Astronomy and Astrophysics Review

Aims & Scope

The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review is devoted to all areas of astronomy and astrophysics, including subjects bordering on other fields.

Thus developments in laboratory or particle physics directly relevant to astronomy may be included, as well as cosmic ray physics, studies in the solar system, astrobiology, instrumentation and computational and statistical methods with specific astronomical applications.

It is intended that all important fields be reviewed from time to time, whereby the frequency of review will be dependent on the amount of activity in the different areas.

The journal emphasizes review articles that are not only of the highest quality in their scientific content, but also have a good readability.

They thereby provide an excellent starting point for scientists or students seeking access to a new or unfamiliar field as well as for researchers and lecturers in need of authoritative material in fields with which they are less familiar.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	26.5
2024	27.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	94

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	640

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	9.465

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Accurate masses and radii of normal stars: modern results and applications

  Citation: 1208

  Authors: G., J., A.

• Modelling the behaviour of accretion flows in X-ray binaries

  Citation: 1056

  Authors: Chris, Marek, Aya

• Common envelope evolution: where we stand and how we can move forward

  Citation: 819

  Authors: N., S., X., O., C. L., E., H., E., Z., X.-D., G., T., P., A., N., R., T. M., E. P. J., R. F.

• The magnetic nature of solar flares

  Citation: 760

  Authors: E.R., T.G.

• Formation of supermassive black holes

  Citation: 663

  Authors: Marta

• Multiple populations in globular clusters

  Citation: 642

  Authors: Raffaele G., Eugenio, Angela

• Cosmological magnetic fields: their generation, evolution and observation

  Citation: 638

  Authors: Ruth, Andrii

• Sunspots: An overview

  Citation: 624

  Authors: Sami K.

• The strongest cosmic magnets: soft gamma-ray repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars

  Citation: 567

  Authors: Sandro

• Clusters of galaxies: observational properties of the diffuse radio emission

  Citation: 554

  Authors: Luigina, Gabriele, Federica, Matteo

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