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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astrophysical Journal	95
2	Astrophysical Journal Letters	89
-	Astronomy & Astrophysics	89
4	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	84
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	65
6	Nature Astronomy	56
7	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	54
8	Physics Letters B	50
9	Astronomical Journal	49
10	Physics of the Dark Universe	43
11	Advances in Space Research	39
12	Classical and Quantum Gravity	36
13	Space Science Reviews	35
14	Universe	32
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	32
16	Icarus	30
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	30
18	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	29
19	Earth and Space Science	28
20	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	27
21	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	26
22	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	25
23	General Relativity and Gravitation	23
24	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	22
-	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	22
26	International Journal of Modern Physics D	19
-	New Astronomy	19
-	Astrobiology	19
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	19
30	Planetary and Space Science	17
-	Solar Physics	17
-	Astroparticle Physics	17
33	Astronomy and Computing	16
-	Astrophysics and Space Science	16
-	Experimental Astronomy	16
36	Modern Physics Letters A	15
37	Life Sciences in Space Research	14
38	Radio Science	13
39	Comptes Rendus Physique	12
-	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	12
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	12
42	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	10
-	Astronomische Nachrichten	10
44	Astronomy Reports	9
-	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	9
-	Solar System Research	9
47	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
-	Astrophysics	8
49	Cosmic Research	7
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	7

51	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	6
52	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	5
53	Advances in Astronomy	4
-	Astronomy & Geophysics	4
-	Open Astronomy	4