Nature Astronomyis apeer reviewedscientific journalpublished byNature Portfolio.[1][2]It was first published in January 2017 (volume 1, issue 1), although the first content appeared online in December 2016. Theeditor-in-chiefis May Chiao, who is a full-time professional editor employed by the journal.[3]The founding editors of this journal, in addition to May Chiao, were Paul Woods, Luca Maltagliati and Marios Karouzos.[3]
According to theJournal Citation Reports,the journal has a 2021impact factorof 15.647, ranking it 5th out of 69 journals in the category "Astronomy & Astrophysics".[7]
