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Astrobiology

Editor-in-Chief: Sherry L. Cady, Ph.D.

ISSN: 1531-1074 • Published Monthly • Online ISSN: 1557-8070

Current Volume: 12

Latest Impact Factor* is 2.362
*2010 Journal Citation Reports® published by Thomson Reuters, 2011

Increased frequency - now 12 issues per year!

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Overview

Astrobiology is the leading peer-reviewed international journal for astronomers, biologists, chemists, geologists, microbiologists, paleontologists, and planetary scientists designed to advance our understanding of life’s origin, evolution, and distribution in the universe. The flagship publication of the Astrobiology Society, this authoritative resource disseminates the most current findings and discoveries coming out of recent interplanetary exploration and laboratory research programs.

Astrobiology coverage includes:

  • Astrophysics
  • Astropaleontology
  • Bioastronomy
  • Cosmochemistry
  • Ecogenomics
  • Exobiology
  • Extremophiles
  • Geomicrobiology
  • Gravitational biology
  • Life detection technology
  • Meteoritics
  • Planetary geoscience
  • Planetary protection
  • Prebiotic chemistry
  • Space exploration technology
  • Terraforming

Astrobiology is under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Sherry L. Cady, PhD, Portland State University, Department of Geology, and other leading investigators. View the entire editorial board.

Audience: Microbiologists, chemists, life scientists, astronomers and astrophysicists, space scientists, among others

Society Affiliation

The Official Journal of Astrobiology Society

Indexed/Abstracted in:

MEDLINE; Current Contents®/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Current Contents®/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences; Science Citation Index Expanded; Biological Abstracts; BIOSIS Previews; Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition; EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; EMBiology; Scopus; Geobase; Compendex; Chemical Abstracts; GeoRef; Astrophysics Data System
 

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