Advances in Space Research or (ASR) is a peer review

Peer review

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ed, scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 that is published 27 times per year. It was established in 1981, and is the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), as well as being published by Pergamon

Pergamon

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 (Elsevier

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). The Editor in Chief is J. Lastovicka of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics AS CR

Institute of Atmospheric Physics AS CR

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of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

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.

Topics of interest for this journal are all interactions observed in space research, including space studies of the Earth

Earth

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's surface, meteorology

Meteorology

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, and climate

Climate

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. Acceptable articles in the context of space research are from the perspective of astrophysics

Astrophysics

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, materials science

Materials science

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, the life sciences, and fundamental physics

Physics

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. Also included in this context is the study of planetary meteorologies, and planetary climates. Other research encompasses Earth-based astronomy

Astronomy

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 observations, the study of space debris

Space debris

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, and space weather.

Abstracting and indexing

According to Journal Citation Reports rates Advance in Space Research with an impact factor of 0.860 for 2008 and 1.079 for 2009. It is listed on the following databases:

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• Web of Science
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