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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astrophysical Journal	88
2	Astronomy & Astrophysics	81
3	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	77
-	Astrophysical Journal Letters	77
5	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	58
6	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	57
7	Nature Astronomy	56
8	Astronomical Journal	49
9	Physics Letters B	47
10	Physics of the Dark Universe	41
11	Advances in Space Research	37
12	Classical and Quantum Gravity	34
-	Universe	34
14	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	31
-	Space Science Reviews	31
16	Icarus	29
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	29
18	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	26
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	26
20	Earth and Space Science	25
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	25
22	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	22
-	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	22
24	General Relativity and Gravitation	21
-	Astrobiology	21
-	International Journal of Modern Physics D	21
27	Solar Physics	20
28	New Astronomy	19
-	Modern Physics Letters A	19
30	Astroparticle Physics	18
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	18
32	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	17
33	Astrophysics and Space Science	16
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	16
-	Planetary and Space Science	16
36	Experimental Astronomy	15
-	Astronomy and Computing	15
38	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	13
-	Radio Science	13
-	Comptes Rendus Physique	13
41	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	12
42	Gravitation & Cosmology	10
-	Astronomische Nachrichten	10
44	Solar System Research	9
-	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	9
-	Astronomy Reports	9
47	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
48	International Journal of Astrobiology	7
-	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	7
-	Astrophysics	7

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