Icarus

Aims & Scope

Icarus is devoted to the publication of original contributions in the field of Solar System studies.

Manuscripts reporting the results of new research - observational, experimental, or theoretical - concerning the astronomy, geology, meteorology, physics, chemistry, biology, and other scientific aspects of our Solar System or extrasolar systems are welcome.

The journal generally does not publish papers devoted exclusively to the Sun, the Earth, celestial mechanics, meteoritics, or astrophysics.

Icarus does not publish papers that provide "improved" versions of Bode's law, or other numerical relations, without a sound physical basis.

Icarus does not publish meeting announcements or general notices.

Reviews, historical papers, and manuscripts describing spacecraft instrumentation may be considered, but only with prior approval of the editor.

An entire issue of the journal is occasionally devoted to a single subject, usually arising from a conference on the same topic.

The language of publication is English.

American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3
2024	2.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.059

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	177

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4407

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3458

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Formation of the Giant Planets by Concurrent Accretion of Solids and Gas

  Citation: 2456

  Authors: James B., Olenka, Peter, Jack J., Morris, Yuval

• Habitable Zones around Main Sequence Stars

  Citation: 1907

  Authors: James F., Daniel P., Ray T.

• Radiation forces on small particles in the solar system

  Citation: 1177

  Authors: Joseph A., Philippe L., Steven

• The chaotic motion of the solar system: A numerical estimate of the size of the chaotic zones

  Citation: 877

  Authors: J.

• Collisional balance of the meteoritic complex

  Citation: 871

  Authors: E., H.A., H., R.H.

• Q in the solar system

  Citation: 852

  Authors: Peter, Steven

• Protoplanet Migration by Nebula Tides

  Citation: 830

  Authors: William R.

• The Ensemble Properties of Comets: Results from Narrowband Photometry of 85 Comets, 1976-1992

  Citation: 826

  Authors: Michael F., Robert C., David G., David J., Peter V.

• Phase II of the Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey A Feature-Based Taxonomy

  Citation: 805

  Authors: S

• Long term evolution and chaotic diffusion of the insolation quantities of Mars

  Citation: 798

  Authors: J., A.C.M., M., F., B., P.

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