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The first issue of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society was published on the 9th of February 1827, under the title Monthly Notices of the Astronomical Society of London. It has been in continuous publication ever since, making it one of the longest-running astronomy journals in existence.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society is published by Oxford University Press in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society. OUP has handled publication since 2013; the RAS retains editorial control through a board of professional astronomers.
In 2022, MNRAS published 3,441 articles, more than any other astronomy journal. The journal appears as thirty-six issues per year, divided into nine volumes.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society became a gold open access journal in January 2024. All articles are free to read online upon publication under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.
The article processing charge for a standard paper in MNRAS is 2,310 pounds; a letter costs 1,100 pounds. Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society receive a twenty-percent discount, and authors from developing countries are entitled to a full waiver.
Papers published in MNRAS can be of any length, while letters are limited to five pages and are published more quickly. Letters originally appeared on pink paper in the print edition before moving online in the early 2000s.