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Best Astronomy and Astrophysics journals

93 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The top 93 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 24 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 53.7 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Living Reviews in Solar Physics 51 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Astronomy and Astrophysics Review 44.3 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
4 New Astronomy Reviews 36.8 96th Q1 SCIE No
5 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 24.2 95th Q1 SCIE No
6 Nature Astronomy 23.8 94th Q1 SCIE No
7 Astrophysical Journal Letters 16.6 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series 13.7 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Space Science Reviews 13.5 91th Q1 SCIE No
10 Journal of High Energy Astrophysics 12.1 90th Q1 SCIE No
11 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 10.7 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 10 88th Q1 SCIE No
13 Astrodynamics 9.8 87th Q1 ESCI No
14 Physics of the Dark Universe 9 86th Q1 SCIE No
15 Astrophysical Journal 9 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 8.8 84th Q1 Yes
17 Astronomical Journal 8.6 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Astronomy and Astrophysics 8.6 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 8.6 80th Q1 SCIE No
20 Astrophysics and Space Science Library 7.4 79th Q1 No
21 Galaxies 7 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 Astroparticle Physics 7 77th Q1 SCIE No
23 Planetary Science Journal 6.9 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
24 Icarus 6.3 75th Q1 SCIE No
25 Life Sciences in Space Research 6 74th Q2 SCIE No
26 Experimental Astronomy 5.6 73th Q2 SCIE No
27 Advances in Space Research 5.6 72th Q2 SCIE No
28 Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 5.5 71th Q2 SCIE Yes
29 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 5.4 70th Q2 SCIE No
30 Chinese Physics C 5.1 69th Q2 SCIE No
31 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 4.9 68th Q2 SCIE No
32 Astronomy and Computing 4.5 67th Q2 SCIE No
33 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4.4 66th Q2 SCIE No
34 New Astronomy 4.4 65th Q2 SCIE No
35 Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 4.4 64th Q2 SCIE No
36 Solar Physics 4.1 63th Q2 SCIE No
37 International Journal of Modern Physics D 4.1 62th Q2 SCIE No
38 Planetary and Space Science 3.8 61th Q2 SCIE No
39 Earth and Planetary Physics 3.8 60th Q2 ESCI Yes
40 Journal of Holography Applications in Physics 3.8 59th Q2 Yes
41 Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation 3.5 58th Q2 ESCI No
42 Annales Geophysicae 3.5 57th Q2 SCIE Yes
43 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 3.5 56th Q2 SCIE No
44 RAS Techniques and Instruments 3.2 55th Q2 ESCI Yes
45 Particles 3.2 54th Q2 ESCI Yes
46 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 3.2 53th Q2 SCIE No
47 Astrophysics and Space Science 3.2 52th Q2 SCIE No
48 Open Journal of Astrophysics 3.1 51th Q2 Yes
49 New Space 2.9 50th Q2 ESCI No
50 Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy 2.8 48th Q3 SCIE No
51 Quantum Reports 2.7 47th Q3 ESCI Yes
52 Modern Physics Letters A 2.5 46th Q3 SCIE No
53 Journal of Geodetic Science 2.5 45th Q3 ESCI Yes
54 Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica 2.4 44th Q3 SCIE No
55 Astropolitics 2.3 43th Q3 No
56 International Journal of Modern Physics A 2.3 42th Q3 SCIE No
57 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2.2 41th Q3 SCIE No
58 Journal of Deep Space Exploration 2.2 40th Q3 No
59 Gravitation and Cosmology 2.2 39th Q3 SCIE No
60 Acta Astronomica 2.1 38th Q3 SCIE No
61 Serbian Astronomical Journal 2.1 37th Q3 SCIE Yes
62 Astrophysical Bulletin 1.9 35th Q3 SCIE No
63 Advances in Astronomy 1.8 34th Q3 SCIE Yes
64 Astronomy Letters 1.8 33th Q3 SCIE No
65 Open Astronomy 1.7 32th Q3 SCIE Yes
66 Astronomische Nachrichten 1.6 31th Q3 SCIE No
67 Discover Space 1.5 30th Q3 SCIE Yes
68 Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society 1.5 29th Q3 SCIE No
69 Transactions on Aerospace Research 1.5 28th Q3 Yes
70 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal 1.4 27th Q3 SCIE No
71 Solar System Research 1.2 26th Q3 SCIE No
72 Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies 1.2 25th Q3 SCIE No
73 Astrophysics 1.2 24th Q4 SCIE No
74 Cosmic Research 1.1 23th Q4 SCIE No
75 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics 1.1 22th Q4 SCIE No
76 Journal for the History of Astronomy 1.1 21th Q4 AHCI, SCIE No
77 Astronomy Reports 1 20th Q4 SCIE No
78 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 0.8 19th Q4 ESCI No
79 Observatory 0.8 18th Q4 SCIE No
80 Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso 0.8 17th Q4 SCIE No
81 Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics 0.7 15th Q4 No
82 Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C 0.5 14th Q4 ESCI No
83 Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions 0.5 13th Q4 No
84 Bulgarian Astronomical Journal 0.5 12th Q4 ESCI No
85 Romanian Astronomical Journal 0.5 11th Q4 ESCI No
86 Radio Physics and Radio Astronomy 0.5 10th Q4 Yes
87 Navigation: Science and Technology 0.4 9th Q4 No
88 Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 0.4 9th Q4 No
89 Astronomy and Geophysics 0.4 7th Q4 SCIE No
90 HNPS Advances in Nuclear Physics 0.4 6th Q4 No
91 Peremennye Zvezdy 0.3 3th Q4 No
92 Azerbaijan Astronomical Journal 0.3 2th Q4 No
93 KronoScope 0.2 0th Q4 ESCI No

Rank and percentile are within the Astronomy and Astrophysics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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