Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts
Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts ( AAA ) was an English-language astronomical journal that was published twice a year from 1969 to 2000.
AAA had set itself the task of reporting on the scientific literature in the fields of astronomy , astrophysics and related research fields worldwide through summaries . The aim was to list all original publications in these areas and to make them accessible using key words and short summaries.
It replaced the journal Astronomical Annual Report from 1899 to 1968. AAA was published and produced by the Astronomische Rechen-Institut Heidelberg, since 1988 in collaboration with the Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe and since 1995 with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). AAA were prepared under the leadership of the International Astronomical Union .
Today, AAA's task of indexing specialist literature has been transferred to databases such as the Astrophysics Data System .