The Astronomical Journal
Institute of Physics · United States
POSI-J-000544eISSN 1538-3881pISSN 0004-6256
Evaluation status
1 · Core Collection
Listed in the journal directory. Certification is by application.
3 · Citation ranking
CITATION-RANK-1.0In Physical Sciences · percentile 89.8
PNCI 1.44 · 2421 eligible items · coverage 100.0%
Snapshot: September 2026
PQF is an eligibility and quality-framework assessment. It is not a citation ranking metric and does not determine Citation Quartiles or POSI Zones. PCS is a supplementary citation indicator and does not determine the official POSI Citation Rank, Citation Percentile, Citation Quartile, or POSI Zone.
Citations and output
- Citation score (PCS)
- 12.04
- Supplementary · 2022–2025 · 2,421 items · PCS-1.0
- Adequate sample
- How it is calculated
- Articles
- 32,912
- OpenAlex / Crossref
- Subject
- Physical Sciences
- P1.03 · confidence high
Ranking history
- 2026currentC-Q1Zone 2
Physical Sciences · rank 47 of 454
Editions are kept as published; each ranks the journal within its category that year.
Record details
Identity
- POSI ID · posi-data registry/ · identifier
- POSI-J-000544
- eISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier
- 1538-3881
- pISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier
- 0004-6256
- OpenAlex source · OpenAlex · identifier
- S100695177
- Title · ISSN Portal / Crossref · registry
- The Astronomical Journal
- Publisher · Crossref / OpenAlex · registry
- Institute of Physics
Not recorded: ISSN country
Declared by the publisher
Stated by the journal about itself. POSI records these as declared and does not present them as measured.
- Declared country · Publisher · declared
- United States
- Language · Publisher / DOAJ · declared
- English
- Website · Publisher · declared
- iopscience.org/aj
Not recorded: Frequency, License, Peer review, Article processing charge
Registry and computed values
- Open access · DOAJ / OpenAlex · registry
- Yes
Not recorded: DOAJ status
Verification: Partially verified
ISSN resolved to an OpenAlex source record; journal-level evidence not reviewed by POSI.
Freshness: Current
Updated 2026-10-15. Record updated within 6 months of the data cutoff.
Indexed, benchmark set
Indexed. Also in the Global Benchmark reference set that POSI uses to validate its methodology.
Cite this record
Panorama Open Scholarly Index. (2026). The Astronomical Journal [journal record, POSI-J-000544]. https://posi.panorama-sg.com/journal/bench-the-astronomical-journal-0133/