Icarus (journal)
OCLC no. | 1752499 |
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ICARUS is a
extrasolar systems
.
The journal was founded in 1962, and became affiliated with the DPS in 1974. Its original owner and publisher was Academic Press, which was purchased by Elsevier in 2000.
Years | Editor(s) |
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1962–1968 | Albert G. Wilson and Zdeněk Kopal |
1968–1979 | Carl Sagan |
1980–1997 | Joseph A. Burns |
1998–2018 | Philip D. Nicholson |
2018-present | Rosaly Lopes |
The journal is named for the mythical
Sir Arthur Eddington equating Icarus' adventurousness with the scientific investigator who "strains his theories to the breaking-point till the weak joints gape."[3]
Abstracting and indexing
This journal is indexed by the following services:[4][5]
- Science Citation Index
- Current Contents /Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
- Computer & control abstracts
- Electrical & electronics abstracts
- Physics abstracts. Science abstracts. Series A
- GeoRef
- Chemical Abstracts Service
- International aerospace abstracts
- Energy research abstracts
References
- ^ C. Sagan (1980). "Editorial". Icarus. 41 (1): iii. .
- ^ J. A. Burns (1997). "Thanks for the Memories". Icarus. 130 (2): 225–227. .
- ^ Journal Homepage
- ^ Online catalog. "Icarus" (via World Cat). Hollis Classic Library. Harvard University. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "Master Journal List". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2012-08-12.[permanent dead link]
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