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Best Space and Planetary Science journals

101 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Space and Planetary Science. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 26 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 Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology 18.6 94th Q1 – – 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 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 10.7 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 10 90th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Space: Science and Technology (United States) 9.9 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Astrodynamics 9.8 88th Q1 ESCI – No
14 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 9.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Physics of the Dark Universe 9 86th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Astrophysical Journal 9 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 8.8 84th Q1 – – Yes
18 Astronomical Journal 8.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Astronomy and Astrophysics 8.6 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine 8.5 81st Q1 SCIE – No
21 npj Microgravity 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 7.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Life 7.1 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Planetary Science Journal 6.9 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
25 Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 6.5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Astrobiology 6.5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 6.5 74th Q2 SCIE – No
28 Icarus 6.3 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
29 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
30 Journal of Propulsion and Power 5.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
31 Space Policy 5.8 70th Q2 SSCI – No
32 Experimental Astronomy 5.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
33 Advances in Space Research 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
34 Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 5.5 68th Q2 SCIE – No
35 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 5.4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
36 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5.3 66th Q2 SCIE – No
37 CEAS Space Journal 5.3 65th Q2 ESCI – No
38 Earth, Planets and Space 5.1 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
39 Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
40 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 4.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
41 Astronomy and Computing 4.5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
42 Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate 4.5 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
43 Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4.4 59th Q2 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 4.4 58th Q2 SCIE – No
45 New Astronomy 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
46 Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 4.4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
47 Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences 4.3 55th Q2 – – No
48 Solar Physics 4.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
49 International Journal of Modern Physics D 4.1 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
50 Planetary and Space Science 3.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
51 Earth and Planetary Physics 3.8 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
52 Annales Geophysicae 3.5 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
53 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 3.5 49th Q3 SCIE – No
54 Aerospace Systems 3.4 48th Q3 – – No
55 Hangkong Xuebao/Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica 3.2 47th Q3 – – No
56 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 3.2 46th Q3 SCIE – No
57 Astrophysics and Space Science 3.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
58 Journal of the Astronautical Sciences 3.1 44th Q3 SCIE – No
59 Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 3 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
60 Advances in Geosciences 2.8 42nd Q3 – – Yes
61 Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy 2.8 41st Q3 SCIE – No
62 Geobios 2.7 39th Q3 SCIE – No
63 Yuhang Xuebao/Journal of Astronautics 2.7 38th Q3 – – No
64 International Journal of Astrobiology 2.5 37th Q3 SCIE – No
65 Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica 2.4 36th Q3 SCIE – No
66 Journal of Deep Space Exploration 2.2 35th Q3 – – No
67 Acta Astronomica 2.1 34th Q3 SCIE – No
68 Infrared and Laser Engineering 2.1 33rd Q3 – – No
69 Discover Life 2 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
70 Artificial Satellites 1.9 31st Q3 ESCI – No
71 Advances in Astronautics 1.8 30th Q3 – – No
72 Advances in Astronomy 1.8 30th Q3 SCIE – Yes
73 Astronomy Letters 1.8 29th Q3 SCIE – No
74 Open Astronomy 1.7 28th Q3 SCIE – Yes
75 Astronomische Nachrichten 1.6 27th Q3 SCIE – No
76 Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences 1.6 26th Q3 SCIE – No
77 Journal of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Aviation 1.5 25th Q3 ESCI – No
78 Space-Integrated-Ground Information Networks 1.5 24th Q4 – – Yes
79 Discover Space 1.5 23rd Q4 SCIE – Yes
80 Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society 1.5 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
81 Geomagnetism and Aeronomy 1.3 21st Q4 SCIE – No
82 Solar System Research 1.2 20th Q4 SCIE – No
83 Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies 1.2 19th Q4 SCIE – No
84 Solar-Terrestrial Physics 1.2 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
85 Transactions of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1.1 17th Q4 – – Yes
86 Cosmic Research 1.1 16th Q4 SCIE – No
87 Astronomy Reports 1 15th Q4 SCIE – No
88 Space Science and Technology 0.9 14th Q4 ESCI – No
89 JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 0.9 13th Q4 – – No
90 Observatory 0.8 12th Q4 SCIE – No
91 Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
92 Turkish Journal of Remote Sensing 0.7 10th Q4 – – Yes
93 International Journal of Space Science and Engineering 0.5 10th Q4 ESCI – No
94 Issledovanie Zemli iz Kosmosa, (Earth Research from Space) 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
95 Romanian Astronomical Journal 0.5 8th Q4 ESCI – No
96 Radio Physics and Radio Astronomy 0.5 7th Q4 – – Yes
97 Springer Atmospheric Sciences 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
98 Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 0.4 5th Q4 – – No
99 Workshop Solar Influences on the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Atmosphere 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
100 Southern Space Studies 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
101 Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings 0.2 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Space and Planetary Science 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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