Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

Editor-in-Chief: Megan Eckart, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, USA

The Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) covers development, testing, and application of telescopes, instrumentation, techniques, and systems for ground- and space-based astronomy.

On the cover: the figure is from "SHINS: the SHARK-NIR instrument control software" by Davide Ricci et al. in Vol. 11, Issue 2.

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Featured Content

Special Section on the XRISM X-Ray Observatory

Guest Editors: Catherine Grant, Felix Jaeckel, Kelsey Morgan, Masanobu Ozaki, and François Pajot

Special Section on the PRIMA Probe-Class Mission Concept

Guest Editors: Naseem Rangwala and Matt Griffin

Special Section on the Roman Coronagraph Instrument

Guest Editors: Olivier Guyon
and Motohide Tamura

Special Section on Image Sensors for Precision Astronomy

Guest Editors: Pierre Astier, Juan Estrada, Erika Hamden, Shouleh Nikzad,
and Roger Smith

Special Section on the Arcus Probe-Class Mission Concept

Guest Editors: Randall Smith, Casey DeRoo, and Sarah Trowbridge Heine

Special Section on Ultraviolet Science & Instrumentation: On the Way to Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond

Guest Editors: Shouleh Nikzad, Anahita Alavi, David Ardila, Brad Cenko, Erika Hamden

Journal Metrics:
ISSN: 2329-4124
E-ISSN: 2329-4221
CiteScore TM 2024: 5.3
Impact Factor*: 3.1

*Source: Carivate Analytics, Journal Citation Reports (2025)

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