Name: List of Top Journals of Astronomy sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-05-11T19:04:11Z
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3.8K(top 1%)

PR articles

93.9K(top 1%)

PR citations

120(top 1%)

PR h-index

126(top 1%)

h-index

4.2K

documents

108.7K

doc citations

2.2K

citing journals

Top Journals (by PR citations)

#	Journal	Citations
1	Astrophysical Journal	18.9K
2	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	16.2K
3	Astronomy and Astrophysics	11.0K
4	Physical Review D	6.3K
5	Astrophysical Journal Letters	3.2K
6	Astronomical Journal	2.8K
7	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics	2.7K
8	Physical Review B	2.4K
9	Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics	2.4K
10	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series	2.3K
11	Physical Review Letters	1.2K
12	Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy	1.0K
13	Universe	970
14	European Physical Journal C	898
15	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific	610
16	Physical Review A	595
17	Solar Physics	587
18	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters	556
19	Classical and Quantum Gravity	483
20	Journal of High Energy Physics	482

What are top citing journals?

These journals contain the most peer-reviewed articles that cite Astronomy's peer-reviewed articles. Only peer-reviewed-to-peer-reviewed citations are counted.

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Citing Bodies

Astronomy

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Top Journals (by PR citations)