Astronomy & Astrophysics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	ca. 15.6
2	Nature Astronomy	ca. 15.2
3	Astrophysical Journal Letters	ca. 11.1
4	Space Science Reviews	ca. 9.8
5	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	ca. 7.7
6	Physics of the Dark Universe	ca. 7.4
7	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	ca. 6.8
8	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	ca. 6.4
9	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	ca. 6.1
-	Astronomy & Astrophysics	ca. 6.1
11	Astronomical Journal	ca. 5.8
12	Astrophysical Journal	ca. 5.7
13	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	ca. 5.2
14	Physics Letters B	ca. 5
15	Astroparticle Physics	ca. 4.9
16	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	ca. 4
17	Classical and Quantum Gravity	ca. 3.9
18	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	ca. 3.8
19	Earth and Space Science	ca. 3.3
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	ca. 3.3
21	Icarus	ca. 3.2
-	Advances in Space Research	ca. 3.2
23	General Relativity and Gravitation	ca. 3
24	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	ca. 2.9
-	Experimental Astronomy	ca. 2.9
26	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	ca. 2.7
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	ca. 2.7
28	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	ca. 2.6
-	Astronomy and Computing	ca. 2.6
-	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	ca. 2.6
31	Universe	ca. 2.5
32	Solar Physics	ca. 2.4
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	ca. 2.4
-	New Astronomy	ca. 2.4
35	Astrobiology	ca. 2.3
36	Gravitation & Cosmology	ca. 2.1
-	Astrophysics and Space Science	ca. 2.1
38	International Journal of Modern Physics D	ca. 2
39	Planetary and Space Science	ca. 1.9
40	Comptes Rendus Physique	ca. 1.7
41	Radio Science	ca. 1.6
42	Modern Physics Letters A	ca. 1.5
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	ca. 1.5
45	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	ca. 1.4
46	Astrophysical Bulletin	ca. 1
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	ca. 1
-	Astronomische Nachrichten	ca. 1
49	Advances in Astronomy	ca. 0.9
-	Astrophysics	ca. 0.9

-	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	ca. 0.9
52	Astronomy Reports	ca. 0.8
53	Solar System Research	ca. 0.7
54	Cosmic Research	ca. 0.6
55	Open Astronomy	ca. 0.5
-	Astronomy & Geophysics	ca. 0.5
57	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	ca. 0.4