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Astronomical Journal

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IOP Publishing
ISSN: 00046256, 15383881

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
5.1
SJR
1.953
CiteScore
8.4
Categories
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science
Areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
1987, 1989-2025
journal names
Astronomical Journal
ASTRON J
Publications
31 340
Citations
938 614
h-index
310
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USA (9547 publications)
Canada (1269 publications)
United Kingdom (1202 publications)

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USA, 9547, 30.46%
Canada, 1269, 4.05%
United Kingdom, 1202, 3.84%
Germany, 1159, 3.7%
China, 925, 2.95%
Australia, 852, 2.72%
Chile, 842, 2.69%
Italy, 716, 2.28%
Japan, 675, 2.15%
France, 649, 2.07%
Spain, 641, 2.05%
Netherlands, 412, 1.31%
Mexico, 354, 1.13%
Brazil, 338, 1.08%
Republic of Korea, 276, 0.88%
Switzerland, 256, 0.82%
Russia, 202, 0.64%
India, 192, 0.61%
Argentina, 177, 0.56%
Poland, 163, 0.52%
Sweden, 160, 0.51%
Denmark, 156, 0.5%
South Africa, 151, 0.48%
Israel, 143, 0.46%
Belgium, 134, 0.43%
Hungary, 117, 0.37%
Czech Republic, 81, 0.26%
Finland, 72, 0.23%
Portugal, 71, 0.23%
Ukraine, 67, 0.21%
Austria, 57, 0.18%
Greece, 57, 0.18%
New Zealand, 54, 0.17%
Turkey, 48, 0.15%
Thailand, 47, 0.15%
Philippines, 40, 0.13%
Ireland, 35, 0.11%
Venezuela, 34, 0.11%
Serbia, 28, 0.09%
Bulgaria, 26, 0.08%
Slovakia, 26, 0.08%
Croatia, 23, 0.07%
Iran, 19, 0.06%
Romania, 19, 0.06%
Armenia, 17, 0.05%
Lithuania, 15, 0.05%
UAE, 15, 0.05%
Slovenia, 12, 0.04%
Estonia, 11, 0.04%
Norway, 11, 0.04%
Saudi Arabia, 11, 0.04%
Georgia, 9, 0.03%
Colombia, 9, 0.03%
Morocco, 9, 0.03%
Panama, 9, 0.03%
Uzbekistan, 9, 0.03%
Malta, 8, 0.03%
Iraq, 7, 0.02%
Lebanon, 7, 0.02%
Puerto Rico, 7, 0.02%
Egypt, 6, 0.02%
Qatar, 6, 0.02%
Vietnam, 4, 0.01%
Malaysia, 4, 0.01%
Nigeria, 4, 0.01%
Uruguay, 4, 0.01%
Antarctica, 3, 0.01%
Vatican, 3, 0.01%
Jordan, 3, 0.01%
Cyprus, 3, 0.01%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0%
Burkina Faso, 1, 0%
Iceland, 1, 0%
Namibia, 1, 0%
Oman, 1, 0%
Peru, 1, 0%
North Macedonia, 1, 0%
Sudan, 1, 0%
Trinidad and Tobago, 1, 0%
Ethiopia, 1, 0%
Yugoslavia, 1, 0%
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China, 254, 8.6%
United Kingdom, 245, 8.29%
Germany, 186, 6.3%
Canada, 180, 6.09%
Australia, 176, 5.96%
France, 135, 4.57%
Chile, 131, 4.43%
Italy, 124, 4.2%
Japan, 116, 3.93%
Spain, 109, 3.69%
Netherlands, 92, 3.11%
Switzerland, 77, 2.61%
India, 51, 1.73%
Republic of Korea, 47, 1.59%
Belgium, 46, 1.56%
Denmark, 43, 1.46%
Israel, 36, 1.22%
Russia, 35, 1.18%
Poland, 33, 1.12%
Mexico, 30, 1.02%
Brazil, 29, 0.98%
Sweden, 29, 0.98%
South Africa, 29, 0.98%
New Zealand, 26, 0.88%
Czech Republic, 24, 0.81%
Portugal, 16, 0.54%
Ireland, 13, 0.44%
Hungary, 12, 0.41%
Austria, 11, 0.37%
Turkey, 11, 0.37%
Croatia, 11, 0.37%
Greece, 10, 0.34%
Thailand, 9, 0.3%
Iran, 8, 0.27%
Malta, 8, 0.27%
Morocco, 8, 0.27%
UAE, 8, 0.27%
Finland, 8, 0.27%
Argentina, 7, 0.24%
Colombia, 7, 0.24%
Serbia, 7, 0.24%
Ukraine, 5, 0.17%
Bulgaria, 4, 0.14%
Lithuania, 4, 0.14%
Slovakia, 4, 0.14%
Antarctica, 3, 0.1%
Norway, 3, 0.1%
Philippines, 3, 0.1%
Estonia, 2, 0.07%
Jordan, 2, 0.07%
Iraq, 2, 0.07%
Romania, 2, 0.07%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0.07%
Vatican, 1, 0.03%
Vietnam, 1, 0.03%
Egypt, 1, 0.03%
Iceland, 1, 0.03%
Cyprus, 1, 0.03%
Lebanon, 1, 0.03%
Malaysia, 1, 0.03%
Slovenia, 1, 0.03%
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