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Astronomy Research Resources: High-Impact Journals

A guide to finding articles and reference materials for students in the field of Astronomy.

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Top U of I Astronomy Journals

Top journals written in and cited by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty.

Top Astronomy Journals

Top journals as determined by Thomson Reuters Journal Impact Factor 2019 Rankings.

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
2019 Impact Factor: 33.000
Living Reviews in Solar Physics
2019 Impact Factor: 20.000
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
2019 Impact Factor: 16.000
Nature Astronomy
2019 Impact Factor: 11.518
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
2019 Impact Factor: 9.089
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2019 Impact Factor: 8.201
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2019 Impact Factor: 7.950
Space Science Reviews
2019 Impact Factor: 6.125
Astronomical Journal
2019 Impact Factor: 5.840
Astrophysical Journal
2019 Impact Factor: 5.746

Prominent Science Journals

Top journals as determined by Thomson Reuters Journal Impact Factor 2020 Rankings.

Nature
2020 Impact Factor: 49.962
Science
2020 Impact Factor: 47.728
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020 Impact Factor: 11.205

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