Journal profile · Engineering, Aerospace
AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL
ISSN 0001-9240 · eISSN 2059-6464 · Cambridge University Press · ENGLAND · Monthly
AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.74; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; median 131 days to acceptance (71 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 168 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, together about 31% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Aeronautical Journal has, for over a century, been the UK's leading scientific and technical aeronautics Journal and is the world's oldest aerospace journal that remains in production. Published monthly, The Aeronautical Journal draws upon the expertise and resources of The Royal Aeronautical Society providing a world-wide forum for authors from the UK and overseas.Research papers are solicited on all aspects of research, design and development, construction and operation of aircraft and space vehicles. Papers are also welcomed which review, comprehensively, the results of recent research developments in any of the above topics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Aerospace
Editor-in-chief Holger BabinskyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United Kingdom 25, United States 8, Australia 3, Mainland China 1, Italy 1 (42 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering11%
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering7.9%
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsEngineering7.2%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.9%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences5.8%
- Aerospace and Aviation TechnologyEngineering5.4%
- Advanced Aircraft Design and TechnologiesEnvironmental Science5.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 30Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,102OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 163LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,157 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 117 | 50 | 28 |
| 2025 | 168 | 57 | 337 |
| 2024 | 137 | 69 | 529 |
| 2023 | 127 | 58 | 742 |
| 2022 | 101 | 40 | 878 |
| 2021 | 129 | 55 | 1,145 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 77 days – 204 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (59 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 71 articles with submission and acceptance dates (249 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3
- research articleArticle types for The Aeronautical Journal are: Research Article*Survey Paper*Length not stated
- surveyArticle types for The Aeronautical Journal are: Research Article*Survey Paper*Length not stated
- survey paperArticle types for The Aeronautical Journal are: Research Article* Survey Paper*Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access articles
Most Downloaded Articles FirstView articles All issues Most cited Collections Book reviews
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Single-blind peer review model Model summary
This journal uses a single-blind peer review model. This means that the identity of the authors is known to the peer reviewers, but the identity of the peer reviewers is not known to the authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0001-9240
- Electronic ISSN
- 2059-6464
- Society / sponsor
- Royal Aeronautical Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL
What CAS zone is AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Aerospace. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.74; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 69.
How long does peer review take at AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL?
Based on the dates recorded on 71 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 77–204 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL based?
Of the 42 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (25), United States (8) and Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL open access, and what is the APC?
AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .