Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
Astronomy and Astrophysics journal rankings 2019
116 ranked journals · Subfield in Physics and Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics has 116 ranked journals in 2019. The median journal has an OJR of 0.54, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.02 on 2018; Q1 starts at OJR 1.23. The top three are Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. 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 2016–2018, the window the 2019 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)
116 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 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 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 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1Reviews in Mineralogy and GeochemistryMineralogical Society of America · United States | 4.44Q1 | 11.42 1.05 up from 2018 | 52 | 50% | — | ||
2The Astrophysical Journal Supplement SeriesOAInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 3.87Q1 | 8.42no change | 607 | 100% | $4,499 | ||
3The Astrophysical Journal LettersOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.69Q1 | 10.11 0.31 up from 2018 | 1,685 | 100% | $2,400 | ||
4Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma RayPublisher not listed | 3.43Q1 | 1.52no 2018 value | 186 | — | — | — | |
5Space Science ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.31Q1 | 7.23 0.14 down from 2018 | 311 | 73% | $5,290 | ||
6Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter WavePublisher not listed | 2.40Q1 | 0.96no 2018 value | 195 | — | — | — | |
7The Astronomical JournalOAInstitute of Physics · United States | 2.31Q1 | 6.75 0.76 up from 2018 | 1,509 | 98% | $4,499 | ||
8Publications of the Astronomical Society of AustraliaCambridge University Press · Australia | 2.26Q1 | 5.36 0.53 up from 2018 | 182 | 98% | $3,550 | ||
9Fortschritte der PhysikWiley · Germany | 2.20Q1 | 6.71 4.33 up from 2018 | 208 | 78% | $3,460 | ||
10AstrobiologyMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 2.11Q1 | 5.42 0.15 down from 2018 | 273 | 46% | — | ||
11Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society LettersOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 4.96 0.13 down from 2018 | 711 | 95% | $1,451 | ||
12Nature AstronomyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 4.34 0.54 up from 2018 | 595 | 53% | $12,690 | ||
13Annual Review of Astronomy and AstrophysicsAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.94Q1 | 34.13 0.01 up from 2018 | 49 | 76% | — | ||
14Publications of the Astronomical Society of the PacificInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 4.49 0.90 up from 2018 | 416 | 99% | $3,325 | ||
15Astronomy and AstrophysicsOAEDP Sciences · France | 1.89Q1 | 5.65 0.39 down from 2018 | 5,438 | 100% | $1,865 | ||
16The Astrophysical JournalOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 5.91 0.09 up from 2018 | 9,050 | 99% | $4,499 | ||
17Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle PhysicsInstitute of Physics · United Kingdom | 1.70Q1 | 5.26 0.21 down from 2018 | 1,988 | 98% | $3,290 | ||
18Physics of the Dark UniverseElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.68Q1 | 3.76 2.20 down from 2018 | 163 | 76% | $3,660 | ||
19Journal of Geophysical Research PlanetsWiley · United States | 1.59Q1 | 4.15 1.02 down from 2018 | 459 | 58% | $4,070 | ||
20Publications of the Astronomical Society of JapanOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.52Q1 | 4.58 0.90 up from 2018 | 505 | 83% | $2,398 | ||
21IcarusElsevier BV · United States | 1.46Q1 | 3.66 0.29 down from 2018 | 1,273 | 54% | $3,810 | ||
22Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 5.34 0.03 up from 2018 | 10,315 | 95% | $3,046 | ||
23Earth and Space ScienceOAAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 1.41Q1 | 2.80 0.08 down from 2018 | 147 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
24Classical and Quantum GravityIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 3.25 0.35 down from 2018 | 1,198 | 94% | $3,325 | ||
25Journal of Space Weather and Space ClimateOAEDP Open · France | 1.39Q1 | 3.38no change | 139 | 100% | $1,413 | ||
26Advances in Space ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.28Q1 | 2.54 0.39 up from 2018 | 1,451 | 31% | $2,780 | ||
27Astronomy and ComputingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.26Q1 | 1.96 0.33 down from 2018 | 137 | 69% | $2,260 | ||
28Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical AstronomySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.25Q1 | 1.95 0.17 down from 2018 | 196 | 54% | $3,190 | ||
29Space WeatherOAAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 1.23Q1 | 4.10 0.06 down from 2018 | 377 | 73% | $3,000 | ||
30The European Physical Journal HSpringer Science+Business Media · France | 1.08Q2 | 2.23 1.20 up from 2018 | 48 | 64% | $3,790 | ||
312018 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (AT-RASC)Publisher not listed | 1.04Q2 | 0.43no 2018 value | 330 | — | — | — | |
32Solar PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.03Q2 | 2.79 0.15 down from 2018 | 527 | 56% | $4,190 | ||
33Frontiers in Astronomy and Space SciencesOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 0.97Q2 | 2.21 0.93 up from 2018 | 140 | 100% | $2,353 | ||
34Advances in AstronomyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 2.00 0.42 down from 2018 | 35 | 100% | $1,130 | ||
35Molecular astrophysicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.91Q2 | 2.64 0.44 down from 2018 | 36 | 25% | $2,060 | ||
36Planetary and Space ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.88Q2 | 2.03 0.13 up from 2018 | 503 | 39% | $3,680 | ||
37Radio ScienceWiley · United States | 0.88Q2 | 1.71 0.01 up from 2018 | 431 | 38% | $3,700 | ||
38International Journal of Modern Physics DWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.86Q2 | 2.13 0.29 up from 2018 | 851 | 68% | — | ||
39Journal of Geophysical Research Space PhysicsWiley · United States | 0.85Q2 | 3.23 0.23 up from 2018 | 2,312 | 52% | $4,070 | ||
40Origins of Life and Evolution of BiospheresSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.84Q2 | 2.03 0.26 up from 2018 | 86 | 38% | $1,520 | ||
41Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial PhysicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 1.90 0.02 down from 2018 | 648 | 18% | $2,770 | ||
42UniverseOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.81Q2 | 1.72 0.67 down from 2018 | 271 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
43Annales GeophysicaeOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 0.79Q2 | 1.97 0.06 down from 2018 | 348 | 100% | $1,186 | ||
44International Journal of AstrobiologyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.79Q2 | 1.79 0.01 down from 2018 | 152 | 63% | $3,550 | ||
45Experimental AstronomySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.79Q2 | 1.65 0.62 down from 2018 | 121 | 58% | $2,590 | ||
46General Relativity and GravitationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.79Q2 | 2.09 0.55 up from 2018 | 467 | 73% | $2,290 | ||
47Chinese Journal of PhysicsElsevier BV · Taiwan | 0.78Q2 | 2.94 0.11 up from 2018 | 725 | 8% | $2,000 | ||
48Journal of Astronomical InstrumentationWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.76Q2 | 1.34 0.81 down from 2018 | 91 | 19% | — | ||
49Geoscientific instrumentation, methods and data systemsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 0.75Q2 | 1.63 0.66 down from 2018 | 125 | 100% | $1,035 | ||
50Meteoritics and Planetary ScienceWiley · United States | 0.71Q2 | 2.10 0.07 down from 2018 | 535 | 60% | $3,300 |
Subfields of Physics and Astronomy, with Astronomy and Astrophysics highlighted.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics116
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics97
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics69
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics45
- Radiation30
- Condensed Matter Physics9
- Instrumentation1
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics0
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
29 additional Astronomy and Astrophysics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, 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: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 116
- Window papers (baseline)
- 101,399 +3.1% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 0.54 +18.2% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 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 |
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| 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.