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The Astronomical Journal
Physics and astronomyOpen accessIn DOAJ
Among the 48 physics and astronomy journals in this index it has the 14th highest h-index and the 18th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 2 448 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 62% |
| China | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 17% |
| Germany | 13% |
| Canada | 11% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 99% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | 60% |
| Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies | 9% |
| Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | 8% |
| Astro and Planetary Science | 6% |
| Astronomy and Astrophysical Research | 5% |
| Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- The Early Data Release of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (2024, 354 citations)
- The DESI Bright Galaxy Survey: Final Target Selection, Design, and Validation (2023, 259 citations)
- The Spectroscopic Data Processing Pipeline for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (2023, 243 citations)
- Target Selection and Validation of DESI Luminous Red Galaxies (2023, 243 citations)
- Speckle Interferometry at SOAR in 2024 and 2025 (2026, 242 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0004-6256):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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