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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cover image of MNRAS in 2022
DisciplineAstronomy, astrophysics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDavid Flower
Publication details
Former name(s)
Monthly Notices of the Astronomical Society of London
History1827–present
Publisher
Frequency36/year
Hybrid and delayed
4.8 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
NLMMon Not R Astron Soc
Indexing
CODENMNRAA4
ISSN0035-8711 (print)
1365-2966 (web)
LCCNsf85001279
OCLC no.10340650
Links

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics. It has been in continuous existence since 1827 and publishes letters and papers reporting original research in relevant fields. Despite the name, the journal is no longer monthly, nor does it carry the notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[2] MNRAS publishes more articles per year than any other astronomy journal.[3]

History[edit]

The first issue of MNRAS was published on 9 February 1827 as Monthly Notices of the Astronomical Society of London and it has been in continuous publication ever since. It took its current name from the second volume, after the Astronomical Society of London became the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Until 1960 it carried the monthly notices of the RAS, at which time these were transferred to the newly established Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1960–1996) and then to its successor journal Astronomy & Geophysics (since 1997). Until 1965, MNRAS was published in-house by the society; from 1965 to 2012 it was published by Blackwell Publishing (later part of Wiley-Blackwell) on behalf of the RAS. From 2013, MNRAS is published by Oxford University Press (OUP).[1]

The journal is no longer monthly, with thirty-six issues a year divided into nine volumes. The Letters section had originally appeared on pink paper in the print edition, but moved online only in the early 2000s. Print publication ceased after the April 2020 volume, during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the journal becoming online-only.[4]

Content[edit]

MNRAS publishes peer-reviewed articles on original research in astronomy and astrophysics. Two sorts of article are carried by MNRAS: papers, which can be of any length, and letters, which are published more quickly but are limited to five pages in length. Editorial control of the journal is exercised by the RAS through an editorial board of professional astronomers; since July 2012, the editor-in-chief has been David Flower (University of Durham).[5]

In 2022 MNRAS published 3441 articles, more than any other astronomy journal.[3]

Open access[edit]

As of 1 January 2024 all journals published by RAS are Open Access (OA), making the articles freely available online as soon as they are published.[6] This change not only applies to newly published articles, but all articles published since 1827. Under this model, articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

Due to this change, MNRAS no longer has subscription fees for readers, but is instead supported by Article Processing Charges (APCs) to authors. As of June 2024, the APCs are £2,310 (Standard Rate) and £1,847 (RAS Fellows Rate) per article.[7] However, there are several other routes to funding for publishing in MNRAS. In the case where an author's institution has a Read and Publish agreement with OUP, the institution pays the APCs.[8] Additionally, authors based in developing countries are eligible to have APCs waived.[9] If an author is not from a developing country but is unable to pay the APC, MNRAS also offers a number of partial or full waivers on a case-by-case basis.[9]

Editors-in-chief[edit]

The following persons have served as Editor-in-Chief (formerly titled Managing Editor or simply Editor):

Abstracting and indexing[edit]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 4.8.[14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b Smith, Keith (28 June 2012). "RAS journals to be published by Oxford University Press". Royal Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Carswell, Bob; Clube, Kim (2008). "Monthly Notices of the RAS". Astronomy & Geophysics. 49 (5): 14. Bibcode:2008A&G....49e..14C. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4004.2008.49514.x.
  3. ^ a b "Journal Rankings on Astronomy and Astrophysics". Scimago Journal & Country Rank. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. ^ "MNRAS moves online-only after almost 200 years of print | The Royal Astronomical Society". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "New MNRAS Editor-in-Chief". Royal Astronomical Society. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  6. ^ Kahlon, Gurjeet (1 March 2023). "Royal Astronomical Society announces all journals to publish as open access from 2024". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Instructions to Authors". Oxford University Press. 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Read and Publish agreements – participating journals and institutions". Oxford University Press. 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b "APC waiver policy". Oxford University Press. 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b Tayler, p. 201
  11. ^ Mestel, L. (1997). "A tribute to Roger J. Tayler (25 October 1929 – 23 January 1997)". Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India. 25 (1): 143. Bibcode:1997BASI...25..143M.
  12. ^ a b Dreyer, p. 239
  13. ^ a b c Dreyer, p. 187
  14. ^ "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2023 – via Web of Science.

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