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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astrophysical Journal	82
2	Astronomy & Astrophysics	80
3	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	76
4	Astrophysical Journal Letters	75
5	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	58
6	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	56
7	Astronomical Journal	50
8	Physics Letters B	47
9	Classical and Quantum Gravity	39
10	Advances in Space Research	36
11	Icarus	29
12	Space Science Reviews	28
13	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	27
14	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	25
15	Astrobiology	24
16	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	21
-	Solar Physics	21
18	International Journal of Modern Physics D	20
-	General Relativity and Gravitation	20
20	Astroparticle Physics	19
-	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	19
22	Experimental Astronomy	18
-	Modern Physics Letters A	18
24	New Astronomy	16
-	Planetary and Space Science	16
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	16
27	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	15
28	Astrophysics and Space Science	14
29	Radio Science	12
30	Astronomische Nachrichten	11
-	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	11
32	Solar System Research	9
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	9
-	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	9
35	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	8
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	8
-	Astronomy Reports	8
-	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
-	Astrophysics	8
40	Cosmic Research	7
41	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	6
-	Advances in Astronomy	6
-	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	6
44	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	5
-	Astronomy & Geophysics	5