New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Astronomy & Astrophysics

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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Astrophysical Journal85
2 Astronomy & Astrophysics79
3 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society77
4 Astrophysical Journal Letters76
5 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics57
6 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series56
7 Nature Astronomy52
8 Astronomical Journal49
9 Physics Letters B47
10 Physics of the Dark Universe40
11 Classical and Quantum Gravity37
12 Advances in Space Research36
13 Universe35
14 Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics29
- Space Science Reviews29
- Icarus29
17 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific27
18 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications26
- Earth and Space Science26
- Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences26
21 Astrobiology24
22 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences23
23 General Relativity and Gravitation20
- Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics20
- Solar Physics20
- International Journal of Modern Physics D20
- Journal of High Energy Astrophysics20
28 Astroparticle Physics19
- Modern Physics Letters A19
30 New Astronomy17
31 Planetary and Space Science16
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan16
- Astronomy and Computing16
- Experimental Astronomy16
- Life Sciences in Space Research16
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia16
37 Astrophysics and Space Science15
38 Radio Science13
39 Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy12
- Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate12
41 Astronomische Nachrichten10
42 Solar System Research9
- Gravitation & Cosmology9
- Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics9
45 Astronomy Reports8
- Astrophysical Bulletin8
- International Journal of Astrobiology8
48 Astrophysics7
- Cosmic Research7
- Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy7
- Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics7
52 Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies6
53 Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica5
- Advances in Astronomy5
- Astronomy & Geophysics5
- Open Astronomy5
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