Space Science Reviews

Overview

Space Science Reviews is a key international journal synthesizing various branches of space research.

Established in 1962 with an emphasis on scientific results and instruments of space science.
Covers astrophysics, physics of planetary systems, solar physics, and physics of magnetospheres and interplanetary matter.
Publishes topical collections, review articles, and special communications.

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Collection

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory – formerly GLIDE (Global Lyman-alpha Imagers of the Dynamic Exosphere) is a mission launched in September...

Collection

This collection presents results from the ISSI Workshop "Stellar Magnetism and its Impact on (Exo)Planets", held 2–6 June 2025.

Collection

This collection presents results from the ISSI Workshop "Unsolved Mysteries of the Uranian System" held 13 –17 October 2025.

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SSRv Regular Reviews & Special Communications

In addition to Topical Collections, Space Science Reviews publishes (un)solicited Review Articles and Special Communications. A list of recent publications.
Space Science Reviews welcomes Rumi Nakamura

2 April 2026 – Researcher from IWF Graz joins as new Associate Editor for space plasma physics
Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)

19 December 2025 – Topical collection in Space Science Reviews completed. Edited by C. Philippe Escoubet, Chi Wang, Colin Forsyth & James L. Burch.
Space Science Reviews and the Space Sciences Series of ISSI

Book reprints of Space Science Reviews collections available at Springer

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Electronic ISSN: 1572-9672
Print ISSN: 0038-6308
Abstracted and indexed in: Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

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