Astrophysical Journal Letters

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrophysical Journal Letters is 73. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
General Circulation Model Constraints on the Detectability of the CO2-CH4 Biosignature Pair on TRAPPIST-1e with JWST1241
Evolution of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection Complexity: A Numerical Study through a Swarm of Simulated Spacecraft1084
Diverse Properties of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxies of Fast Radio Bursts845
A Mathematical Treatment of the Offset Microlensing Degeneracy827
Stars Lensed by the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way: Predictions for ELT, TMT, GMT, and JWST818
A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-shaped Filament as Revealed by the JCMT BISTRO Survey688
Explanation of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes Observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer645
Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating Snowline633
Erratum “A Low-mass Cold and Quiescent Core Population in a Massive Star Protocluster” (2021, ApJL, 912, L7)579
Meet the Parents: The Progenitor Binary for the Supermassive Black Hole Candidate in E1821+643446
Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection, Associated Chromospheric Evaporation, and Subsequent Coronal Condensation396
A Potential Second Shutoff from AT2018fyk: An Updated Orbital Ephemeris of the Surviving Star under the Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event Paradigm356
Helium Fluxes Measured by the PAMELA Experiment from the Minimum to the Maximum Solar Activity for Solar Cycle 24329
Lava Worlds Surface Measurements at High Temperatures323
The Luminosity Function of Tidal Disruption Events from Fallback-powered Emission: Implications for the Black Hole Mass Function291
On the Contribution of Unresolved Pulsars to the Ultra-high-energy Galactic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission289
Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Subkiloparsec AGN (VODKA). SDSS J1608+2716: A Subarcsecond Quadruply Lensed Quasar at z = 2.575276
Partial Alignment of Astrometric Position Excursions of International Celestial Reference Frame Quasars with Radio Jet Structures265
Two Homologous Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Propagating Wave Trains Induced by Two Small-scale Filament Eruptions237
DKIST Unveils the Serpentine Topology of Quiet Sun Magnetism in the Photosphere236
8.9 hr Rotation in the Partly Burnt Runaway Stellar Remnant LP 40-365 (GD 492)234
Dependencies of Mantle Shock Heating in Pairwise Accretion226
Effect of H2S on the Near-infrared Spectrum of Irradiation Residue and Applications to the Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth222
Machine Learning the Sixth Dimension: Stellar Radial Velocities from 5D Phase-space Correlations205
Stars Bisected by Relativistic Blades193
Void Galaxy Distribution: A Challenge for ΛCDM193
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Type II Supernovae: Insights from New C, N, Si, and Al–Mg Isotopic Compositions of Presolar Grains180
Voyager 1 Electron Densities in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to beyond 160 au180
Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets178
Small-scale Anisotropies of Cosmic Rays from Turbulent Flow159
The Kinematic and Chemical Properties of the Close-in Planet Host Star 8 UMi153
Evidence for Plasmoid-mediated Magnetic Reconnection during a Small-scale Flare in the Partially Ionized Low Solar Atmosphere127
Morphological Evidence for the eROSITA Bubbles Being Giant and Distant Structures120
Constraining Possible γ-Ray Burst Emission from GW230529 Using Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM120
FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517117
Predicting the Dominant Formation Mechanism of Multiplanetary Systems117
Binning is Sinning: Redemption for Hubble Diagram Using Photometrically Classified Type Ia Supernovae115
Acceleration of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays in the Kiloparsec-scale Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies110
Quantum-mechanical Suppression of Accretion by Primordial Black Holes105
Evidence for r-process Delay in Very Metal-poor Stars101
Satellite Constellation Avoidance with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time99
Nanoflare Heating of the Solar Corona Observed in X-Rays99
The Influence of Hydrogen Sulfide on the Optical Properties of Planetary Organic Hazes: Implications for Exoplanet Climate Modeling99
S8 Tension in the Context of Dark Matter–Baryon Scattering98
Unusual Emission Variations Near the Eclipse of Black Widow Pulsar PSR J1720−053395
Solar Origin of Compressive Alfvénic Spikes/Kinks as Observed by Parker Solar Probe94
An Observational Study of a “Rosetta Stone” Solar Eruption93
Twin Extreme Ultraviolet Waves in the Solar Corona91
Metal Pollution in Sun-like Stars from Destruction of Ultra–short-period Planets91
Are Delayed Radio Flares Common in Tidal Disruption Events? The Case of the TDE iPTF 16fnl91
Upper Limits on the Mass of Cool Gas in the Circumgalactic Medium of Dwarf Galaxies91
Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection and Coronal Condensation90
On the Geometry of the Near-core Magnetic Field in Massive Stars87
Superhorizon Perturbations: A Possible Explanation of the Hubble–Lemaître Tension and the Large-scale Anisotropy of the Universe87
Double “acct”: A Distinct Double-peaked Supernova Matching Pulsational Pair Instability Models87
Resolving Turbulence Drivers in Two Luminous Obscured Quasars with JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit86
Atmospheric Abundances and Bulk Properties of the Binary Brown Dwarf Gliese 229Bab from JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy86
Alpha–Proton Relative Drift: Implications for the Origins and Dynamics of the Solar Wind84
Current Sheet Alignment in Oblique Black Hole Magnetospheres: A Black Hole Pulsar?84
SuNeRF: 3D Reconstruction of the Solar EUV Corona Using Neural Radiance Fields84
Schwarzschild and Ledoux are Equivalent on Evolutionary Timescales84
Turbulence and Particle Acceleration in a Relativistic Plasma83
Correlating High-energy IceCube Neutrinos with 5BZCAT Blazars and RFC Sources82
Betatron Cooling of Halo and Strahl Electrons in the Solar Wind82
Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf80
Uncovering a Massive z ∼ 7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus Candidate in COSMOS-Web80
VLBA Astrometry of the Fastest-spinning Magnetar Swift J1818.0−1607: A Large Trigonometric Distance and a Small Transverse Velocity79
Corvus A: A Low-mass, Isolated Galaxy at 3.5 Mpc79
Polar Circumtriple Planets and Disks Can Only Form Close to a Triple Star78
Red Spiral Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Unveiled in the First JWST Image77
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XV. Properties of the Faintest Red Sources in the NIRCAM Deep Fields75
Formation of Low-mass Black Holes and Single Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters75
IXPE Observations of the Quintessential Wind-accreting X-Ray Pulsar Vela X-174
Strong H2O and CO Emission Features in the Spectrum of KELT-20b Driven by Stellar UV Irradiation73
The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR473
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