Astrophysical Journal Letters

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrophysical Journal Letters is 77. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Diverse Properties of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxies of Fast Radio Bursts1438
A Mathematical Treatment of the Offset Microlensing Degeneracy1276
A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-shaped Filament as Revealed by the JCMT BISTRO Survey991
Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating Snowline946
Meet the Parents: The Progenitor Binary for the Supermassive Black Hole Candidate in E1821+643901
The Luminosity Function of Tidal Disruption Events from Fallback-powered Emission: Implications for the Black Hole Mass Function805
On the Contribution of Unresolved Pulsars to the Ultra-high-energy Galactic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission526
Partial Alignment of Astrometric Position Excursions of International Celestial Reference Frame Quasars with Radio Jet Structures469
Stars Bisected by Relativistic Blades416
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Type II Supernovae: Insights from New C, N, Si, and Al–Mg Isotopic Compositions of Presolar Grains375
The Kinematic and Chemical Properties of the Close-in Planet Host Star 8 UMi374
Predicting the Dominant Formation Mechanism of Multiplanetary Systems344
Binning is Sinning: Redemption for Hubble Diagram Using Photometrically Classified Type Ia Supernovae327
Quantum-mechanical Suppression of Accretion by Primordial Black Holes295
The Influence of Hydrogen Sulfide on the Optical Properties of Planetary Organic Hazes: Implications for Exoplanet Climate Modeling284
Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection and Coronal Condensation278
The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy267
Metal Pollution in Sun-like Stars from Destruction of Ultra–short-period Planets262
3D Simulations Demonstrate Propagating Thermohaline Convection for Polluted White Dwarfs253
Satellite Formation around the Largest Asteroids251
Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Subkiloparsec AGN (VODKA). SDSS J1608+2716: A Subarcsecond Quadruply Lensed Quasar at z = 2.575246
On the Geometry of the Near-core Magnetic Field in Massive Stars235
Atmospheric Abundances and Bulk Properties of the Binary Brown Dwarf Gliese 229Bab from JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy198
SuNeRF: 3D Reconstruction of the Solar EUV Corona Using Neural Radiance Fields197
Betatron Cooling of Halo and Strahl Electrons in the Solar Wind186
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XV. Properties of the Faintest Red Sources in the NIRCAM Deep Fields155
General Circulation Model Constraints on the Detectability of the CO2-CH4 Biosignature Pair on TRAPPIST-1e with JWST154
DKIST Unveils the Serpentine Topology of Quiet Sun Magnetism in the Photosphere142
Twin Extreme Ultraviolet Waves in the Solar Corona142
Constraining Possible γ-Ray Burst Emission from GW230529 Using Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM137
Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf134
Unusual Emission Variations Near the Eclipse of Black Widow Pulsar PSR J1720−0533131
Are Delayed Radio Flares Common in Tidal Disruption Events? The Case of the TDE iPTF 16fnl130
Small-scale Anisotropies of Cosmic Rays from Turbulent Flow128
Polar Circumtriple Planets and Disks Can Only Form Close to a Triple Star122
VLBA Astrometry of the Fastest-spinning Magnetar Swift J1818.0−1607: A Large Trigonometric Distance and a Small Transverse Velocity118
exoALMA. XIV. Gas Surface Densities in the RX J1604.3−2130 A Disk from Pressure-broadened CO Line Wings117
Red Spiral Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Unveiled in the First JWST Image113
Current Sheet Alignment in Oblique Black Hole Magnetospheres: A Black Hole Pulsar?111
Strong H2O and CO Emission Features in the Spectrum of KELT-20b Driven by Stellar UV Irradiation110
Superhorizon Perturbations: A Possible Explanation of the Hubble–Lemaître Tension and the Large-scale Anisotropy of the Universe110
Satellite Constellation Avoidance with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time109
Nanoflare Heating of the Solar Corona Observed in X-Rays107
Lava Worlds Surface Measurements at High Temperatures107
Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets107
A Potential Second Shutoff from AT2018fyk: An Updated Orbital Ephemeris of the Surviving Star under the Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event Paradigm107
Double “acct”: A Distinct Double-peaked Supernova Matching Pulsational Pair Instability Models105
Voyager 1 Electron Densities in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to beyond 160 au103
Prospects for the Detection of High-redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Era of EP and SVOM101
The Stellar Initial Mass Function of Early Dark Matter–free Gas Objects101
FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517100
Corvus A: A Low-mass, Isolated Galaxy at 3.5 Mpc100
Formation of Low-mass Black Holes and Single Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters100
Star Formation Suppression by Tidal Removal of Cold Molecular Gas from an Intermediate-redshift Massive Post-starburst Galaxy99
Turbulence and Particle Acceleration in a Relativistic Plasma99
Correlating High-energy IceCube Neutrinos with 5BZCAT Blazars and RFC Sources99
When the Stars Align: A 5σ Concordance of Planetary Nebulae Major Axes in the Center of Our Galaxy98
Uncovering a Massive z ∼ 7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus Candidate in COSMOS-Web97
Alpha–Proton Relative Drift: Implications for the Origins and Dynamics of the Solar Wind96
Acceleration of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays in the Kiloparsec-scale Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies96
Understanding the Magnetic Field and Plasma-β along Umbral Fan Loops Traced Using 3 Minute Slow Waves92
Anisotropy of Magnetic Field Spectra at Kinetic Scales of Solar Wind Turbulence as Revealed by the Parker Solar Probe in the Inner Heliosphere92
Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability92
JWST Reveals a Possible z ∼ 11 Galaxy Merger in Triply Lensed MACS0647–JD91
Schwarzschild and Ledoux are Equivalent on Evolutionary Timescales90
An XMM-Newton EPIC X-Ray View of the Symbiotic Star R Aquarii90
Resolving Turbulence Drivers in Two Luminous Obscured Quasars with JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit88
Two Homologous Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Propagating Wave Trains Induced by Two Small-scale Filament Eruptions84
The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR484
Galactic Accelerations from the GD-1 Stream Suggest a Tilted Dark Matter Halo83
Erratum: “The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics” (2023, ApJL 951 L11)82
Wide Separation Planets in Time (WISPIT): Discovery of a Gap Hα Protoplanet WISPIT 2b with MagAO-X82
Origins of Hot Jupiters from the Stellar Obliquity Distribution81
The Case for Technosignatures: Why They May Be Abundant, Long-lived, Highly Detectable, and Unambiguous80
IXPE Observations of the Quintessential Wind-accreting X-Ray Pulsar Vela X-179
S8 Tension in the Context of Dark Matter–Baryon Scattering78
Upper Limits on the Mass of Cool Gas in the Circumgalactic Medium of Dwarf Galaxies77
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