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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astronomy & Astrophysics	80
2	Astrophysical Journal	73
3	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	70
4	Astrophysical Journal Letters	68
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	57
6	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	54
7	Astronomical Journal	47
8	Physics Letters B	45
9	Classical and Quantum Gravity	36
10	Advances in Space Research	35
11	Space Science Reviews	32
12	Icarus	30
13	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	24
14	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	23
-	Astrobiology	23
16	Solar Physics	22
17	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	20
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	20
19	Experimental Astronomy	19
20	International Journal of Modern Physics D	18
-	Modern Physics Letters A	18
-	New Astronomy	18
23	General Relativity and Gravitation	17
-	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	17
25	Astroparticle Physics	16
26	Planetary and Space Science	14
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	14
28	Astrophysics and Space Science	12
-	Radio Science	12
30	Astronomische Nachrichten	11
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	11
32	Astronomy Reports	9
-	Astrophysical Bulletin	9
-	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	9
35	Solar System Research	8
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	8
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	8
38	Advances in Astronomy	7
-	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	7
40	Astronomy & Geophysics	6
-	Astrophysics	6
-	Cosmic Research	6
-	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	6
44	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	5
45	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	4