''Nature Astronomy'' is a
peer review
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ed
scientific journal
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Content
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published by
Nature Portfolio
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. It was first published in January 2017 (volume 1, issue 1), although the first content appeared online in December 2016. The
editor-in-chief
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is May Chiao, who is a full-time professional editor employed by the journal.
The founding editors of this journal, in addition to May Chiao, were Paul Woods, Luca Maltagliati and Marios Karouzos.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is
abstracted and indexed
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in:
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Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
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Science Citation Index Expanded
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Scopus
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According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 15.647, ranking it 5th out of 69 journals in the category "Astronomy & Astrophysics".
References
External links
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