This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Astronomy journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astronomy and Astrophysics Review | Springer Verlag | 09354956, 14320754 | 9.937 |
| 2 | Nature Reviews Physics | Springer Nature Switzerland AG | 25225820 | 9.34 |
| 3 | Nature Physics | Nature Publishing Group | 17452473 | 7.955 |
| 4 | Living Reviews in Solar Physics | Springer International Publishing AG | 16144961, 23673648 | 7.235 |
| 5 | Physical Review X | American Physical Society | 21603308 | 6.267 |
| 6 | Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Annual Reviews Inc. | 846597 | 6.083 |
| 7 | Physics Reports | Elsevier | 3701573 | 5.691 |
| 8 | Nature Communications | Nature Publishing Group | 20411723 | 5.116 |
| 9 | ACS Nano | American Chemical Society | 1936086X, 19360851 | 4.728 |
| 10 | Reports on Progress in Physics | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 13616633, 00344885 | 4.467 |
| 11 | Annals of PDE | Springer Science + Business Media | 21992576, 25245317 | 4.425 |
| 12 | PRX Quantum | American Physical Society | 26913399 | 4.415 |
| 13 | Applied Physics Reviews | AIP Publishing LLC | 19319401 | 4.143 |
| 14 | Advanced Science | Wiley-VCH Verlag | 21983844 | 4.086 |
| 15 | Nature Astronomy | Nature Publishing Group | 23973366 | 3.269 |
| 16 | Physical Review Letters | American Physical Society | 10797114, 00319007 | 3.118 |
| 17 | IEEE Wireless Communications Letters | IEEE Communications Society | 21622345, 21622337 | 3.092 |
| 18 | Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series | American Astronomical Society | 15384365, 00670049 | 3.086 |
| 19 | Reviews of Modern Physics | American Physical Society | 00346861, 15390756 | 20.343 |
| 20 | New Astronomy Reviews | Elsevier | 13876473 | 2.825 |
| 21 | Reviews in Physics | Elsevier BV | 24054283 | 2.811 |
| 22 | Space Science Reviews | Springer Netherlands | 15729672, 00386308 | 2.768 |
| 23 | Materials Today Physics | Elsevier Ltd. | 25425293 | 2.767 |
| 24 | Astrophysical Journal Letters | American Astronomical Society | 20418213, 20418205 | 2.726 |
| 25 | Quantum | Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften | 2521327X | 2.702 |
| 26 | Cell Reports Physical Science | Cell Press | 26663864 | 2.598 |
| 27 | Quantum Science and Technology | Institute of Physics Publishing | 20589565 | 2.341 |
| 28 | Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering | Elsevier | 457825 | 2.218 |
| 29 | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | Institute of Physics Publishing | 00046280, 15383873 | 2.151 |
| 30 | Astronomical Journal | American Astronomical Society | 00046256, 15383881 | 2.025 |
| 31 | Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Annual Reviews Inc. | 15454282, 00664146 | 14.486 |
| 32 | Living Reviews in Relativity | Springer International Publishing AG | 14338351, 23673613 | 11.561 |
| 33 | Astronomy and Astrophysics | EDP Sciences | 00046361, 14320746 | 1.999 |
| 34 | Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics | Oxford University Press | 20503911 | 1.958 |
| 35 | Astrophysical Journal | American Astronomical Society | 0004637X, 15384357 | 1.925 |
| 36 | SciPost Physics | SciPost Foundation | 25424653 | 1.897 |
| 37 | Advances in Physics: X | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 23746149 | 1.895 |
| 38 | Physics of Life Reviews | Elsevier | 18731457, 15710645 | 1.848 |
| 39 | Communications Physics | Springer Nature | 23993650 | 1.844 |
| 40 | Physical Review Research | American Physical Society | 26431564 | 1.824 |
| 41 | Selecta Mathematica, New Series | Birkhauser Verlag Basel | 10221824 | 1.784 |
| 42 | Journal of Computational Physics | Academic Press Inc. | 10902716, 00219991 | 1.753 |
| 43 | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | Oxford University Press | 13652966, 00358711 | 1.734 |
| 44 | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters | Oxford University Press | 17453925, 17453933 | 1.696 |
| 45 | Physical Review D | American Physical Society | 24700010, 24700029 | 1.639 |
| 46 | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia | Cambridge University Press | 13233580, 14486083 | 1.536 |
| 47 | European Physical Journal C | Springer New York | 14346052, 14346044 | 1.526 |
| 48 | Physical Review Applied | American Physical Society | 23317019 | 1.492 |
| 49 | Nonlinearity | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 09517715, 13616544 | 1.491 |
| 50 | Physics of the Dark Universe | Elsevier BV | 22126864 | 1.431 |
| 51 | Chaos, Solitons and Fractals | Elsevier Ltd. | 9600779 | 1.393 |
| 52 | Contemporary Physics | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 00107514, 13665812 | 1.342 |
| 53 | Journal of Computational Physics: X | Elsevier Inc. | 25900552 | 1.314 |
| 54 | Computer Physics Communications | Elsevier | 104655 | 1.312 |
| 55 | Classical and Quantum Gravity | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 13616382, 02649381 | 1.264 |
| 56 | Icarus | Academic Press Inc. | 10902643, 00191035 | 1.241 |
| 57 | Chinese Physics C | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 16741137 | 1.231 |
| 58 | New Journal of Physics | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 13672630 | 1.224 |
| 59 | Fortschritte der Physik | Wiley-VCH Verlag | 15213978, 00158208 | 1.209 |
| 60 | Frontiers of Physics | Higher Education Press | 20950462, 20950470 | 1.198 |
| 61 | Journal of Chemical Physics | American Institute of Physics | 10897690, 00219606 | 1.196 |
| 62 | Applied Surface Science | Elsevier | 1694332 | 1.187 |
| 63 | Astroparticle Physics | Elsevier | 9276505 | 1.167 |
| 64 | Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan | Oxford University Press | 2053051X, 00046264 | 1.119 |
| 65 | Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy | Science Press (China) | 16747348 | 1.112 |
| 66 | Astrodynamics | Tsinghua University Press | 25220098 | 1.106 |
| 67 | Physical Review Materials | American Physical Society | 24759953 | 1.105 |
| 68 | European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids | Elsevier BV | 9977538 | 1.082 |
| 69 | Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors | Elsevier | 319201 | 1.082 |
| 70 | Journal of High Energy Astrophysics | Elsevier BV | 22144048 | 1.06 |
| 71 | Communications in Computational Physics | Global Science Press | 18152406, 19917120 | 1.057 |
| 72 | Applied Physics Letters | American Institute of Physics | 10773118, 00036951 | 1.043 |
| 73 | Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik | Birkhauser Verlag Basel | 14209039, 00442275 | 1.023 |
| 74 | Physical Review Physics Education Research | American Physical Society | 24699896 | 1.015 |
| 75 | Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences | Japan Academy | 13492896, 03862208 | 1.015 |
| 76 | Physical Review Accelerators and Beams | American Physical Society | 24699888 | 1.003 |
| 77 | International Journal of Multiphase Flow | Elsevier BV | 3019322 | 0.985 |
| 78 | Communications in Number Theory and Physics | International Press of Boston, Inc. | 19314523, 19314531 | 0.977 |
| 79 | Experimental Astronomy | Springer Netherlands | 15729508, 09226435 | 0.947 |
| 80 | Planetary Science Journal | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 26323338 | 0.935 |
| 81 | Annals of Physics | Academic Press Inc. | 00034916, 1096035X | 0.917 |
| 82 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | Elsevier Ltd. | 13552198, 18792502 | 0.894 |
| 83 | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 14757516 | 0.893 |
| 84 | European Polymer Journal | Elsevier Ltd. | 143057 | 0.884 |
| 85 | Combustion and Flame | Elsevier Inc. | 102180 | 0.878 |
| 86 | Fire Safety Journal | Elsevier Ltd. | 3797112 | 0.877 |
| 87 | Physica Medica | Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica | 11201797, 1724191X | 0.877 |
| 88 | npj Microgravity | Nature Publishing Group | 23738065 | 0.859 |
| 89 | Surfaces and Interfaces | Elsevier BV | 24680230 | 0.856 |
| 90 | Multiscale Modeling and Simulation | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications | 15403459, 15403467 | 0.855 |
| 91 | Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics | Springer New York | 09351175, 14320959 | 0.843 |
| 92 | La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento | Societa Italiana di Fisica | 0393697X | 0.83 |
| 93 | Journal of Turbulence | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14685248 | 0.829 |
| 94 | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | Royal Society of Chemistry | 14639084, 14639076 | 0.824 |
| 95 | Chaos | American Institute of Physics | 10541500, 10897682 | 0.82 |
| 96 | Chinese Physics Letters | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 17413540, 0256307X | 0.816 |
| 97 | Solar Physics | Springer Netherlands | 00380938, 1573093X | 0.814 |
| 98 | Astronomy and Computing | Elsevier BV | 22131337 | 0.806 |
| 99 | Galaxies | MDPI AG | 20754434 | 0.802 |
| 100 | General Relativity and Gravitation | Springer New York | 00017701, 15729532 | 0.8 |
| 101 | Universe | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | 22181997 | 0.796 |
| 102 | Acta Astronomica | Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy | 15237 | 0.779 |
| 103 | Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | Frontiers Media S.A. | 2296987X | 0.777 |
| 104 | Computational Materials Science | Elsevier | 9270256 | 0.766 |
| 105 | Experiments in Fluids | Springer Verlag | 14321114, 07234864 | 0.764 |
| 106 | FAU Studies Mathematics and Physics | FAU University Press | 21967482 | 0.756 |
| 107 | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences | Royal Society Publishing | 13645021, 14712946 | 0.752 |
| 108 | Romanian Reports in Physics | Publishing House of the Romanian Academy | 12211451, 18418759 | 0.745 |
| 109 | Granular Matter | Springer New York | 14347636, 14345021 | 0.729 |
| 110 | Results in Physics | Elsevier BV | 22113797 | 0.719 |