Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

Interim 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 "AIROPA III: testing simulated and on-sky data" by Paolo Turri et al. in Vol. 8, Issue 3.

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ISSN: 2329-4124
E-ISSN: 2329-4221
CiteScore ^TM 2019: 4.6
Impact Factor^*: 1.436
5-Year Impact Factor ^*: 2.279
h5-index: 24
^{*Source: Journal Impact Factor^TM, from Clarivate, 2021}

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