Top-5 Astronomy Journals
These are the five most read journals in astronomy:
- The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
- Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)
- The Astronomical Journal (AJ)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
- Icarus
ApJ, A&A, AJ, and MNRAS are now 'open-access' journals, i.e. not requiring a subscription to access articles.
Recent articles are usually also available in preprint format on arXiv, along with preprints dating back to the 1990s.