Astronomy & Astrophysics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Nature Astronomy	ca. 14.3
2	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	ca. 13
3	Astrophysical Journal Letters	ca. 11.7
4	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	ca. 10.5
5	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	ca. 8.5
6	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	ca. 7.7
7	Space Science Reviews	ca. 7.4
8	Physics of the Dark Universe	ca. 6.4
9	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	ca. 5.9
10	Astronomy & Astrophysics	ca. 5.8
11	Astrophysical Journal	ca. 5.4
12	Astronomical Journal	ca. 5.1
13	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	ca. 4.8
14	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	ca. 4.6
15	Physics Letters B	ca. 4.5
16	Classical and Quantum Gravity	ca. 3.7
17	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	ca. 3.5
18	Icarus	ca. 3
19	Astroparticle Physics	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	ca. 2.9
21	Advances in Space Research	ca. 2.8
-	General Relativity and Gravitation	ca. 2.8
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	ca. 2.8
-	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	ca. 2.8
25	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	ca. 2.7
26	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	ca. 2.6
-	Astrobiology	ca. 2.6
-	Universe	ca. 2.6
-	Earth and Space Science	ca. 2.6
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	ca. 2.6
31	Solar Physics	ca. 2.4
32	Experimental Astronomy	ca. 2.2
33	New Astronomy	ca. 2.1
-	International Journal of Modern Physics D	ca. 2.1
35	Astronomy and Computing	ca. 1.8
36	Planetary and Space Science	ca. 1.7
-	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	ca. 1.7
38	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	ca. 1.6
-	Modern Physics Letters A	ca. 1.6
40	Radio Science	ca. 1.5
-	Astrophysics and Space Science	ca. 1.5
42	Astrophysical Bulletin	ca. 1.4
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	ca. 1.4
44	Advances in Astronomy	ca. 1.2
-	Comptes Rendus Physique	ca. 1.2
46	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	ca. 1.1
47	Astronomische Nachrichten	ca. 1
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	ca. 1
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	ca. 1
50	Solar System Research	ca. 0.8

-	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	ca. 0.8
52	Astronomy Reports	ca. 0.7
-	Astrophysics	ca. 0.7
-	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	ca. 0.7
55	Cosmic Research	ca. 0.6
56	Open Astronomy	ca. 0.5
-	Astronomy & Geophysics	ca. 0.5