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Impact Factor
5.2
CiteScore
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Journal History

2015	The inaugural issue was released. Universe was published as a quarterly journal.
2016	Universe was indexed in ADS - Astrophysics Data System.
2016	Universe was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2017	Universe announced the first edition of the Travel Award.
2018	Universe adopted a monthly publication schedule.
2019	Universe was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
	Universe was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
	Universe received its first Impact Factor (2.165).
2020	Universe announced the first edition of Young Investigator Award and Best Paper Awards.
2020	Universe established the following sections: Solar System Galaxies and Clusters Compact Objects Planetary Sciences Stellar Astronomy Universe Letters Space Science
2021	Universe received the Newest Impact Factor 2.278 (2020).
2021	Universe updated and established the following section: Mathematical Physics
2022	Universe established the following section: Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics Universe received its 2021 CiteScore of 3.2 ranked Q2 in the “General Physics and Astronomy” category. Universe received its 2021 Impact Factor (2.813), ranked Q2 in the “Astronomy & Astrophysics” category and Q3 in the “Physics, Particles & Fields” category.
2023	Universe received its 2022 CiteScore of 3.6 ranked Q2 in the “General Physics and Astronomy” category. Universe received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.9), ranked Q2 in the “Astronomy & Astrophysics” category and Q2 in the “Physics, Particles & Fields” category.
2024	-Universe Letters was discontinued. -Mathematical Physics was discontinued. -Solar System was merged with Stellar Astronomy to create a new section Solar and Stellar Physics.
2025	The year 2025 marks the 10th Anniversary of Universe.

Editors-in-Chief

2015–present

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Iorio

Section Editor-in-Chief

2020–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maria Vasileiou for the Section on High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics
2020–2021	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Astrid Eichhorn for the Section on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Gravity
2020–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. James A. Isenberg for the Section on Gravitation
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Ezio Caroli for the Section on Space Science
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonino Del Popolo for the Section on Cosmology
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerald B. Cleaver for the Section on Field Theory
2021–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicolas Chamel for the Section on Compact Objects
2023–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Máté Csanád for the Section on High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics
2024–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peng-Fei Chen for the Section on Solar and Stellar Physics

Universe - ISSN 2218-1997