Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cover image of MNRAS in 2022
DisciplineAstronomy, astrophysics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDavid Flower
Publication details
Former name(s)
Monthly Notices of the Astronomical Society of London
History1827–present
Publisher
Frequency36/year
Gold (since 2024)
LicenseCC-BY (since 2024)
4.8 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
NLMMon Not R Astron Soc
Indexing
CODENMNRAA4
ISSN0035-8711 (print)
1365-2966 (web)
LCCNsf85001279
OCLC no.10340650
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy, astrophysics and related fields. It publishes original research in two formats: papers (of any length) and letters (limited to five pages). MNRAS publishes more articles per year than any other astronomy journal.

The learned society journal has been in continuous existence since 1827 and became online only in 2020. It operates as a partnership between the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), who select and peer-review the contents, and Oxford University Press (OUP), who publish and market the journal. Despite its name, MNRAS is no longer monthly, nor does it carry the notices of the RAS. In 2024 MNRAS became a purely gold open access journal.