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Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India

ISSN 0304-9523 · Astronomical Society of India · http://www.astron-soc.in/bulletin/
Journal Trust Rating E · 36/100 — Not recommended — critical failures or red flags · checked 20 October 2026, 09:00 IST

Pillars

PillarPointsWeight
Identity & governance14 / 25 (3 unchecked)25
Editorial integrity16 / 2525
Technical standing0 / 20 (10 unchecked)20
Preservation & access0 / 15 (6 unchecked)15
Reach & citation6 / 15 (2 unchecked)15

Checks and sources

CheckResultDetailSource
ISSN registered (ISSN Portal)BAD 0/8no record for this ISSNportal.issn.org
ISSN key-title matchesNA 0/3not checkedportal.issn.org
Journal website live and on HTTPSOK 3/3HTTP 200 in 0.1swww.astron-soc.in
Editorial board / editor named on the siteOK 4/4editorial board page or section foundwww.astron-soc.in
ISSN displayed on the siteOK 3/3ISSN appears on the homepagewww.astron-soc.in
Contact address / email publishedOK 2/2contact foundwww.astron-soc.in
Publisher identifiedOK 2/2Astronomical Society of Indiaportal.issn.org
Peer-review policy publishedOK 7/7peer-review policy foundwww.astron-soc.in
Publication ethics / malpractice policyBAD 0/6no ethics / malpractice statementwww.astron-soc.in
Plagiarism screening statedWARN 0/3no screening statementwww.astron-soc.in
No predatory-style red flagsOK 9/9none detectedwww.astron-soc.in
Crossref member — DOIs registeredBAD 0/5journal not found in Crossref by ISSNapi.crossref.org
Crossref metadata completenessNA 0/6—
DOIs displayed as links on the siteWARN 0/2no doi.org links on the homepagewww.astron-soc.in
OAI-PMH endpoint and Google Scholar tagsWARN 0/3no OAI link seen · no citation_* tags on homepagewww.astron-soc.in
Registered DOIs resolve to a live pageNA 0/2not checked — no DOI check has been run for this journal
Articles on the site carry a registered DOINA 0/2not checked — no DOI census has been run for this journal
Preservation (Keepers Registry / archives)NA 0/6not checkedportal.issn.org
Creative Commons licence statedWARN 0/4no licence statement foundwww.astron-soc.in
APC / fee transparencyWARN 0/3no statement about feeswww.astron-soc.in
Open-access statementWARN 0/2no OA statementwww.astron-soc.in
Listed in DOAJWARN 0/6not in DOAJdoaj.org
Indexed and cited in OpenAlexOK 5/5914 works · 466 citations · h-index 7openalex.org
Citation depth (h-index ≥ 5)OK 1/2h-index 7openalex.org
Other verified index / registry listingsNA 0/2none recorded

Method

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