Astronomy & Astrophysics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astrophysical Journal	93
2	Astrophysical Journal Letters	86
-	Astronomy & Astrophysics	86
4	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	81
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	61
6	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	54
-	Nature Astronomy	54
8	Physics Letters B	51
9	Astronomical Journal	48
10	Physics of the Dark Universe	43
11	Advances in Space Research	37
12	Classical and Quantum Gravity	34
-	Space Science Reviews	34
-	Universe	34
15	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	30
16	Icarus	29
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	29
18	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	28
19	Earth and Space Science	27
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	27
21	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	25
-	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	25
23	General Relativity and Gravitation	22
-	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	22
25	Astrobiology	21
26	International Journal of Modern Physics D	20
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	20
28	New Astronomy	19
29	Solar Physics	18
30	Astroparticle Physics	17
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	17
32	Planetary and Space Science	16
-	Astrophysics and Space Science	16
-	Modern Physics Letters A	16
35	Astronomy and Computing	15
-	Experimental Astronomy	15
37	Life Sciences in Space Research	14
38	Radio Science	13
39	Comptes Rendus Physique	12
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	12
41	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	11
42	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	10
-	Astronomische Nachrichten	10
44	Astronomy Reports	9
-	Solar System Research	9
-	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	9
47	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
-	Astrophysics	8
-	Cosmic Research	8
50	International Journal of Astrobiology	7

-	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	7
52	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	6
53	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	5
54	Advances in Astronomy	4
-	Astronomy & Geophysics	4
-	Open Astronomy	4