.3 | Website |
Вісник | 1728-273X | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | 139 | 52 | 61.2 | ||
Positioning | 2150-850X | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 109 | 470 | 60.6 | ||
Space: science & technology | 2692-7659 | ☑ | AAAS00 | 50 | 46 | 60 | Website |
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques | 1867-1381 | ☑ | 3925 | 86344 | 59.8 | Website | |
International Journal of Navigation and Observation | 1687-5990 | Hindawi Limited | 122 | 1846 | 59 | ||
Earth and planetary physics | 2096-3955 | Wiley | 288 | 690 | 58.3 | ||
Clinical spectroscopy | 2666-0547 | ☑ | Elsevier | 19 | 97 | 57.9 | Website |
Series on atmospheric, oceanic and planetary physics | 1793-1452 | 7 | 3637 | 57.1 | |||
Journal of Space Engineering | 1881-736X | The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers | 25 | 166 | 52 | ||
Science of remote sensing | 2666-0172 | ☑ | Elsevier | 60 | 319 | 51.7 | Website |
Journal of geomagnetism and geoelectricity | 0022-1392 | Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences | 2790 | 34100 | 50.9 | ||
Frontiers in remote sensing | 2673-6187 | ☑ | Frontiers Media SA | 133 | 133 | 50.4 | Website |
NPJ microgravity | 2373-8065 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 250 | 3106 | 49.6 | Website |
Современные проблемы дистанционного зондирования Земли из космоса | 2070-7401 | Space Research Institute RAS | 997 | 827 | 49.3 | ||
Geoscientific instrumentation, methods and data systems | 2193-0856 | ☑ | 324 | 2449 | 46.9 | Website | |
Earth, Planets and Space | 1343-8832 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 4306 | 66240 | 46.9 | Website |
History of Geo- and Space Sciences | 2190-5010 | ☑ | 165 | 370 | 46.7 | Website | |
Geodesy and Geodynamics | 1674-9847 | ☑ | Elsevier | 666 | 2562 | 46.5 | Website |
Research in geophysics | 2038-9655 | PAGEPress Publications | 28 | 181 | 46.4 | ||
Atoms | 2218-2004 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 595 | 2668 | 45.7 | Website |
Journal of Oil Palm Research | 1511-2780 | Malaysian Palm Oil Board | 753 | 3579 | 44.5 | Website | |
Journal of Daylighting | 2383-8701 | ☑ | 135 | 292 | 43.7 | Website | |
International Journal of Spectroscopy | 1687-9449 | Hindawi Limited | 181 | 1699 | 42 | ||
Gravitational and Space Research | 2332-7774 | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 399 | 2503 | 41.4 | ||
Advances in High Energy Physics | 1687-7357 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 1482 | 15599 | 41.1 | Website |
Spectral analysis review | 2331-2092 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 22 | 63 | 40.9 | ||
Physics international | 1948-9803 | Science Publications | 92 | 299 | 40.2 | ||
Particles | 2571-712X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 172 | 633 | 40.1 | Website |
International Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | 2167-6852 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 186 | 171 | 39.8 | ||
Laser Chemistry | 0278-6273 | Hindawi Limited | 556 | 4373 | 39 | ||
Remote Sensing | 2072-4292 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 25540 | 296960 | 38.7 | Website |
Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformatics | 2391-8152 | ☑ | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 153 | 358 | 38.6 | Website |
Journal of Geodetic Science | 2081-9943 | ☑ | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 244 | 1703 | 38.5 | Website |
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 1680-7316 | ☑ | 15691 | 633663 | 38.5 | Website | |
Australian Journal of Physics | 0004-9506 | CSIRO Publishing | 3311 | 37325 | 38.1 | Website | |
Weather and climate dynamics | 2698-4016 | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 137 | 321 | 37.2 | Website |
Geosciences | 2163-1697 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 19 | 133 | 36.8 | ||
Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves | 1001-9014 | China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. | 2539 | 2315 | 36.1 | ||
Journal of astronomy and Earth sciences education | 2374-6246 | Clute Institute | 53 | 171 | 35.8 | ||
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science | 1546-2366 | ☑ | San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science | 453 | 3775 | 35.8 | Website |
Physics & astronomy international journal | 2576-4543 | MedCrave Group | 199 | 90 | 35.7 | ||
International journal of high energy physics | 2376-7405 | Science Publishing Group | 59 | 80 | 35.6 | ||
NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics | 2090-9977 | Taylor & Francis | 381 | 1792 | 35.4 | Website | |
Earth and Space Science | 2333-5084 | ☑ | Wiley | 1331 | 7137 | 35.2 | Website |
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research | 1757-1146 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1413 | 13500 | 34.8 | Website |
Open journal of earthquake research | 2169-9631 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 143 | 315 | 34.3 | ||
American journal of geoscience | 1948-9846 | Science Publications | 44 | 88 | 34.1 | ||
Journal of Modern Physics | 2153-1196 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 2211 | 7003 | 33.8 | ||
Magnetic resonance | 2699-0016 | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 98 | 204 | 33.7 | Website |
Acta Arachnologica | 0001-5202 | Arachnological Society of Japan | 1306 | 2780 | 33.5 | ||
Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, Section D: Radio Propagation | 1060-1783 | National Institute of Standards and Technology | 338 | 3110 | 33.4 | ||
Journal of Computational Environmental Sciences | 2314-8292 | Hindawi Limited | 9 | 87 | 33.3 | ||
ChronoPhysiology and Therapy | 2230-2026 | Dove Medical Press | 57 | 327 | 33.3 | ||
Journal of spectroscopy | 2314-4939 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 96 | 109 | 32.3 | Website |
Earth System Science Data | 1866-3508 | ☑ | 1116 | 28914 | 32.1 | Website | |
Geoscience Letters | 2196-4092 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 233 | 2026 | 31.8 | Website |
Journal of remote sensing | 2694-1589 | ☑ | AAAS00 | 35 | 82 | 31.4 | Website |
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science | 2197-4284 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 495 | 5309 | 31.3 | Website |
Spectroscopy | 0712-4813 | Hindawi Limited | 237 | 381 | 30.8 | ||
Big earth data | 2574-5417 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 150 | 1194 | 30.7 | Website |
Journal of Nepali Physical Society | 2392-473X | Nepal Journals Online | 144 | 86 | 30.6 | ||
Journal of Southern Hemisphere earth systems science | 2206-5865 | ☑ | CSIRO Publishing | 195 | 361 | 30.3 | Website |
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing | 1939-1404 | ☑ | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 6259 | 83508 | 30.2 | Website |
Annals of Geophysics | 1593-5213 | ☑ | Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, INGV | 3437 | 27102 | 29.7 | Website |
European Physical Journal C | 1434-6044 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 19922 | 418419 | 29.6 | Website |