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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astronomy & Astrophysics	80
2	Astrophysical Journal	75
3	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	72
4	Astrophysical Journal Letters	67
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	58
6	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	54
-	Nature Astronomy	54
8	Astronomical Journal	49
9	Physics Letters B	48
10	Physics of the Dark Universe	41
11	Space Science Reviews	38
12	Classical and Quantum Gravity	36
13	Universe	34
-	Advances in Space Research	34
15	Icarus	30
16	Earth and Space Science	28
17	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	26
18	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	25
19	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	24
20	Astrobiology	23
21	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	22
-	Solar Physics	22
23	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	21
24	Experimental Astronomy	19
-	General Relativity and Gravitation	19
26	International Journal of Modern Physics D	18
-	Modern Physics Letters A	18
28	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	17
-	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	17
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	17
31	Astroparticle Physics	16
-	Planetary and Space Science	16
33	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	15
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	15
35	Astronomy and Computing	14
-	Radio Science	14
37	Astrophysics and Space Science	12
38	Astronomische Nachrichten	11
39	Astronomy Reports	10
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	10
41	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	9
42	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	8
-	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	8
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	8
-	Solar System Research	8
47	Advances in Astronomy	7
-	Astrophysics	7
49	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	6
-	Cosmic Research	6

51	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	5
-	Open Astronomy	5
53	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	4