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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astrophysical Journal	91
2	Astrophysical Journal Letters	87
3	Astronomy & Astrophysics	86
4	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	82
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	60
6	Nature Astronomy	54
-	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	54
8	Physics Letters B	50
9	Astronomical Journal	48
10	Physics of the Dark Universe	42
11	Advances in Space Research	38
12	Space Science Reviews	34
-	Classical and Quantum Gravity	34
14	Universe	33
15	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	31
16	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	30
17	Icarus	29
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	29
19	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	27
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	27
21	Earth and Space Science	26
22	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	25
23	General Relativity and Gravitation	22
24	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	21
-	Astrobiology	21
26	International Journal of Modern Physics D	20
27	New Astronomy	19
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	19
29	Solar Physics	18
30	Modern Physics Letters A	17
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	17
-	Astroparticle Physics	17
33	Astrophysics and Space Science	16
34	Experimental Astronomy	15
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	15
-	Planetary and Space Science	15
-	Astronomy and Computing	15
38	Radio Science	13
39	Gravitation & Cosmology	12
-	Comptes Rendus Physique	12
41	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	11
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	11
43	Astronomische Nachrichten	10
44	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	9
-	Solar System Research	9
-	Astronomy Reports	9
47	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
48	International Journal of Astrobiology	7
-	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	7
-	Cosmic Research	7

-	Astrophysics	7
52	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	6
53	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	5
54	Open Astronomy	4
-	Advances in Astronomy	4
-	Astronomy & Geophysics	4