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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astronomy & Astrophysics	88
2	Astrophysical Journal	75
-	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	75
4	Astrophysical Journal Letters	68
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	61
6	Nature Astronomy	56
7	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	52
8	Astronomical Journal	50
9	Physics Letters B	48
10	Classical and Quantum Gravity	40
-	Space Science Reviews	40
12	Physics of the Dark Universe	39
13	Advances in Space Research	35
14	Universe	33
15	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	31
16	Icarus	30
17	Earth and Space Science	28
18	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	25
19	Astrobiology	24
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	24
21	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	22
-	Solar Physics	22
23	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	21
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	21
25	General Relativity and Gravitation	20
-	New Astronomy	20
27	International Journal of Modern Physics D	19
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	19
-	Experimental Astronomy	19
30	Modern Physics Letters A	18
-	Planetary and Space Science	18
32	Astronomy and Computing	17
33	Astroparticle Physics	16
-	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	16
-	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	16
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	16
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	16
38	Astrophysics and Space Science	15
39	Radio Science	14
40	Astronomische Nachrichten	12
41	Astronomy Reports	10
-	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	10
43	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	9
-	Astrophysical Bulletin	9
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	9
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	9
47	Gravitation & Cosmology	8
-	Solar System Research	8
49	Advances in Astronomy	7
-	Astrophysics	7

51	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	6
-	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	6
-	Astronomy & Geophysics	6
-	Cosmic Research	6
55	Open Astronomy	4
-	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	4