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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Astrophysical Journal	94
2	Astrophysical Journal Letters	89
3	Astronomy & Astrophysics	65
4	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	64
5	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	59
6	Nature Astronomy	55
7	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	52
8	Physics Letters B	50
9	Astronomical Journal	49
10	Physics of the Dark Universe	43
11	Advances in Space Research	39
12	Classical and Quantum Gravity	35
13	Space Science Reviews	34
14	Universe	31
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	31
16	Icarus	30
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	30
18	Earth and Space Science	28
-	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	28
20	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	27
21	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	25
22	General Relativity and Gravitation	23
23	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	22
24	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	21
25	International Journal of Modern Physics D	20
-	New Astronomy	20
-	Astrobiology	20
28	Solar Physics	18
-	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	18
30	Planetary and Space Science	17
-	Astroparticle Physics	17
-	Modern Physics Letters A	17
33	Astronomy and Computing	16
-	Astrophysics and Space Science	16
-	Experimental Astronomy	16
36	Life Sciences in Space Research	14
37	Comptes Rendus Physique	12
-	Radio Science	12
-	Gravitation & Cosmology	12
40	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	11
-	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	11
42	Astronomische Nachrichten	10
43	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	9
-	Solar System Research	9
45	Astronomy Reports	8
-	Astrophysical Bulletin	8
-	Astrophysics	8
48	Cosmic Research	7
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	7
50	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	6

51	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	5
52	Astronomy & Geophysics	4
-	Advances in Astronomy	4
-	Open Astronomy	4