title: Nature Astronomy
text: # Nature Astronomy
  
  Nature Astronomy is a peer reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio. It was first published in January 2017 (volume 1, issue 1), although the first content appeared online in December 2016. The editor-in-chief is May Chiao, who is a full-time professional editor employed by the journal. The founding editors of this journal, in addition to May Chiao, were Paul Woods, Luca Maltagliati and Marios Karouzos.
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
  
  * Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  * Science Citation Index Expanded
  * Scopus
  
  According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 15.647, ranking it 5th out of 69 journals in the category "Astronomy & Astrophysics".
  
  