The Official Journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), an interdisciplinary scientific committee of the International Science Council (ISC).

The COSPAR publication Advances in Space Research (ASR) is an open journal covering all areas of space research including: space studies of the Earth's surface, meteorology, climate, the Earth-Moon system, planets and small bodies of the solar system, upper atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres of the Earth and planets including reference atmospheres, space plasmas in the solar system, astrophysics from space, materials sciences in space, fundamental physics in space, space debris, space weather, Earth observations of space phenomena, etc.

NB: Please note that manuscripts related to life sciences as related to space are no more accepted for submission to Advances in Space Research. Such manuscripts should now be submitted to the new COSPAR Journal Life Sciences in Space Research (LSSR).

All submissions are reviewed by two scientists in the field. COSPAR is an interdisciplinary scientific organization concerned with the progress of space research on an international scale. Operating under the rules of ICSU, COSPAR ignores political considerations and considers all questions solely from the scientific viewpoint.

Editor-in-Chief
Pascal Willis
Direction Technique, Institut National de l’Information Géographique et Forestière (IGN), BP 68, 94160, Saint-Mandé, France, Fax: +33 1 43 98 81 71 Phone +33 1 43 98 83 24Email Pascal Willis Satellite geodesy, Orbit determination and tracking systems, DORIS, GNSS
Co-Editor for Special Issues
Peggy Ann Shea
Air Force Research Laboratory, Massachusetts, USA Email Peggy Ann Shea Cosmic radiation, Geomagnetic cutoff rigidities, Solar proton events, Solar-terrestrial physics, Space weather effects
Co-Editors
Jan Lastovicka
Inst. of Atmospheric Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Bocni II, 141 31, Prague 4, Czech Republic Email Jan Lastovicka Ionosphere, Middle and upper atmosphere, Solar-terrestrial relations
Biswajit Paul
Sadahivanagar, Raman Research Inst, C.V. Raman Avenue, 560-080, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Email Biswajit Paul High energy astrophysics, Compact stars, X-ray binaries, X-ray polarisation measurement
Astrophysics
Stellar, galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, extra-solar planetary systems, cosmology, particle astrophysics, astrophysical phenomena, neutrino astrophysics, astronomical space missions and instrumentation. The Sun as a star is included.
Biman Nath
Raman Research Inst, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Intergalactic and intra-cluster medium, Galactic outflows, Cosmology
Biswajit Paul
Raman Research Inst, Bangalore, Karnataka, India High energy astrophysics, Compact stars, X-ray binaries, X-ray polarisation measurement
Solar System Bodies
Planetary bodies, i.e. telluric planets, giant planets and dwarf planets); moons (i.e. natural satellites); planetary atmospheres, magnetospheres and ionospheres; trans-neptunian objects; small bodies (i.e. comets, interplanetary dust and meteoroids)
Anil Bhardwaj
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India Planetary atmospheres, Ionospheres, Magnetospheres, Solar wind-planet interactions, Aurora, Airglow, Multi-wavelength observations of planetary bodiesErnesto Palomba
INAF-Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Milano, Italy Asteroids, Comets, Space Missions and instrumentations, Vis-IR Spectroscopy, Sample return, Meteorites
Earth Sciences
Remote sensing of Earth atmosphere, ocean and land (incl. Earth observation missions and instrumentation), scientific applications to Earth studies, incl. meteorology, geophysical hazards etc., also physical, chemical and biological interactions.
Jadunandan Dash
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Remote sensing of vegetation biophysical variables, Land surface phenology, Productivity modelling, Impact of climate on terrestrial ecosystem, Algorithm development, Cal/Val
Rick Eckman
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, District of Columbia, USA Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Atmospheric impacts of solar radiation
Zhenhong Li
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK Imaging geodesy, SAR/InSAR, GNSS, Tropospheric water vapour, Earthquakes, Landslides, Precision agriculture
Paul Poli
Météo-France, Brest, France Atmospheric sounding, Data assimilation, Numerical weather prediction, Climate reanalysis
Stefano Vignudelli
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pisa, Italy Satellite oceanography, Radar altimetry, Coastal zone, Sea level, Ocean currents
Earth Magnetosphere and Upper Atmosphere
Upper atmosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, radiation belts, geomagnetic phenomena, Earth's magnetic field.
Maksim Klimenko
Russian Academy of Sciences, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation Thermosphere-ionosphere-plasmasphere system, Numerical model, Ionospheric electric field and currents, Geomagnetic storm effects, Atmosphere-ionosphere coupling, Radiowave propagation
Gurbax Singh Lakhina
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Bombay, India Solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, Magnetic storms and substorms, Space weather, Boundary layer waves, Wave-particle interactions.
Jan Lastovicka
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 4, Czech Republic Ionosphere, Middle and upper atmosphere, Solar-terrestrial relations
Giovanni Occhipinti
Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), Paris Cedex 13, France Ionospheric seismology, ionospheric tomography, tsunamis, earthquakes, numerical modeling
Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Solar activity, solar emissions, (photons, particles and plasma), solar cycle, cosmic ray modulation, and processes in the interplanetary medium.
Stefan E.S. Ferreira
North-West University, South Africa Heliosphere, Cosmic Rays, Solar wind, Termination shock, Heliospheric Magnetic Field, Space Weather, Solar Cycle, Modulation, Solar Turbulence, MHD
Alexander Kosovichev
Big Bear Solar Observatory, Big Bear City, California, USA Solar and plasma physics, Observations, theory and numerical simulations, Helioseismology
Peggy Ann Shea
Air Force Research Laboratory, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Cosmic radiation, Geomagnetic cutoff rigidities, Solar proton events, Solar-terrestrial physics, Space weather effects
Astrodynamics and Space Debris
Satellite dynamics, space dynamics, space debris.
Moriba Jah
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA Space traffic and debris modeling, Space object identification and characterization, Orbit determination and prediction, Multi-sensor/source information fusion, Non-gravitational astrodynamics, Spacecraft navigation, Space surveillance and tracking, Space situational awareness
Thomas Schildknecht
Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland Space debris, Optical survey, tracking, and characterization, Orbit determination, Astrometry, Optical sensors and detectors, Astronomy
Francesco Topputo
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Three- and n-body problems, Lagrange points dynamics, Optimal control theory, Trajectory optimization, Numerical methods for astrodynamics
Pascal Willis
Institut Geographique National, Saint-Mande, France Satellite geodesy, orbit determination and tracking systems, DORIS, GNSS
Fundamental Physics in Space and Microgravity Sciences
Gravitational physics, microgravity fluids, material and combustion sciences.
Claus Laemmerzahl
Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany Gravitational physics, Quantum physics, Electrodynamics, Astronomy
Sudip Sengupta
Institute For Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India
Space Technology, Policy and Education
Space technology and engineering, space policy, space education and capacity building.
Alberto Tobias
ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Systems engineering and technology
Renuganth Varatharajoo
University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia Spacecraft systems, Spacecraft guidance and control