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Best Astronomy and Astrophysics journals

93 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Astronomy and Astrophysics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 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 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series 13.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Space Science Reviews 13.5 91st 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 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Astronomy and Astrophysics 8.6 81st 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 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
27 Advances in Space Research 5.6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
28 Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 5.5 71st 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 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
37 International Journal of Modern Physics D 4.1 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
38 Planetary and Space Science 3.8 61st 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 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
47 Astrophysics and Space Science 3.2 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
48 Open Journal of Astrophysics 3.1 51st 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 43rd Q3 – – No
56 International Journal of Modern Physics A 2.3 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
57 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2.2 41st 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 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
65 Open Astronomy 1.7 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
66 Astronomische Nachrichten 1.6 31st 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 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
75 Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics 1.1 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
76 Journal for the History of Astronomy 1.1 21st 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 3rd Q4 – – No
92 Azerbaijan Astronomical Journal 0.3 2nd 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 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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