Top Peer Reviewed Journals – Space Science

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Space Science

The subject discipline for Space Science is made of only 1 subject category from the Web of Science. The 1 category that makes up Space Science is:

Astronomy & Astrophysics

The chart below provides an ordered view of the top peer reviewed journals within the 1st quartile for Space Science based on Impact Factors (IF), three year averages and their quartile ranking.

Journal 2009 IF 2010 IF 2011 IF Average IF ANNUAL REVIEW OF ASTRONOMY AND 25.64 27.44 26.45 26.51 ASTROPHYSICS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT 12.77 15.2 13.45 13.81 SERIES ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 11.85 15.43 11.52 12.93 REVIEW Living Reviews in Solar Physics 12.5 12.50 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 7.36 6.06 6.02 6.48 JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND 6.5 6.49 5.72 6.24 ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY 5.44 5.44 Astrophysical Journal Letters 5.15 5.52 5.34 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL 5.02 5.02 SOCIETY OF JAPAN MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL 5.1 4.88 4.9 4.96 ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 4.17 4.42 4.58 4.39 ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 4.48 4.55 4.03 4.35 SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 4.58 4.43 3.61 4.21 ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS 4.13 3.8 3.97 ICARUS 3.81 3.38 3.60 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL 3.58 3.58 SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

Year – 2009

Journal Impact Factor Ranking ANNUAL REVIEW OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 25.64 1/49 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES 12.77 2/49 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW 11.85 3/49 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 7.36 4/49 JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE 6.5 5/49 PHYSICS EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY 5.44 6/49 MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL 5.1 7/49 SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF 5.02 8/49 JAPAN SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 4.58 9/49 ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 4.48 10/49 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 4.17 11/49 ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS 4.13 12/49

Year – 2010

Journal Impact Factor Ranking Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 27.44 1/52 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW 15.43 2/52 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES 15.2 3/52 JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE 6.49 4/52 PHYSICS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 6.06 5/52 Astrophysical Journal Letters 5.15 6/52 MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL 4.88 7/52 SOCIETY ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 4.55 8/52 SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 4.43 9/52 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 4.42 10/52 ICARUS 3.81 11/52 ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS 3.8 12/52

Year – 2011

Journal Impact Factor Ranking Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 26.45 1/53 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES 13.45 2/53 Living Reviews in Solar Physics 12.5 3/53 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW 11.52 4/53 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 6.02 5/53 JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE 5.72 6/53 PHYSICS Astrophysical Journal Letters 5.52 7/53 MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL 4.9 8/53 SOCIETY ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 4.58 9/53 ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 4.03 10/53 SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 3.61 11/53 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF 3.58 12/53 THE PACIFIC ICARUS 3.38 13/53