Astronomy & Astrophysics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	21
2	Astrophysical Journal Letters	17
3	Space Science Reviews	16
4	Nature Astronomy	13
-	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	13
6	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	12
7	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	11
8	Physics of the Dark Universe	10
-	Astronomy & Astrophysics	10
-	Astrophysical Journal	10
-	Astronomical Journal	10
12	Physics Letters B	9
13	Astrobiology	8
14	Icarus	7
-	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	7
16	Classical and Quantum Gravity	6
-	Earth and Space Science	6
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	6
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	6
-	Advances in Space Research	6
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	6
-	New Astronomy	6
23	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	5
-	Solar Physics	5
-	Universe	5
-	Astroparticle Physics	5
-	Experimental Astronomy	5
-	General Relativity and Gravitation	5
-	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	5
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	5
-	Planetary and Space Science	5
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	5
-	Astronomy and Computing	5
34	International Journal of Modern Physics D	4
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	4
-	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	4
-	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	4
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	4
39	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	3
-	Modern Physics Letters A	3
-	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	3
-	Astrophysics and Space Science	3
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	3
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	3
-	Radio Science	3
46	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	2
-	Open Astronomy	2
-	Solar System Research	2
-	Advances in Astronomy	2
-	Astronomy Reports	2

-	Astrophysical Bulletin	2
-	Astrophysics	2
53	Astronomische Nachrichten	1
-	Cosmic Research	1
-	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	1
56	Astronomy & Geophysics	0