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Aims & Scope
Astrobiology is the most-cited peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the understanding of life's origin, evolution, and distribution in the universe, with a focus on new findings and discoveries from interplanetary exploration and laboratory research.
Astrobiology coverage includes:
- Astrophysics
- Astropaleontology
- Astroplanets
- 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, Chief Scientific Officer, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and other leading investigators. View the entire editorial board.
Audience: Microbiologists, chemists, geologists, life scientists, astronomers and astrophysicists, paleontologists, planetary scientists, among others.
Indexing/Abstracting:
- PubMed/MEDLINE
- PubMed Central
- Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded™ (SCIE)
- Scopus
- Current Contents®/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
- Current Contents®/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS Citation Index™
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- EMBASE/Excerpta Medica
- EMBiology
- Geobase
- Compendex
- ProQuest databases
- GeoRef
- Astrophysics Data System
- SafetyLit
- BenchSci