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.
Indexed/Abstracted in:
MEDLINE;
PubMed Central;
Current Contents®/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences;
Current Contents®/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences;
Science Citation Index Expanded;
Biological Abstracts;
BIOSIS Previews;
Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition;
EMBASE/Excerpta Medica;
EMBiology;
Scopus;
Geobase;
Compendex;
Chemical Abstracts;
PsycINFO;
GeoRef;
Astrophysics Data System;
