Astrophysical Journal Letters
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Astrophysical Journal Letters
Overview

Impact Factor

7.413

H Index

172

Impact Factor

7.688

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom
Journal ISSN: 20418205, 20418213
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
History: 1990-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The Astrophysical Journal Letters is the premier journal for rapid publication of high-impact astronomical research. ApJL publishes brief reports on the most influential developments across astronomy and astrophysics. The journal specializes in articles that are timely, containing new discoveries and results that have a significant immediate impact on other researchers. Articles published in ApJL are self-contained, including context that is generally understandable by scientists who are not specialists in the particular fields.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Astrophysical Journal Letters
SCR Impact Factor

Astrophysical Journal Letters
SCR Journal Ranking

Astrophysical Journal Letters
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

3.639

Astrophysical Journal Letters
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Astrophysical Journal Letters
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    7.149 7.324 7.025
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    7.688 7.43 7.735
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    7.919 8.498 7.837
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    9.285 8.381 7.642
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    8.911 8.041 7.235
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    7.118 6.514 6.163
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    5.817 5.725 5.499
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    5.931 5.857 5.672
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    5.949 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    6.107 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    6.835 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    6.57 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    2.667 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    1.5 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    4.018 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    8.016 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    42.412 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    25.957 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    6.971 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    5.527 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    3.917 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    3.772 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    6.057 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Astrophysical Journal Letters
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

172

Astrophysical Journal Letters
H-Index History