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Astronomy & Geophysics (A&G) is a bimonthly scientific periodical and trade magazine published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. It carries news, reviews, interviews, historical investigations, obituaries, and meeting reports for professional astronomers and geophysicists. It does not publish original research papers or conduct peer review.
Astronomy & Geophysics was established in 1997 as a replacement for the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, which ran from September 1960 to December 1996. A&G continues the same volume numbering from its predecessor.
The editor of Astronomy & Geophysics is Sue Bowler of the University of Leeds.
According to the 2020 Journal Citation Reports, Astronomy & Geophysics has an impact factor of 0.549.
The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society was published from September 1960 to December 1996, producing 37 volumes. In 1997 it was replaced by the glossy magazine Astronomy & Geophysics, which continues the same volume numbering.
The Royal Astronomical Society published the Quarterly Journal, with Blackwell Science producing it in its later period. The journal was replaced in 1997 by Astronomy & Geophysics, now published by Oxford University Press.