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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astronomy & Astrophysics	85
2	Astrophysical Journal	75
3	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	74
4	Astrophysical Journal Letters	69
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	62
6	Nature Astronomy	56
7	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	52
8	Astronomical Journal	50
9	Physics Letters B	49
10	Space Science Reviews	44
11	Physics of the Dark Universe	39
-	Classical and Quantum Gravity	39
13	Advances in Space Research	33
14	Universe	32
15	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	31
16	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	30
-	Icarus	30
18	Earth and Space Science	28
19	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	25
20	Astrobiology	23
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	23
22	General Relativity and Gravitation	21
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	21
-	Solar Physics	21
25	New Astronomy	20
-	Experimental Astronomy	20
-	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	20
28	International Journal of Modern Physics D	19
29	Planetary and Space Science	18
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	18
-	Modern Physics Letters A	18
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	18
33	Life Sciences in Space Research	16
-	Astroparticle Physics	16
-	Astrophysics and Space Science	16
-	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	16
37	Astronomy and Computing	15
-	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	15
39	Radio Science	13
40	Astronomische Nachrichten	11
41	Astronomy Reports	10
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	10
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	10
-	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	10
45	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	9
46	Solar System Research	8
-	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
48	Advances in Astronomy	7
-	Astrophysics	7
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	7

-	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	7
52	Cosmic Research	6
-	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	6
54	Astronomy & Geophysics	5
55	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	4
-	Open Astronomy	4