Journal rankings · indicator year 2004
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Subfield ranking · 2004
Astronomy and Astrophysics journal rankings 2004
70 ranked journals · Subfield in Physics and Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics has 70 ranked journals in 2004. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2003 to 0.44, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.00. The top three are The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, and The Astronomical Journal.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2004. 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 2001–2003, the window the 2004 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)
70 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 2003. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2001–2003 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 2004. | Compare |
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1The Astrophysical Journal Supplement SeriesOAInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 8.07Q1 | 16.45 10.10 up from 2003 | 344 | 92% | $4,499 | ||
2Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle PhysicsInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 4.34Q1 | 8.57no 2003 value | 94 | 98% | $3,290 | — | |
3The Astronomical JournalOAInstitute of Physics · United States | 2.89Q1 | 6.08 0.30 up from 2003 | 1,525 | 98% | $4,499 | ||
4Reviews in Mineralogy and GeochemistryMineralogical Society of America · United States | 2.55Q1 | 2.78 0.54 up from 2003 | 199 | 3% | — | ||
5The Astrophysical JournalOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.50Q1 | 6.41 0.25 down from 2003 | 7,320 | 98% | $4,499 | ||
6Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.30Q1 | 5.40 0.19 up from 2003 | 3,365 | 93% | $3,046 | ||
7Publications of the Astronomical Society of the PacificInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 3.27 0.39 up from 2003 | 469 | 84% | $3,325 | ||
8Annual Review of Astronomy and AstrophysicsAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.69Q1 | 17.23 0.38 up from 2003 | 51 | 50% | — | ||
9New AstronomyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.65Q1 | 1.78 1.56 down from 2003 | 205 | 29% | $2,690 | ||
10IcarusElsevier BV · United States | 1.58Q1 | 3.51 0.59 up from 2003 | 701 | 9% | $3,810 | ||
11Astronomy and AstrophysicsOAEDP Sciences · France | 1.52Q1 | 3.61 0.17 down from 2003 | 5,670 | 99% | $1,865 | ||
12Origins of Life and Evolution of BiospheresSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.48Q1 | 2.39 0.44 up from 2003 | 116 | 27% | $1,520 | ||
13Classical and Quantum GravityIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.18Q1 | 2.75 0.41 up from 2003 | 1,441 | 84% | $3,325 | ||
14Publications of the Astronomical Society of JapanOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.16Q1 | 2.67 0.38 up from 2003 | 391 | 58% | $2,398 | ||
15Meteoritics and Planetary ScienceWiley · United States | 1.15Q1 | 2.11 0.46 up from 2003 | 519 | 44% | $3,300 | ||
16Radio ScienceWiley · United States | 1.04Q1 | 1.44 0.38 up from 2003 | 461 | 51% | $3,700 | ||
17AstrobiologyMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.02Q1 | 1.88 0.38 up from 2003 | 172 | 4% | — | ||
18Solar PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.00Q1 | 2.37 0.03 down from 2003 | 543 | 13% | $4,190 | ||
19Planetary and Space ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.94Q2 | 1.33 0.17 down from 2003 | 408 | 6% | $3,680 | ||
20Space Science ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.92Q2 | 1.20 0.36 down from 2003 | 399 | 8% | $5,290 | ||
21Contemporary PhysicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.88Q2 | 1.27 0.65 up from 2003 | 123 | 15% | — | ||
22International Journal of AstrobiologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 1.28 0.03 down from 2003 | 57 | 13% | $3,550 | ||
23EosOAWiley · United States | 0.83Q2 | 0.86 0.02 up from 2003 | 1,281 | 43% | — | ||
24Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial PhysicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.82Q2 | 1.58 0.23 up from 2003 | 541 | 5% | $2,770 | ||
25International Journal of Modern Physics DWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.78Q2 | 1.35 0.11 down from 2003 | 363 | 57% | — | ||
26Annales GeophysicaeOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 0.73Q2 | 1.49 0.20 up from 2003 | 514 | 100% | $1,186 | ||
27Physics TodayAIP Publishing · United States | 0.71Q2 | 0.83 0.30 up from 2003 | 1,727 | 19% | — | ||
28Modern Physics Letters AWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.68Q2 | 1.17 0.38 down from 2003 | 854 | 65% | — | ||
29Publications of the Astronomical Society of AustraliaCambridge University Press · Australia | 0.64Q2 | 1.17 0.10 up from 2003 | 197 | 99% | $3,550 | ||
30Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical AstronomySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.63Q2 | 0.75 0.02 up from 2003 | 197 | 18% | $3,190 | ||
31Journal of Atmospheric ElectricityOAJapan | 0.63Q2 | 1.14 0.97 up from 2003 | 45 | 100% | — | ||
32Symposium - International Astronomical UnionCambridge University Press | 0.60Q2 | 0.15 0.05 up from 2003 | 1,666 | 100% | — | ||
33New Astronomy ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.57Q2 | 0.86 0.28 down from 2003 | 430 | 46% | $4,350 | ||
34General Relativity and GravitationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.51Q2 | 0.85 0.14 down from 2003 | 506 | 56% | $2,290 | ||
35Fortschritte der PhysikWiley · Germany | 0.45Q2 | 0.78 0.17 up from 2003 | 308 | 52% | $3,460 | ||
36Journal of Low Temperature PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.44Q3 | 0.78 0.29 down from 2003 | 606 | 16% | $3,390 | ||
37Advances in Space ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.42Q3 | 0.64 0.06 up from 2003 | 2,158 | 10% | $2,780 | ||
38Earth Moon and PlanetsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.40Q3 | 0.62 0.25 up from 2003 | 141 | 35% | $1,520 | ||
39Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part C Solar Terrestrial & Planetary ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.40Q3 | —no 2003 value | 132 | — | — | ||
40Astronomy LettersPleiades Publishing · United States | 0.38Q3 | 0.83 0.10 up from 2003 | 321 | 32% | — | ||
41Experimental AstronomySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.38Q3 | 0.45 0.21 up from 2003 | 72 | 2% | $2,590 | ||
42Astrophysics and Space ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.28Q3 | 0.47 0.05 up from 2003 | 1,371 | 25% | $3,490 | ||
43Astronomische NachrichtenWiley · Germany | 0.28Q3 | 0.49 0.12 up from 2003 | 439 | 23% | $2,810 | ||
44Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de LiègeSociété royale des sciences de Liège · Belgium | 0.24Q3 | 0.00 0.04 down from 2003 | 36 | 0% | — | ||
45Astronomy ReportsPleiades Publishing · British Virgin Islands | 0.20Q3 | 0.41 0.15 down from 2003 | 327 | 5% | — | ||
46Journal of The Korean Astronomical SocietyOAKorean Astronomical Society · South Korea | 0.20Q3 | 0.47 0.13 up from 2003 | 118 | 69% | — | ||
47Space PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.18Q3 | 0.35 0.06 up from 2003 | 166 | 0% | $3,400 | ||
48Journal of Astrophysics and AstronomySpringer Nature · India | 0.17Q3 | 0.36 0.15 up from 2003 | 60 | 75% | — | ||
49Solar System ResearchPleiades Publishing · United States | 0.15Q3 | 0.52 0.16 up from 2003 | 161 | 0% | — | ||
50Physics WorldIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.14Q3 | 0.10 0.09 down from 2003 | 1,290 | 44% | — |
Subfields of Physics and Astronomy, with Astronomy and Astrophysics highlighted.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics70
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics65
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics55
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics30
- Radiation16
- Condensed Matter Physics7
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics0
- Instrumentation0
Journals
Citations made in 2004. Corpus-wide, 69.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
26 additional Astronomy and Astrophysics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2001–2003, 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: 2004. Publication window: 2001–2003. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 70
- Window papers (baseline)
- 65,920 +26.3% from indicator year 2001
- Median OJR
- 0.44 +7.3% from indicator year 2001
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2001–2003 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.