Where is the best place to submit a paper on the origins of the solar
system? The paper is highly technical and backed up mathematically.
The desire is to have it reviewed and published. The author (a
relative who asked me to seek this information)is an accomplished
scientist in a different field and not a part of the academic scene.

Hi, zenberg..

Thanks for your interesting question.  Congratulations to your
relative on his paper.  There are several steps he/she will want to
follow to submit the paper to the proper academic journal.  The first
thing I would recommend would be to review "How do I submit a
scientific paper to a scientific journal?" at
http://www.scidev.net/archives/hdi_popups/submit_journal.html.  This
will give them an idea of what journals are looking for.

Once they feel the paper is ready to be submitted, there are many,
many astronomy related journals they can submit it to.  You can find
an extremely thourough listing of astronomy related journals at
http://www.library.umaine.edu/sec/curtis/info4au/default.htm  I have
listed several of the leading jounrals from that list below along with
links for submission criteria.

The Astronomical Journal
http://www.astro.washington.edu/astroj/general2.html

Astronomy
http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/magazine/contrib/default.asp

Solar Physics
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0038-0938

The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00159/instr.htm

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/PASP/instruct.html

Astronomy and Astrophysics
http://opserv.obspm.fr/bertout/page2.html

Planetary and Space Science
http://authors.elsevier.com/GuideForAuthors.html?PubID=200

Space Science Reviews
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0038-6308

Earth, Moon, and Planets
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0167-9295

Meteorics and Planetary Science
http://cavern.uark.edu/~meteor/

Additional listings of astronomy journals can be found at:

Rhodes University-The Burrows Library-Astronomy Journals
http://www.rhodes.edu/physicshtmls/astrojrnls.html

The Illinois State Academy of Science - Astronomy Journals
http://www.il-st-acad-sci.org/astrjrnl.html

Thanks for your question and I hope the above information is helpful
for you and the author of the paper.  If you need any additional
clarification or if this answer is not along the lines of what you
were looking for, please let me know via a Request for Clarification
prior to rating my answer.

Regards,

-THV

Search Strategy:
publishing a scientific paper
astronomy journals

The answer was thorough and timely.

zenberg..

Thanks for the comments and the rating.  I am glad I could be of assistance.

Good luck to your relative!

-THV