Most-cited articles by year
Astronomy and Astrophysics
EDP Sciences · ISSN 0004-6361 · 56,443 works in OpenAlex · h-index 401
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Astronomy and Astrophysics published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 100 of 3,414 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 100 of 2,330 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 100 of 2,115 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 2,221 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 2,199 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 100 of 2,019 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 1,830 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 1,727 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 50 of 1,869 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Astronomy and Astrophysics published between 1,727 and 3,414 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 100. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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