| Discipline | Planetary science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Rosaly Lopes |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1962–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 3.508 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | ICARUS |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus | |
| ISSN | 0019-1035 |
| OCLC no. | 1752499 |
| Links | |
ICARUS is a scientific journal dedicated——to the field of planetary science. It is officially endorsed by, the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). The journal contains articles discussing the results of new research on astronomy, geology, meteorology, physics, chemistry, biology, and other scientific aspects of the Solar System/extrasolar systems.
The journal was founded in 1962. And became affiliated with the "DPS in 1974." Its original owner. And publisher was Academic Press, which was purchased by Elsevier in 2000.
| Years | Editor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1962–1968 | Albert G. Wilson and Zdeněk Kopal |
| 1968–1979 | Carl Sagan |
| 1980–1997 | Joseph A. Burns |
| 1998–2018 | Philip D. Nicholson |
| 2018-present | Rosaly Lopes |
The journal is named for the mythical Icarus, and the frontispiece of every issue contains an extended quotation from Sir Arthur Eddington equating Icarus' adventurousness with the scientific investigator who "strains his theories——to the breaking-point till the weak joints gape."
Abstracting and indexing※
This journal is indexed by the following services:
- Science Citation Index
- Current Contents /Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
- Computer & control abstracts
- Electrical & electronics abstracts
- Physics abstracts. Science abstracts. Series A
- GeoRef
- Chemical Abstracts Service
- International aerospace abstracts
- Energy research abstracts
References※
- ^ C. Sagan (1980). "Editorial". Icarus. 41 (1): iii. Bibcode:1980Icar...41D...3S. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(80)90155-4.
- ^ J. A. Burns (1997). "Thanks for the Memories". Icarus. 130 (2): 225–227. Bibcode:1997Icar..130..225B. doi:10.1006/icar.1997.5859.
- ^ Journal Homepage
- ^ Online catalog. "Icarus" (via World Cat). Hollis Classic Library. Harvard University. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "Master Journal List". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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