Astronomy & Astrophysics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The 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	Papers
1	Astrophysical Journal	14569
2	Astronomy & Astrophysics	6000
3	Advances in Space Research	4031
4	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	4000
5	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	3822
6	Physics Letters B	3342
7	Astrophysical Journal Letters	3205
8	Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics	2699
9	Astronomical Journal	2439
10	Universe	1906
11	Classical and Quantum Gravity	1716
12	Icarus	1550
13	Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series	1336
14	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	1289
15	Physics of the Dark Universe	1266
16	Earth and Space Science	1242
17	Nature Astronomy	1185
18	Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences	1166
19	Modern Physics Letters A	1119
20	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	912
21	Solar Physics	678
22	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	622
23	International Journal of Modern Physics D	613
24	General Relativity and Gravitation	568
25	Astrophysics and Space Science	508
26	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	507
27	Astronomische Nachrichten	505
28	New Astronomy	502
29	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics	468
30	Planetary and Space Science	446
31	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	437
32	Astronomy Reports	409
33	Astronomy and Computing	408
34	Radio Science	404
35	Space Science Reviews	393
36	Astrobiology	379
37	Life Sciences in Space Research	364
38	Solar System Research	327
39	Astronomy & Geophysics	310
40	Cosmic Research	306
41	Astroparticle Physics	253
42	Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy	218
43	Gravitation & Cosmology	210
44	Astrophysical Bulletin	206
45	Experimental Astronomy	204
46	Comptes Rendus Physique	178
47	Astronomy Letters-A Journal of Astronomy and Space Astrophysics	166
48	Astrophysics	165
49	Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate	159
50	International Journal of Astrobiology	112

51	Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies	106
52	Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics	83
53	Open Astronomy	54
54	Advances in Astronomy	42