Universe (journal)

Universe is a monthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by MDPI covering several aspects of physics and astronomy and astrophysics. It was established in 2015. The editor-in-chief is Lorenzo Iorio of the Ministry of Public Education (Italy) since its inception.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.5.

Young investigator award

Since 2020, the journal confers the Universe Young Investigator Award to a young researcher in recognition of their excellence in fields related to fundamental principles and discovered in the universe. The first awardee was Lavinia Heisenberg.