Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Space and Planetary Science
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
ISSN 1745-3925 · eISSN 1745-3933 · Oxford University Press
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters: subscription journal; APC about USD 1,451; 117 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters is published by Oxford University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, together about 51.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Astronomy and Astrophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters has now closed, and new Letters will instead be published as a distinct article type within Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Bringing Letters into MNRAS corrects a historical irregularity in that, despite sharing a submission site and in many other respects being one journal, MNRASL had a separate ISSN and Letters were published on this separate website, with a different DOI path. All archive content will remain available on this site. If you wish to submit a Letter, please read the MNRAS Author Guidelines and visit MNRAS. Journal metrics Citation metrics Scopus 2025 CiteScore 8.8 Space And Planetary Science (Rank by CiteScore) 17/105 Astronomy And Astrophysics (Rank by CiteScore) 16/97 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.922 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 323,214 About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, Royal Astronomical Society, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, Royal Astronomical Society, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Space and Planetary Science
Editor-in-chief D.R. FlowerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesPhysics and Astronomy19%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaPhysics and Astronomy18.6%
- Astrophysical Phenomena and ObservationsPhysics and Astronomy13.7%
- Astrophysics and Star Formation StudiesPhysics and Astronomy10.8%
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovaePhysics and Astronomy6.6%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic PhenomenaPhysics and Astronomy6.5%
- Cosmology and Gravitation TheoriesPhysics and Astronomy4.9%
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchPhysics and Astronomy4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space and Planetary Science | Q1 | 17/105 | 84th |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Q1 | 16/97 | 84th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 145OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,868OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.73OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 323,214Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,865 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 6,751 |
| 2025 | 117 | 117 | 11,406 |
| 2024 | 107 | 107 | 11,146 |
| 2023 | 209 | 204 | 10,472 |
| 2022 | 173 | 164 | 10,276 |
| 2021 | 135 | 129 | 11,119 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,100 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 1745-3925
- Electronic ISSN
- 1745-3933
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Where are the editorial board members of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters is indexed in Scopus.
Is Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters is a subscription journal. APC about USD 1,451.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .