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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Diverse Properties of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxies of Fast Radio Bursts1539
A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-shaped Filament as Revealed by the JCMT BISTRO Survey1362
Partial Alignment of Astrometric Position Excursions of International Celestial Reference Frame Quasars with Radio Jet Structures1066
Stars Bisected by Relativistic Blades862
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Type II Supernovae: Insights from New C, N, Si, and Al–Mg Isotopic Compositions of Presolar Grains569
The Kinematic and Chemical Properties of the Close-in Planet Host Star 8 UMi502
Predicting the Dominant Formation Mechanism of Multiplanetary Systems439
Quantum-mechanical Suppression of Accretion by Primordial Black Holes402
The Luminosity Function of Tidal Disruption Events from Fallback-powered Emission: Implications for the Black Hole Mass Function395
Understanding the Magnetic Field and Plasma-β along Umbral Fan Loops Traced Using 3 Minute Slow Waves366
Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability340
When the Stars Align: A 5σ Concordance of Planetary Nebulae Major Axes in the Center of Our Galaxy305
The Influence of Hydrogen Sulfide on the Optical Properties of Planetary Organic Hazes: Implications for Exoplanet Climate Modeling299
Formation of Low-mass Black Holes and Single Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters277
Schwarzschild and Ledoux are Equivalent on Evolutionary Timescales276
FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517275
Alpha–Proton Relative Drift: Implications for the Origins and Dynamics of the Solar Wind269
The Stellar Initial Mass Function of Early Dark Matter–free Gas Objects262
Metal Pollution in Sun-like Stars from Destruction of Ultra–short-period Planets251
An XMM-Newton EPIC X-Ray View of the Symbiotic Star R Aquarii218
Resolving Turbulence Drivers in Two Luminous Obscured Quasars with JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit203
A Plasma Torus around a Young Low-mass Star201
A Mathematical Treatment of the Offset Microlensing Degeneracy200
Morphological Evidence for the eROSITA Bubbles Being Giant and Distant Structures177
On the Geometry of the Near-core Magnetic Field in Massive Stars153
Constraining Possible γ-Ray Burst Emission from GW230529 Using Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM151
Wide Separation Planets in Time (WISPIT): Discovery of a Gap Hα Protoplanet WISPIT 2b with MagAO-X150
Small-scale Anisotropies of Cosmic Rays from Turbulent Flow148
Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating Snowline148
Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets147
Separating Photospheric and Starspot Magnetic Fields in Pre-main-sequence Stars Using IGRINS Spectroscopy141
Uncovering a Massive z ∼ 7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus Candidate in COSMOS-Web136
Binning is Sinning: Redemption for Hubble Diagram Using Photometrically Classified Type Ia Supernovae135
VLBA Astrometry of the Fastest-spinning Magnetar Swift J1818.0−1607: A Large Trigonometric Distance and a Small Transverse Velocity131
The Case for Technosignatures: Why They May Be Abundant, Long-lived, Highly Detectable, and Unambiguous126
Explanation of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes Observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer123
Star Formation Suppression by Tidal Removal of Cold Molecular Gas from an Intermediate-redshift Massive Post-starburst Galaxy117
Turbulence and Particle Acceleration in a Relativistic Plasma116
The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy116
Meet the Parents: The Progenitor Binary for the Supermassive Black Hole Candidate in E1821+643115
A Potential Second Shutoff from AT2018fyk: An Updated Orbital Ephemeris of the Surviving Star under the Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event Paradigm114
Current Sheet Alignment in Oblique Black Hole Magnetospheres: A Black Hole Pulsar?114
Detection of Low-redshift Excess in Supernova-linked Gamma-Ray Bursts113
Anisotropy of Magnetic Field Spectra at Kinetic Scales of Solar Wind Turbulence as Revealed by the Parker Solar Probe in the Inner Heliosphere113
Corvus A: A Low-mass, Isolated Galaxy at 3.5 Mpc113
Nanoflare Heating of the Solar Corona Observed in X-Rays112
Voyager 1 Electron Densities in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to beyond 160 au112
Correlating High-energy IceCube Neutrinos with 5BZCAT Blazars and RFC Sources110
A Radially Resolved Magnetic Field Threading the Disk of TW Hya110
Satellite Constellation Avoidance with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time107
DKIST Unveils the Serpentine Topology of Quiet Sun Magnetism in the Photosphere107
Quantifying the Distribution of Europium in the Milky Way Disk: Its Connection to Planetary Habitability and the Source of the r-process107
Evidence for Plasmoid-mediated Magnetic Reconnection during a Small-scale Flare in the Partially Ionized Low Solar Atmosphere106
The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR4106
Betatron Cooling of Halo and Strahl Electrons in the Solar Wind104
Atmospheric Abundances and Bulk Properties of the Binary Brown Dwarf Gliese 229Bab from JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy104
SuNeRF: 3D Reconstruction of the Solar EUV Corona Using Neural Radiance Fields101
exoALMA. XIV. Gas Surface Densities in the RX J1604.3−2130 A Disk from Pressure-broadened CO Line Wings100
3D Simulations Demonstrate Propagating Thermohaline Convection for Polluted White Dwarfs99
Satellite Formation around the Largest Asteroids98
Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Subkiloparsec AGN (VODKA). SDSS J1608+2716: A Subarcsecond Quadruply Lensed Quasar at z = 2.57596
Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf95
Polar Circumtriple Planets and Disks Can Only Form Close to a Triple Star94
Red Spiral Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Unveiled in the First JWST Image94
Origins of Hot Jupiters from the Stellar Obliquity Distribution93
Galactic Accelerations from the GD-1 Stream Suggest a Tilted Dark Matter Halo92
Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection, Associated Chromospheric Evaporation, and Subsequent Coronal Condensation91
Two Homologous Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Propagating Wave Trains Induced by Two Small-scale Filament Eruptions91
General Circulation Model Constraints on the Detectability of the CO2-CH4 Biosignature Pair on TRAPPIST-1e with JWST87
Lava Worlds Surface Measurements at High Temperatures87
Acceleration of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays in the Kiloparsec-scale Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies87
Unusual Emission Variations Near the Eclipse of Black Widow Pulsar PSR J1720−053384
Twin Extreme Ultraviolet Waves in the Solar Corona84
Upper Limits on the Mass of Cool Gas in the Circumgalactic Medium of Dwarf Galaxies82
Double “acct”: A Distinct Double-peaked Supernova Matching Pulsational Pair Instability Models79
JWST Reveals a Possible z ∼ 11 Galaxy Merger in Triply Lensed MACS0647–JD79
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XV. Properties of the Faintest Red Sources in the NIRCAM Deep Fields78
IXPE Observations of the Quintessential Wind-accreting X-Ray Pulsar Vela X-177
Strong H2O and CO Emission Features in the Spectrum of KELT-20b Driven by Stellar UV Irradiation77
Erratum: “The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics” (2023, ApJL 951 L11)77
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