Life Sciences in Space Research (LSSR), COSPAR’s newest journal, publishes high quality original research and state of the art review articles in areas covered by Commission F (life sciences) of COSPAR. The journal replaces the LS section of Advances in Space Research (ASR).

For more information on the journal’s contents, ordering information, etc., as well as a complete list of and access to all issues published, please visit Elsevier’s LSSR page.

Life Sciences in Space Research (LSSR) has a 2021 Impact Factor of 2.73.

More exciting news for LSSR – the journal has been accepted for SCIE, Science Citation Index Expanded. The journal is already included in MEDLINE/PubMed.

Click the ScienceDirect link for a quick look at the title of papers appearing in each volume.

Life Sciences in Space Research is published under the supervision of its Editorial Board.


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Manuscripts in the following areas are considered:

– Astrobiology

– Prebiotic chemistry and origin of life

– Life in extreme environments

– Habitability in the solar system and beyond

– Ecological life support and sustainability

– Functionality, monitoring and control of ecosystem in space environment

– Animal models in space research

– Effects of space flight conditions on human bodies

– Non-cancer health effects of space radiation, space flight

– Space radiation risk assessment and countermeasures

– Space radiation dosimetry- measurements, modeling and detector development

– Gravitational effects in biological systems

– Effects of space radiation in living organisms at the cellular and molecular levels