Acta Astronautica

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ISSN: 00945765, 18792030

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Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
3.1
SJR
1.106
CiteScore
7.2
Categories
Aerospace Engineering
Areas
Engineering
Years of issue
1974-2025
journal names
Acta Astronautica
ACTA ASTRONAUT
Publications
13 829
Citations
169 316
h-index
109
Top-3 citing journals
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Top-3 organizations
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (329 publications)
German Aerospace Center
German Aerospace Center (320 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (3376 publications)
China (2179 publications)
Germany (1186 publications)

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China, 2179, 15.76%
Germany, 1186, 8.58%
Russia, 1096, 7.93%
Italy, 1021, 7.38%
France, 927, 6.7%
Japan, 746, 5.39%
United Kingdom, 628, 4.54%
Netherlands, 469, 3.39%
Canada, 460, 3.33%
Spain, 298, 2.15%
India, 281, 2.03%
USSR, 244, 1.76%
Republic of Korea, 170, 1.23%
Australia, 164, 1.19%
Iran, 130, 0.94%
Austria, 127, 0.92%
Belgium, 110, 0.8%
Switzerland, 97, 0.7%
Brazil, 96, 0.69%
Sweden, 90, 0.65%
Israel, 88, 0.64%
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Poland, 57, 0.41%
Portugal, 49, 0.35%
Hungary, 48, 0.35%
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Norway, 42, 0.3%
Bulgaria, 38, 0.27%
Greece, 36, 0.26%
Malaysia, 31, 0.22%
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Denmark, 29, 0.21%
South Africa, 28, 0.2%
Czechoslovakia, 28, 0.2%
Singapore, 26, 0.19%
Argentina, 24, 0.17%
Turkey, 24, 0.17%
Slovakia, 22, 0.16%
Egypt, 21, 0.15%
Ireland, 19, 0.14%
UAE, 19, 0.14%
Saudi Arabia, 17, 0.12%
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Armenia, 15, 0.11%
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USA, 488, 14.49%
Russia, 245, 7.27%
Italy, 238, 7.06%
Germany, 188, 5.58%
United Kingdom, 169, 5.02%
Japan, 121, 3.59%
Spain, 114, 3.38%
France, 103, 3.06%
Canada, 96, 2.85%
India, 75, 2.23%
Republic of Korea, 75, 2.23%
Netherlands, 73, 2.17%
Australia, 61, 1.81%
Switzerland, 28, 0.83%
Iran, 24, 0.71%
Austria, 23, 0.68%
Belgium, 19, 0.56%
Sweden, 17, 0.5%
Portugal, 16, 0.47%
Brazil, 14, 0.42%
New Zealand, 14, 0.42%
UAE, 14, 0.42%
Turkey, 14, 0.42%
Poland, 13, 0.39%
Pakistan, 11, 0.33%
Singapore, 11, 0.33%
Greece, 10, 0.3%
Luxembourg, 10, 0.3%
Norway, 10, 0.3%
Thailand, 9, 0.27%
Czech Republic, 9, 0.27%
Israel, 8, 0.24%
Ukraine, 7, 0.21%
Finland, 7, 0.21%
Romania, 6, 0.18%
Estonia, 5, 0.15%
Hungary, 5, 0.15%
Ireland, 5, 0.15%
Malaysia, 5, 0.15%
Denmark, 4, 0.12%
Mexico, 4, 0.12%
South Africa, 4, 0.12%
Belarus, 3, 0.09%
Azerbaijan, 3, 0.09%
Egypt, 3, 0.09%
Morocco, 3, 0.09%
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