title: Universe (journal)
text: # Universe (journal)
  
  Universe is a monthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by MDPI covering several aspects of physics and astronomy and astrophysics. It was established in 2015. The editor-in-chief is Lorenzo Iorio since its inception.
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 2.9.
  
  ## Young investigator award
  
  Since 2020, the journal confers the Universe Young Investigator Award to a young researcher in recognition of their excellence in fields related to fundamental principles and discovered in the universe. The first awardee (2020) was Lavinia Heisenberg (ETH Zürich, Switzerland).
  
  