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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astrophysical Journal	85
2	Astronomy & Astrophysics	79
3	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	77
4	Astrophysical Journal Letters	76
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	57
6	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	56
7	Nature Astronomy	52
8	Astronomical Journal	49
9	Physics Letters B	47
10	Physics of the Dark Universe	40
11	Classical and Quantum Gravity	37
12	Advances in Space Research	36
13	Universe	35
14	Space Science Reviews	29
-	Icarus	29
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	29
17	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	27
18	Earth and Space Science	26
-	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	26
-	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	26
21	Astrobiology	24
22	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	23
23	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	20
-	Solar Physics	20
-	International Journal of Modern Physics D	20
-	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	20
-	General Relativity and Gravitation	20
28	Astroparticle Physics	19
-	Modern Physics Letters A	19
30	New Astronomy	17
31	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	16
-	Planetary and Space Science	16
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	16
-	Astronomy and Computing	16
-	Experimental Astronomy	16
-	Life Sciences in Space Research	16
37	Astrophysics and Space Science	15
38	Radio Science	13
39	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	12
-	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	12
41	Astronomische Nachrichten	10
42	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	9
-	Solar System Research	9
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	9
45	Astronomy Reports	8
-	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	8
48	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	7
-	Astrophysics	7
-	Cosmic Research	7

-	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	7
52	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	6
53	Open Astronomy	5
-	Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica	5
-	Advances in Astronomy	5
-	Astronomy & Geophysics	5