New submission system: The journal is currently moving to a new manuscript submission system. If your manuscript was submitted prior to 23 November 2011 you can continue to monitor its progress through OSPREY. All new manuscripts should be submitted via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
- Licence to publish
- Open access
- Page charges
- Scope
- Manuscript categories
- Address for submissions
- Manuscript preparation
Licence to publish
For details regarding copyright, please see Copyright/Licence to Publish.
Open access
Authors may choose to publish their paper Open Access on payment of a publication fee. See Open Access for more details. PASA´s Editorial Board approve a certain number of papers from ASA members to be published Open Access without a fee to the author.
Page charges
There are no page charges for publishing in PASA.
Scope
PASA is an ISI-listed, fully-refereed journal for new and significant research in astronomy and astrophysics. With a strongly international author base, PASA covers a wide range of fields within astronomy. These include multi-wavelength observation, theoretical modelling, data processing and, particularly, southern hemisphere astronomy and astronomy with Australian instruments.
PASA publishes research papers, review papers and refereed conference proceedings, making use of expert reviewers from a wide range of countries. As an electronic journal, PASA publishes paper by paper, ensuring a rapid publication rate. All papers are archived at the NASA ADS archive.
Authors, editors, and reviewers are expected to confirm to the ASA Code of Ethics. In summary:
PASA is published by CSIRO PUBLISHING on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA).
Manuscript categories
Research Papers contain original and significant research, or a description of a new technique or instrument. Submission of a paper implies that it has not been published before in essentially the same form, that it has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, and that all authors and the institutions where the work was carried out agree to its publication.
Review Papers give a general overview of a subject of current interest in astronomy and astrophysics. The introduction should arouse the reader´s interest, describing the background, significance, and development of the field, and should be able to be understood by a broad audience.
PASA welcomes submission of short (up to five pages in length) Historical and Biographical Papers on subjects of relevance to Australian Astronomy.
Address for submissions
To submit your paper, please use our online journal management system ScholarOne Manuscripts, which can be reached directly through this link or from the link on the journal´s homepage. If a first-time user, register via the ´Register here´ link, or use your existing username and password to log in. Then click on the ´Author Centre´ link and proceed.
A covering letter must accompany the submission and should include the name, address, fax and telephone numbers, and email address of the corresponding author.
For general enquiries please contact:
Publisher Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
CSIRO PUBLISHING
PO Box 1139 (150 Oxford Street)
Collingwood, Vic. 3066
Australia
Email publishing.pasa@csiro.au
Manuscript preparation
PASA style and layout requirements are laid out in the PASA Style Guide. When preparing your manuscript, please pay careful attention to the instructions in this guide. Adherence to the correct PASA style will hasten your manuscript´s progress through refereeing and production. A PASA LaTeX template is also available to assist in the layout of your manuscript. The template file also contains instructions for using LaTeX commands to include citations, figures and tables.
