Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) publishes peer-reviewed papers reporting on original research in the development, testing, and application of telescopes, instrumentation, techniques, and systems for ground- and space-based astronomy.

Topics include: - X-ray, gamma-ray, and gravitational-wave space telescopes and instrumentation - Ultraviolet, visible, and infrared space telescopes and instrumentation - Far-infrared, submillimeter, millimeter, and radio telescopes and instrumentation - Design of space observatories including space environments, orbit design, deployments, and communications - Telescope, instrumentation, and analysis techniques for high-contrast imaging of exoplanets - Ground-based telescopes and instrumentation - Pointing and control systems, including design, algorithms, and attitude control - Alignment, integration, and testing of telescopes and supporting instrumentation - Design of ground-based observatory enclosures and site testing - Adaptive optics and interferometry for optical/infrared astronomy - Very long baseline interferometry for radio telescopes - Detector systems for astronomical instrumentation - System engineering for large observatories - Imaging camera and spectrograph design - Integrated modeling of telescopes and instrumentation - Optical design and manufacturing techniques - Innovative technologies and materials - Data analysis techniques, data mining, and statistics - Observatory operations and science observation scheduling.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.726

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	37

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7728

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1041

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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, Engineering, Materials Science 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.

• Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

  Citation: 3159

  Authors: George R., Joshua N., Roland, David W., Gáspár Á., Jacob L., Zachory K., Timothy M., Lars, Nathaniel R., R. Paul, William J., David, Jørgen, Mark, Drake, John, Nathan, Courtney, Edward W., Michael, Francois, Jian, Thomas, Matthew J., Andrew W., Shigeru, Jon M., Garrett, John Asher, Lisa, Nobuyuki, Hans, Gregory, Alan M., Douglas, Jack J., Phillip, Geoffrey, Peter R., Timothy D., Norio, Martin, Enric, Francesco, Joshua, Andreas, Stephen A., Dimitar, Bun’ei, Sara, Alessandro, Keivan G., Peter, Andrew, Guillermo, Stephane, Joel

• Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer: prelaunch

  Citation: 252

  Authors: Martin C., Paolo, Luca, Brian D., Stephen L., Roger W., Giorgio, William D., Wayne H., Ronaldo, Enrico, Jeffery J., Luca, Herman L., Fabio, Stephen D., Allyn, Niccolo, Michal, Frederic, Alan, Juri, Pat, Roberto, William, Alessandro, Sergio, Massimo, Fabio, Michele, John, Carmelo, Alessio, Fei, Cheryl, D. Zachery, Fabrizio, Jason, Angelo, Spencer, Primo, Mattia, Matteo, Randy M., Jeff, Alessandro, Raffaella, Christopher, Fabio, Shawn, Daniele, H. Kyle, Ciro, Claudia, Rita, Simone, Marco, Luca, Elisabetta, Marco, Mauro, Saverio, Fabio, Elisa, Laura, Ettore, Kurtis L., Niccolo’, Giuseppe Di, David, Immacolata, Yuri, Kevin, Riccardo, MacKenzie, Joseph, Brent, Michelle, Benjamin, Shuichi, Eli, Michael, Grant, Samantha, Erik, Kiranmayee, Carlo, Shelley Le, Pasqualino, Paolo, Leonardo, Tyler, Guido, Simone, Alberto, Elio, Marco, Alessandra, Francesco, David, Jeffrey, Michael, Rondal, Paolo, Scott, Ikuyuki, Alfredo, Federico, Hikmat, Barbara, Michela, Toan, Isaac, Alessio, Mitch, Chiara, Leonardo, Darren, Richard, Alessandro, Will, Steven D., Christina, Raffaele, Matteo, Melissa, Colin, Maura, Alessandro, Simonetta, Jaganathan, Ajay, Lee, Noah, Alda, Stephanie, Javier, Paolo, Francesco, Emanuele, Andrea, Christopher, Tim, Kalie, Gloria, Chet O., Toru, Marcello, Antonino, Nicholas E., Robert, Marco, Amy L., Bruce, Jeffrey, David, Davide, Francesco

• Lynx X-Ray Observatory: an overview

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Jessica A., Douglas A.

• Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Tadayuki, Motohide, Kazuhisa, Richard L., Takaya, Felix, Hiroki, Fumie, Steven W., Naohisa, Lorella, Keith, Makoto, Marc, Hisamitsu, Magnus, Philipp, Chris, Aya, Nobutaka, Marshall W., Thomas, Roger, Kevin, Laura W., Gregory V., Esra, Edward M., Edgar, Maria

• Architecture for in-space robotic assembly of a modular space telescope

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Nicolas, Paul, Joel, Sergio, Christine, Kristina, Brett, Junggon, Rudranarayan, Carl, Yen-Hung

• First light results from the High Efficiency and Resolution Multi-Element Spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian Telescope

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Andrew, Borja, Martin, Carlos, Sam, Michael, Joss, Jurek, Russell, Daniela, Scott, Andrew, Vladimir, Couch, Robert, Gayandhi, Valentina, Ly, Tony, Kristin, Kenneth, Frost, Luke, Michael, Doug, Andrew, Ron, Jeroen, Michael, Damien, Prajwal, Stefan, Urs, Yuriy, Janez, Jon, Steve, Slavko, Sarah, Darren, Don, Stan, Rolf, Naveen, Robert, Ed, David, Katharine, Sanjib, Keith, Jeffrey, Scott, Greg, Darren, Nicholas, Minh, Lewis, Elizabeth Wylie, Pascal, Jessica, Ross, Daniel, Tomaz

• Numerical modeling of the proposed WFIRST-AFTA coronagraphs and their predicted performances

  Citation: 78

  Authors: John, Bijan, Bertrand

• Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer: a dedicated single-mode fiber injection unit for high-resolution exoplanet spectroscopy

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Jacques-Robert, Nemanja, Daniel, Dimitri, J., Randall D., Sylvain, Peter, Sam, Scott, Edward, Greg, Jason J., Evan C., Jean-Baptiste, Emily C., Michael P., Garreth, Tobias, Nick, Benjamin, Eric, Kenneth, Christopher, Ji M., Ronald A., Charlotte Z., Jacklyn, Jorge L., Mark, Andrew J.

• ExoEarth yield landscape for future direct imaging space telescopes

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Christopher C.

• Hybrid Lyot coronagraph for WFIRST-AFTA: coronagraph design and performance metrics

  Citation: 64

  Authors: John, Dwight, John, Brian

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