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Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India

ISSN 0304-9523 · Astronomical Society of India · IN
JTR E · 36/100 — Not recommended — critical failures or red flags · checked 20 Oct 2026 · methodology 2026.10
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Five pillars

Identity & governance
14 / 25 · 3 unchecked
56%
Editorial integrity
16 / 25
64%
Technical standing
0 / 20 · 10 unchecked
0%
Preservation & access
0 / 15 · 6 unchecked
0%
Reach & citation
6 / 15 · 2 unchecked
40%

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Identity & governance

ISSN registered (ISSN Portal) 0/8
no record for this ISSN · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the ISSN Portal record (portal.issn.org, HTTP 200, SHA-256 2251f8314ade63d9ab46090df7294093ef8f33eb9be198b421009520642dfed0) — looked for the ISSN 0304-9523 — not found
ISSN key-title matches 0/3
not checked · source ↗
Journal website live and on HTTPS 3/3
HTTP 200 in 0.1s · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — “title: BASI :: Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India”
Editorial board / editor named on the site 4/4
editorial board page or section found · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — “… will be refereed, and its publication will be overseen by the Editorial Board of BASI. We welcome proposals from organisers of astronomical meetings or editors of the proceedings. Enquiries and…”
ISSN displayed on the site 3/3
ISSN appears on the homepage · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — “… for earlier years by clicking < < here. >> BASI Print ISSN: 0304-9523 BASI Online ISSN: 2249-9601 Astronomical Society of India Conference Series (ASICS) In order to make recent results…”
Contact address / email published 2/2
contact found · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — “… related to the publication of papers should be addressed to basi@iiap.res.in The impact factor of BASI for 2011 based on citations listed in SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) for research…”
Publisher identified 2/2
Astronomical Society of India · source ↗

Editorial integrity

Peer-review policy published 7/7
peer-review policy found · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — “… Conference Series. All papers in the Conference Series will be refereed, and its publication will be overseen by the Editorial Board of BASI. We welcome proposals from organisers of astronomical…”
Publication ethics / malpractice policy 0/6
no ethics / malpractice statement · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — looked for "publication ethics", "malpractice", "cope", "ethics" — not found
Plagiarism screening stated 0/3
no screening statement · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — looked for "plagiarism", "similarity", "turnitin", "ithenticate" — not found
No predatory-style red flags 9/9
none detected · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — looked for impact-factor badges (SJIF, IIFS, Global Impact Factor, ISRA, Cosmos), "ISI indexed", speed promises ("publish within", "48 hours" …) or a self-declared impact factor — not found

Technical standing

Crossref member — DOIs registered 0/5
journal not found in Crossref by ISSN · source ↗
Crossref metadata completeness 0/6
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DOIs displayed as links on the site 0/2
no doi.org links on the homepage · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — looked for "doi.org/" — not found
OAI-PMH endpoint and Google Scholar tags 0/3
no OAI link seen · no citation_* tags on homepage · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — looked for "/oai" (an OAI-PMH link) and "citation_" (Google Scholar tags) — not found
Registered DOIs resolve to a live page 0/2
not checked — no DOI check has been run for this journal
Articles on the site carry a registered DOI 0/2
not checked — no DOI census has been run for this journal

Preservation & access

Preservation (Keepers Registry / archives) 0/6
not checked · source ↗
Creative Commons licence stated 0/4
no licence statement found · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — looked for a creativecommons.org/licenses link, "CC BY" or "Creative Commons" — not found
APC / fee transparency 0/3
no statement about fees · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — looked for "article processing charge", "apc", "publication fee", "no fee", "free of charge", "no charges", "no apc" — not found
Open-access statement 0/2
no OA statement · source ↗
What we read on 20 Oct 2026, 09:00 IST: the journal's homepage (www.astron-soc.in, HTTP 200, SHA-256 164638e6ba37ac6bdd3562fe6f0ce6792a6e8e556c084ad94f401a95fcb5d6a9) — looked for "open access" — not found

Reach & citation

Listed in DOAJ 0/6
not in DOAJ · source ↗
Indexed and cited in OpenAlex 5/5
914 works · 466 citations · h-index 7 · source ↗
Citation depth (h-index ≥ 5) 1/2
h-index 7 · source ↗
Other verified index / registry listings 0/2
none recorded

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