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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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Astrophysical Journal83
2 Astronomy & Astrophysics79
3 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society77
4 Astrophysical Journal Letters75
5 Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series57
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics57
7 Astronomical Journal50
8 Physics Letters B47
9 Classical and Quantum Gravity38
10 Advances in Space Research36
11 Space Science Reviews29
- Icarus29
13 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific28
14 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications26
15 Astrobiology24
16 Solar Physics21
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences21
18 General Relativity and Gravitation20
- International Journal of Modern Physics D20
- Modern Physics Letters A20
21 Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics19
- Astroparticle Physics19
23 New Astronomy17
24 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia16
- Experimental Astronomy16
- Planetary and Space Science16
27 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan15
28 Astrophysics and Space Science14
29 Radio Science12
30 Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy11
31 Astronomische Nachrichten10
32 Astrophysical Bulletin9
- Gravitation & Cosmology9
- Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics9
- Solar System Research9
36 Astronomy Reports8
- Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy8
38 Astrophysics7
- Cosmic Research7
- International Journal of Astrobiology7
- Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies7
42 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics6
43 Astronomy & Geophysics5
- Advances in Astronomy5
- Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica5
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