Journal rankings · indicator year 2001
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Subfield ranking · 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics journal rankings 2001
63 ranked journals · Subfield in Physics and Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics has 63 ranked journals in 2001. The median journal has an OJR of 0.41, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2000; Q1 starts at OJR 1.00. The top three are The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, The Astronomical Journal, and The Astrophysical Journal.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2001. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1998–2000, the window the 2001 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Physics and Astronomy (8)
63 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2000. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1998–2000, the window the 2001 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1998–2000 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2001. | Compare |
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1The Astrophysical Journal Supplement SeriesOAInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 3.29Q1 | 4.87 0.71 up from 2000 | 401 | 83% | $4,499 | ||
2The Astronomical JournalOAInstitute of Physics · United States | 2.75Q1 | 4.74 0.93 up from 2000 | 1,497 | 98% | $4,499 | ||
3The Astrophysical JournalOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.67Q1 | 6.02 0.86 up from 2000 | 6,928 | 97% | $4,499 | ||
4Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.22Q1 | 4.54 1.25 up from 2000 | 3,047 | 91% | $3,046 | ||
5Publications of the Astronomical Society of the PacificInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 2.90 0.59 up from 2000 | 566 | 90% | $3,325 | ||
6New AstronomyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.86Q1 | 2.96 0.86 up from 2000 | 137 | 46% | $2,690 | ||
7Physics TodayAIP Publishing · United States | 1.81Q1 | 1.07 0.18 down from 2000 | 1,469 | 42% | — | ||
8Annual Review of Astronomy and AstrophysicsAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.72Q1 | 12.71 1.31 up from 2000 | 49 | 35% | — | ||
9IcarusElsevier BV · United States | 1.48Q1 | 2.76 0.06 down from 2000 | 653 | 5% | $3,810 | ||
10Journal of Low Temperature PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.38Q1 | 1.08 0.02 up from 2000 | 1,003 | 4% | $3,390 | ||
11Contemporary PhysicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.32Q1 | 1.16 0.10 up from 2000 | 106 | 7% | — | ||
12Origins of Life and Evolution of BiospheresSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.24Q1 | 1.65 0.37 up from 2000 | 122 | 38% | $1,520 | ||
13Space Science ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.23Q1 | 1.31 0.18 up from 2000 | 458 | 5% | $5,290 | ||
14Publications of the Astronomical Society of JapanOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.14Q1 | 2.01 0.76 up from 2000 | 311 | 57% | $2,398 | ||
15Solar PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.03Q1 | 2.03 0.54 up from 2000 | 636 | 8% | $4,190 | ||
16EosOAWiley · United States | 1.00Q1 | 0.77 0.02 up from 2000 | 1,305 | 33% | — | ||
17Radio ScienceWiley · United States | 0.96Q2 | 1.20 0.18 up from 2000 | 381 | 60% | $3,700 | ||
18Classical and Quantum GravityIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.89Q2 | 1.82 0.16 down from 2000 | 1,016 | 86% | $3,325 | ||
19Meteoritics and Planetary ScienceWiley · United States | 0.88Q2 | 1.58 0.29 down from 2000 | 476 | 49% | $3,300 | ||
20Planetary and Space ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.82Q2 | 1.53 0.47 up from 2000 | 438 | 4% | $3,680 | ||
21Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial PhysicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.79Q2 | 1.18 0.07 down from 2000 | 446 | 4% | $2,770 | ||
22Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical AstronomySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.74Q2 | 0.83 0.27 up from 2000 | 178 | 8% | $3,190 | ||
23Symposium - International Astronomical UnionCambridge University Press | 0.64Q2 | 0.18 0.08 up from 2000 | 1,858 | 100% | — | ||
24International Journal of Modern Physics DWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.62Q2 | 0.82 0.24 down from 2000 | 244 | 62% | — | ||
25Reviews in Mineralogy and GeochemistryMineralogical Society of America · United States | 0.60Q2 | 0.44no 2000 value | 43 | 2% | — | — | |
26Modern Physics Letters AWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.59Q2 | 1.03 0.07 up from 2000 | 894 | 70% | — | ||
27Fortschritte der PhysikWiley · Germany | 0.59Q2 | 0.68 0.15 down from 2000 | 300 | 37% | $3,460 | ||
28Publications of the Astronomical Society of AustraliaCambridge University Press · Australia | 0.58Q2 | 0.81 0.02 down from 2000 | 174 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
29New Astronomy ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.55Q2 | 0.88 0.56 up from 2000 | 312 | 22% | $4,350 | ||
30General Relativity and GravitationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.44Q2 | 0.64 0.24 down from 2000 | 433 | 50% | $2,290 | ||
31Annales GeophysicaeOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 0.42Q2 | 0.75 0.03 down from 2000 | 886 | 100% | $1,186 | ||
32Experimental AstronomySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.41Q2 | 0.60 0.36 up from 2000 | 69 | 14% | $2,590 | ||
33Physics WorldIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.36Q3 | 0.34 0.05 up from 2000 | 1,119 | 39% | — | ||
34Astronomy LettersPleiades Publishing · United States | 0.32Q3 | 0.59 0.36 up from 2000 | 210 | 16% | — | ||
35Advances in Space ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.29Q3 | 0.48 0.11 up from 2000 | 1,973 | 6% | $2,780 | ||
36Astronomy ReportsPleiades Publishing · British Virgin Islands | 0.29Q3 | 0.58 0.36 up from 2000 | 199 | 8% | — | ||
37Gravitation and CosmologyPleiades Publishing · Russia | 0.27Q3 | 0.44 0.09 down from 2000 | 87 | 0% | — | ||
38Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part C Solar Terrestrial & Planetary ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.27Q3 | 0.43 0.07 up from 2000 | 223 | 0% | — | ||
39Astrophysics and Space ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.24Q3 | 0.28 0.14 up from 2000 | 966 | 15% | $3,490 | ||
40Earth Moon and PlanetsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.22Q3 | 0.06 0.19 down from 2000 | 210 | — | $1,520 | ||
41Astronomische NachrichtenWiley · Germany | 0.19Q3 | 0.25 0.05 up from 2000 | 465 | 14% | $2,810 | ||
42Open AstronomyOADe Gruyter · Poland | 0.18Q3 | 0.17 0.02 up from 2000 | 187 | 100% | $1,187 | ||
43Journal of Atmospheric ElectricityOAJapan | 0.15Q3 | 0.19 0.16 up from 2000 | 41 | 90% | — | ||
44Journal of Astrophysics and AstronomySpringer Nature · India | 0.14Q3 | 0.18 0.23 down from 2000 | 112 | 33% | — | ||
45Astronomy & GeophysicsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.13Q3 | 0.12 0.04 up from 2000 | 450 | 27% | — | ||
46Meteoritics and Planetary Science SupplementPublisher not listed | 0.13Q3 | 0.15 0.01 up from 2000 | 468 | 0% | — | ||
47Journal of the British Interplanetary SocietyBritish Interplanetary Society · United Kingdom | 0.13Q3 | 0.10 0.38 down from 2000 | 52 | 0% | — | ||
| 0.12Q3 | 0.18 0.18 up from 2000 | 31 | 0% | — | |||
49Journal of The Korean Astronomical SocietyOAKorean Astronomical Society · South Korea | 0.10Q4 | 0.13 0.08 up from 2000 | 38 | 0% | — | ||
50Solar System ResearchPleiades Publishing · United States | 0.10Q4 | 0.18 0.06 up from 2000 | 103 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Physics and Astronomy, with Astronomy and Astrophysics highlighted.
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics64
- Astronomy and Astrophysics63
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics54
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics30
- Radiation17
- Condensed Matter Physics6
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics0
- Instrumentation0
Journals
Citations made in 2001. Corpus-wide, 67.0% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
19 additional Astronomy and Astrophysics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1998–2000, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2001. Publication window: 1998–2000. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 63
- Window papers (baseline)
- 52,213 Change unavailable from indicator year 1998
- Median OJR
- 0.41 Change unavailable from indicator year 1998
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1998–2000 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 62 | 63 | 62 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 82 | 91 | 94 | 99 | 102 | 102 | 107 | 106 | 108 | 116 | 119 | 117 | 111 | 110 | 109 | 107 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 49,871 | 52,213 | 55,700 | 60,437 | 65,920 | 70,690 | 73,394 | 77,611 | 78,966 | 83,523 | 84,714 | 89,298 | 90,669 | 93,523 | 93,711 | 96,932 | 98,375 | 101,058 | 100,696 | 101,399 | 101,729 | 100,324 | 97,739 | 94,651 | 92,261 | 91,149 | |
| Median OJR | 0.385 | 0.41 | 0.526 | 0.386 | 0.44 | 0.455 | 0.529 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.567 | 0.525 | 0.505 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.451 | 0.454 | 0.49 | 0.513 | 0.54 | 0.585 | 0.616 | 0.56 | 0.617 | 0.565 | 0.590 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.