Classical and Quantum Gravity

Aims & Scope

Classical and Quantum Gravity welcomes original research articles on all branches of gravitational physics and the theory of spacetime.

The readership of the journal is broad, comprising gravitational theorists and experimentalists in physics, mathematics and cosmology.

All articles should be of interest to this broad readership and should contain a summary that places the findings in the wider context of gravitational physics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	3.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3798

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4225

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.154

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	198

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Advanced Virgo: a second-generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

  Citation: 3225

  Authors: F, M, K, D, N, A, J, P, G, G, F, J-P, M, A, F, Th S, V, M, M G, C, D, A, M, M A, S, M, M, G, D, F, L, R, V, L, T, C, M, T, A, V, T, H J, D, C, G, E, C, B, F, F, R, G, E, E Chassande-, A, A, S, F, E, P-F, A, M, A, J-P, E, A, S, V, M, R, G, J, S, W Del, H, R De, L Di, A Di, A Di, M, V, M, M, G, V, S, I, F, F, I, R, J-D, S, S, F, L, F, M, A, G, B, E, A, S, L, A, R, M, G, P, G M, J, A, H, P, G, E, D, P, R J G, M, F, I, M, A, A, C, M, N, N, T G F, B, M, V, G, C, E, I, V, N, V, M, F, F, J, F, L, A, D, J, F, C, L, Y, A, M, M, N, B, F, M F, I, L, G, I, M, F, E, C, F, A, A, R, D, M, S, M, F, G, A, L, R, M, G A, M, P, D S, I, P, M, V, T, F, F, A, L, R, D, P, E, B, F, D, V, S, K, N, B, M, M, F, M, G, N, M, J F J, C, M V, J, M, G, J, D, F, A, J-Y, G, H, R, M, L-W, M, A Zadro, J-P

• Advanced LIGO

  Citation: 2598

  Authors: J, B P, R, T, M R, K, C, T, P, R X, V, C, N, O D, A, P, A, B, D, S B, W G, K, M C, C, J S, G, S, S M, P, C, B E, S, P T, S W, J C, M, S, B C, D, B, L, J, M A, I, R, J C, C, B, A S, C, M, J, G, C P L, J, S, R, I A, G, J, S, C, J K, L, C D, D, O, T P, P, C, R, M, Sukanta, P R, V B, J E, D O, M, A F, D A, D D, N M, S, A, A, L, J, J B, K C, J, C D, S, S, M, C, R, T, S J, S, P, Y, H S, M, J H, N, Q, S, G, F, J A, C, L, M, D, T R, N, A, C A, M W, S, P, D M, M J, D C, R, K, J D E, T D, J, S G, A, L, C, K, T, M, S L, K, L, I, H, G S, E J, D, W, T, T, V, R T, R, S, M, I, G, E, F, K L, S, R, T P, J C, Z, S, T, T, M, M, A, H.-B, P, J, S S, R, T, M, T, M, S, X, Q, B, W M, M, M, H, M M, D, E C, R P, Z, A, R, T T, P, V V, S, P, M, J R, S, N, L Á, J A, K D, J, E, R, L, G, N, M L, S, S, C, P B, A, S, C, R J S, A M, H, S, C J, X, K, E K, R, J, E D, G, M, J, C, M D, J, T, G M, I W, M, M T, C-J, K, S, M, G, M, I S, A W, M, M, S, D, K A, S E, K, P, D J, J, E, E J, Y M, E, B, S, S H, M, T, A, N, D R, R, G, J C, T, B R, K, M, H, S, Y, F, W W, D I, R, L, K, V, S, G, J B, E, W, H, S, T, K, F, G M, D, D B, W, D G, J S, A, F Y, E A, C, K, N G, N, Y.-M, E J, P J, D L, J S, S, J, S, K, V, M, W Z, D B, V, B, C, G, A, P, L, M, B, S, P D, A, C, J, P, S, E O, C H, H K, H M, J R, Y, B, J, T G F, K, A, A C, T B, N A, V, J, A L, M, J, M J, H, A P, R, Y, J, T, B, M, D M, F, R, M, C, K, I, V, V, G L, S, Z, A, E, I W, R M, D, J N, K, T J, F, L, N, N, G, R, D E, S, S C, G, J, K, S, G D, M, A, G, R A, S, C, P M, H, H, E E, A, J, M, J, S, C, S, V P, G, R, B, S D, S R P, B, D, G, S R, K, C M, C L, G, S, A, J, D, P G, A, T, R K, V, K, G, T, A B, S, A H, D, M E N, L K, E, J, E, G H, J J, S H, F, P, R, B, W, R, C, C D, D J, R S, H, B J, C, A, S, O, A, H, C, F, B C, M A, H, Z, M, L, A, S, A, M, V, I M, M, J, A, A, J, J, V, S, T, L R, M, S, R, L, O, M, J, V, E, G, R, F J, D S, H, P, S, G, M, K, V, C M, S, D H, O, K, N A, R, J G, V, J D, G, J H, S, A, K, S, T, L, M, F, L, V, J R, V, I, B S, P R, R, A, J, R, P, R, R M S, E, D, B F, J, S M, D, A S, A, G, A, D A, M S, M, Z, B, P, D H, T L, X, D, A D, D, A, L, R, A M, B J J, J R, M R, R J E, N D, E J, B, T, A, J, M, J, S, D, B C, S, S, R, K A, S, R, A L, T Z, P J, M, G, D, D B, M, S P, A, R, G, T, M P, M, P, K A, K S, E, V, C, C V, C I, G, M, D, D, C S, A L, S A, H, G, G, M, A A, S, R, A, J, P J, K, R, S, T, C, W D, S P, A R, L, M, M, L, S, H, M, X, R L, J, M, B, M, A J, R, T, L, P, T, K, J T, S E, D J, B F, C, L, R, A R, J L, B, M, W, C C, H, G, J, S, J, I, W, H, C C, Q, M, Fan, L, M, Y, C, M, X J, M E, S, J

• The Einstein Telescope: a third-generation gravitational wave observatory

  Citation: 1759

  Authors: M, M, F, B, N, K, F, B, M, M, N, S, S, L, S, C, T, E, G, E Chassande, S, A, J, E, C, J, A, L, E, S, K, G, R, T, R, L, A, M, V, P, R, J, F, A, P, J, G, A, A, K, M, H, G, G, M, J, D, M, I, E, S, J, S, S, G, F, K, K, B, M, H, E, I, V, I, C, Y, N, S, B, H, P, R, J, R, C D, C, A, G, A, R, D, L, R, P, M, P, D, P, J, T, H, S, L, F, F, A, S, A, B, B, R, C, P, A, K, F, K, S, P, S, A, J, C, M, C, A, J, F, A, S, B, G, P, K

• Quasinormal modes of black holes and black branes

  Citation: 1694

  Authors: Emanuele, Vitor, Andrei O

• TianQin: a space-borne gravitational wave detector

  Citation: 1612

  Authors: Jun, Li-Sheng, Hui-Zong, Yun-Gui, Shoucun, Jianghui, Qi, Jianwei, Vadim, Mikhail, Cheng-Gang, Viktor T, Hai-Bo, Yamin, Yan, Hsien-Chi, Ming-Sheng, Yonghe, Vladimir, Ze-Bing

• In the realm of the Hubble tension—a review of solutions ^*

  Citation: 1444

  Authors: Eleonora, Olga, Supriya, Luca, Weiqiang, Alessandro, David F, Adam G, Joseph

• Background independent quantum gravity: a status report

  Citation: 1379

  Authors: Abhay, Jerzy

• Lectures on holographic methods for condensed matter physics

  Citation: 1213

  Authors: Sean A

• Enthalpy and the mechanics of AdS black holes

  Citation: 1192

  Authors: David, Sourya, Jennie

• Testing general relativity with present and future astrophysical observations

  Citation: 1152

  Authors: Emanuele, Enrico, Vitor, Leonardo, Paolo, Ulrich, Leo C, Norbert, Kent, Tessa, C P, Flávio S, Daniela, Antonio De, Pedro G, Paulo C C, James, Carlos, Michael, Burkhard, Antoine, Kostas, Jutta, Pablo, Ryan N, Tjonnie G F, Tyson, Andrew, Saeed, Hirotada, Eugen, Richard, Bangalore S, Chris Van Den, Hans A, Helvi, Mir Emad, Justin, Brett, Luca, Sarah, Liang, Juan Carlos, Ryuichi, Caixia, Davide, Saeed, Hector O, João G, Laleh, Marco, Hajime, Miguel

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