Journal of Astrobiology & Space Science Reviews

Journal of Astrobiology
ISSN 2642-228X

About the Journal

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About the Journal of Astrobiology (JOA):

For hundreds of years scientific journals were edited and published by scientists and scientific societies; and then in the 1970s conglomerates began buying up these journals and publishing thousands of "new" journals to cater to every niche; the purpose of which is not to advance science but to make money by selling a product.

JOA is an "old school" peer reviewed scientific journal, edited and owned by the Editors, and under the complete editorial control of the Editors-in-Chief. JOA is completely independent and is not associated with any other journal or website.

Unlike all other space-science and astrobiology journals, JOA does not have NASA-government agents serving as "editors" and is therefore completely free of government control.

Unlike predatory publishers, such as the multi-billion dollar Springer Nature Group that charges authors and their institutions thousands of dollars to publish their work and then bundles this material which is sold to libraries, JOA charges nothing. JOA's purpose is not to make money, but to advance science.

Editor-in-Chief (Emeritus/Retired) Carl Gibson, Professor of Astrophysics, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California, USA

Editor-in-Chief Giorgio Bianciardi, Ph.D. (Computational Astrobiology) Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Siena University, Italy

Co-Editor-in-Chief Konrad Wołowski, Ph.D. (Astrobiology, Botany, Algae) W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Co-Editor-in-Chief Rosanna del Gaudio, Ph.D. (Astrobiology) Prof. Aggregate of Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Naples, Italy

Chief Executive Editor (Geobiology, Stromatolites, PaleoMicrobiology) Stan Awamik, Ph.D. Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, California

Executive Editor (Astrochemistry) Michael N. Mautner, Ph.D. Dept. of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia

Executive Editor (Astrobiology, Microbiology, Biochemistry) Yoshitaka Yoshimura, Ph.D. Department of Life Science, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan

Executive Editor (Genetics, Statistics, Evolultion, Cosmic Zoology) David Duvall Ph.D. Dept. of Zoology (Emeritus) Oklahoma State University, OK

Executive Editor (Physics, Biological Cosmology) Walter Christensen, Dept. Physics & Astronomy, Cal Poly Pomona, California

Chief Executive Editor (Mars, Astrobiology, Paleo-Astrobiology, Optics, Statistics) Richard Armstrong Ph.D., Dept. Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

Chief Executive Editor (Extremophiles: Psychrophiles, Halophiles, Archaea; Methanotrophs) Fariha Hasan, Ph.D. Dept. Microbiology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Executive Editor (Space Medicine / Extreme Environments) Sheryl Bishop, Ph.D. Senior Biostatiscian, School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Texas

Guest Editor (Astrobiology, Astrovirology, Viruses, Cosmic Ancestry) Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D. Buckingham Astrobiology Research Centre, University of Bukingham, U.K.

Editor (Extremophiles, Biology of Meteorite) Natuschka Lee, Ph.D. Dept of Ecology, Environment and Earth Sciences, Umea University, Sweden

Executive Editor (Quantitative Geology, PaleoGeology) Ashraf Elewa, Ph.D. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt

Chief Executive Editor (Extremophiles: Lichens, Mosses, Arctic Soil Crust Communities; Ecophysiology of Stress) Claudia Colesie, Ph.D. School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Guest Editor-in-Chief (Special Editions: Astrophysics, Astronomy, Cosmology, Astrobiology) Rudolph Schild, Ph.D. Center for Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian

Published by the Journal of Astrobiology. The Journal of Astrobiology was founded in 2018. A majority of the Editors collectively "own" a majority interest in the Journal which is free, online, open access, and devoted only to the advancement of science.