• Broad range of topics: published work covers topics across all areas of astronomy and astrophysics, including observations, theory, instrumentation and software
• Top-tier international journal: PASA’s impact factor (4.5 in 2023) places it in the top quartile of international astronomy and astrophysics journals
• No page charges
• Rapid publication: your article will be published online as soon as it is accepted. The average time to first decision was 55 days in 2023
• PASA Datastore allows authors to permanently archive datasets (of any type) associated with papers published in PASA. Each dataset gets a unique doi, making this particularly valuable for supplement-style papers that describe code, catalogs or other large datasets
• White papers are considered for publication, in recognition of their potential long-term scientific impact
• Several high-profile articles are made freely available each year, at the discretion of the Editorial Board - meaning they are accessible by all readers without the need for a subscription to PASA
• Collections of topical articles increase the visibility of published research. Newly published articles are added to a relevant Collection on acceptance
• Single and Double-anonymous review options are available to authors
• Authors retain copyright of their work
• State-of-the-art online hosting including forward reference linking and an inbuilt, easily-navigable HTML article viewing window with media enhancements to text-based content
• Responsive web page design: all pages scale and adjust according to the screen size and resolution of the device on which the reader is viewing the site
• Cambridge-designed journal display templates providing polished paper presentation and meta-data quality checks to improve article discoverability
• High quality copy-editing
• Worldwide audience and visibility: Indexed by a number of services, a full list available here, allowing for better discoverability of articles

Open Access

All articles in this journal are now published Gold Open Access, an important way to make research findings freely available for anyone to access and view. Open access serves authors and the wider community by publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed OA content. For more information about publishing Gold OA in this journal, see our Open Access options.

Cambridge University Press has made a number of Transformative Agreements (Read and Publish) to support Open Access publishing for publicly financed research articles. Authors publishing in PASA may have their Article Processing Charges (APCs) covered under one of these deals. To find out if you are eligible please see our Transformative Agreements page for more information. 

For an overview on Open Access (OA) see the Cambridge University Press OA pages.