The Astrophysical Journal

IOP Publishing · Open Access

Data up to Jan 2025

Total Papers125,599

Total Citations6,352,398

Years Active1895–2024

ISSN0004-637X, 1538-4357

EISSN15384357

Primary Fields

Impact Metrics

2-Year IF (2024)5.13

5-Year IF (2024)4.28

CiteScore (2024)3.81

Metrics computed from OpenAlex data unless marked (official).

Retraction Statistics

Retractions1

Retraction Rate<0.01%

Based on Retraction Watch data. Tracked 2015–2015.

Publishing Details

LicenseCC BY

APC$4,681 (2025)

LanguagesENG

Data from Scopus & DOAJ.