Former names Baltic Astronomy Discipline Astronomy Publisher De Gruyter Open | Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Open Astron. Language English Publication history 1992-present | |
Open Astronomy (former Baltic Astronomy) is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal, and currently published by De Gruyter Open. The journal was established in 1992 by the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy (Vilnius University, Lithuania) as Baltic Astronomy, obtaining its current title in 2017 when it converted to open access. The journal is devoted to publishing research, reviews, and news in theoretical, observational astronomy and astrophysics.
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History
Open Astronomy is the further continuation of publishing in the open access model Baltic Astronomy. Baltic Astronomy was published by the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy for astronomical institutions of the Baltic states. The journal sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Science (Lithuania). Baltic Astronomy was published quarterly (4 issues per year). The journal was preceded by the Vilnius Astronomijos Observatorijos Biuletenis (Bulletin of the Vilnius Astronomical Observatory), published from 1960–1992 by Vilnius University Astronomical Observatory, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics and Mathematics. The editor in chief of Baltic Astronomy was Vytautas Straižys since 1992.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by: