Astrophysical Journal
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Astrophysical Journal
Overview

Impact Factor

5.874

H Index

479

Impact Factor

4.903

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 0004637X, 15384357
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
History: 1984-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:
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Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Begun in 1895 by George E. Hale and James E. Keeler, The Astrophysical Journal is the foremost research journal in the world devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics. Many of the classic discoveries of the twentieth century have first been reported in the Journal, which has also presented much of the important recent work on quasars, pulsars, neutron stars, black holes, solar and stellar magnetic fields, X-rays, and interstellar matter. In addition, videos that complement specific issues are periodically available. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series has been published since 1953 in conjunction with The Astrophysical Journal.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Astrophysical Journal
SCR Impact Factor

Astrophysical Journal
SCR Journal Ranking

Astrophysical Journal
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

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Astrophysical Journal
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Astrophysical Journal
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    #N/A #N/A #N/A
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    4.445 4.673 4.754
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    4.903 5.058 4.972
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    5.368 5.22 5.17
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    5.371 5.402 5.339
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    5.33 5.448 5.424
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    5.533 5.545 5.559
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    5.674 5.749 5.593
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    6.129 6.022 5.787
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    6.193 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    6.21 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    6.569 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    6.271 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    6.012 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    6.295 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    5.355 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    6.128 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    6.339 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    5.958 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    5.554 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    5.535 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    5.065 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    4.137 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    4.562 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?

III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Astrophysical Journal
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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Astrophysical Journal
H-Index History

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