On December 8, 2025, Space: Science & Technology was officially indexed in the Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). All articles published since 2021 will be progressively included into the SCIE database.
The editorial team would love to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the hosts of the journal: Beijing Institute of Technology and the China Academy of Space Technology, as well as to Editor-in-Chief Prof. YE Peijian, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the entire Editorial Board, all authors and reviewers for their invaluable contributions. We also sincerely thank all experts, scholars, and colleagues who have cared for and supported Space: Science & Technology.
Space: Science & Technology will continue to stand side by side with all the editors, authors, and readers, focusing on the frontiers of aerospace, noting advances in deep-space exploration, and striving unremittingly to promote innovation and breakthroughs in space science and technology.
The rapid growth of BIT's international journal reflects the university's academic foundation and research innovation capacity. BIT will continue to advance the construction and development of its international journal portfolio, further strengthening disciplinary support and contributing to the cultivation of world-class innovative talents.
Journal Introduction
Space: Science & Technology is a high-level, comprehensive international English-language scientific journal co-founded by Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)|Science. It is also the first partner journal from AAAS focusing on aerospace research since the founding of Science.
The Editor-in-Chief is Prof. YE Peijian, recipient of the national honorary title "People's Scientist," member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Executive Editor-in-Chief is Prof. DENG Yulin, Chair of the Life Sciences Division at the International Academy of Astronautics and professor from BIT.
The journal aims to spotlight the latest directions and trends in global aerospace development, present new theories, new applications, and new findings emerging from cutting-edge research and exploration, and promote rapid interdisciplinary integration and technological breakthroughs in the aerospace field. It seeks to provide researchers and engineering professionals with a rigorous academic exchange and information dissemination platform.
Since publishing its inaugural editorial in February 2021, the journal has been included in the China's Science and Technology Journals Excellence Action Phase II English Echelon Journal Project, the 2024 Key English Science and Technology Journals Support Project under the Beijing Excellence in Science and Technology Journals Initiative, and the 2025 Project for Supporting the Construction of High-level International Science and Technology Journals of Beijing (Journal Enhancement).
It has been indexed in SCIE (Impact Factor 6.8, announced June 2025), Ei Compendex, Scopus, INSPEC, DOAJ, CNKI, SAO/NASA-ADS, CSCD, and listed among the China Scientific and Technical Core Journals. According to the CAS, Space: Science & Technology is classified as a TOP journal in the broad field of Physics and Astrophysics (Q1), and also placed in Q1 for both Astronomy & Astrophysics, Engineering: Aerospace.
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