About the Journal
Aims and Scope
The aim of the International Journal of Advanced Astronomy (IJAA) (ISSN: 2312-7414) is to provide fast publication of refereed, high quality original research papers in all areas of astronomy and astrophysics.
The journal publishes original papers including but not limited to the following fields:
Astrogeodynamics
Astrophysics
Cosmic Rays and Gamma Astronomy
Dynamics of Celestial Bodies in the Solar System and Artificial Bodies
Extrasolar Planets
Formation and Evolution of Galaxies and Their Clusters
Formation and Evolution of Stars
Heliospheric Physics
High-Energy and Cataclysmic Processes in Astrophysics
Interstellar Matter
Interstellar Medium: Star Formation Regions
Kinematics and Structure of the Galaxy
Large-Scale Structure of Universe Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
Last stages of Stellar Evolution and Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy
Magnetospheric Physics
Microquasars and High-Energy Astrophysics
Neutron Astronomy
New Astronomical Techniques and Methods
Planets, Comets, Asteroids and Dust
Pulsar Magnetospheres
Solar and Stellar Physics
Solar Magnetic Activity and Heliogeospace Environments
Solar/Interstellar Terrestrial Relations
Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Space Weather
Space Observation and Exploration
Supernovae and Evolution of the Universe
Peer Review Process
The following is the review process that every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes during the course of the peer-review process.
The entire review process is performed using online submission. Once a manuscript is submitted, the manuscript is assigned to an editor most appropriate to handle it based on the subject of the manuscript and the availability of the editors. First, the editor evaluates all manuscripts. It is rare but entirely feasible for an exceptional manuscript to be rejected at this stage. Those rejected at this stage either lack originality, have poor grammar, or are outside the aims and scope of the journal. Should the editor decide not to assign reviewers but instead reject the submission, they are required to provide comments that will be sent to the author.
If the editor determines that the submitted manuscript is of sufficient quality and falls within the scope of the journal, they will assign the manuscript to a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 external reviewers for peer review. The reviewers will then submit their reports on the manuscripts along with their recommendations for one of the following actions to the editor:
- Accept
- Consider after Minor Changes
- Consider after Major Changes
- Reject
When all reviewers have submitted their reports, the editor can make one of the following editorial recommendations:
- Publish
- Consider after Minor Changes
- Consider after Major Changes
- Reject
If the editor recommends “Publish,” the manuscript is accepted for publication.
If the editor recommends “Consider after Minor Changes,” the authors are notified to prepare and submit a final copy of their manuscript with the required minor changes suggested by the reviewers. Only the editor reviews the revised manuscript after minor changes have been made by the authors. Once the editor is satisfied with the final manuscript, the manuscript can be accepted.
If the editor recommends “Consider after Major Changes,” the recommendation is communicated to the authors. The authors are expected to revise their manuscripts in accordance with the changes recommended by the reviewers and to submit their revised manuscripts in a timely manner. Once the revised manuscript is submitted, the editor can then make an editorial recommendation, which can be “Publish” or “Consider after Minor Changes” or “Reject.”
If the editor recommends rejecting the manuscript, the rejection is immediate. Additionally, if two of the reviewers recommend rejecting the manuscript, the rejection is immediate.
The editors have the authority to reject any manuscript due to the inappropriateness of its subject, lack of quality, or incorrectness of its results.
The peer review process is single-blinded, which means the reviewers know who the authors of the manuscript are but the authors do not have access to the information of who the peer reviewers are.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...
Copyright
This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
Open-access authors retain the copyrights of their papers, and all open-access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that the relevant laws and regulations do not protect these names.
While the advice and information in this journal are believed to be true and accurate on the date of its going to press, neither the authors, the editors, nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.
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Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is the copying of ideas, text, data, and other creative work (e.g. tables, figures, and graphs) and presenting it as original research without proper citation. Plagiarism is a serious violation. We define plagiarism as a case in which a paper reproduces another work with at least 20% similarity and without citation.
If evidence of plagiarism is found before or after acceptance or after the publication of the paper, the author will be offered a chance to defend his/her paper. If the arguments are found to be unsatisfactory, the manuscript will be retracted and authors found to have been guilty of plagiarism will no longer have papers accepted for publication by SPC.
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