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 since its inception.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus.[1] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.5.[2]
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 (2020) was Lavinia Heisenberg (ETH Zürich, Switzerland).[3]