Astrophysical Journal Letters

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrophysical Journal Letters is 89. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Luminosity Function of Tidal Disruption Events from Fallback-powered Emission: Implications for the Black Hole Mass Function1425
A Mathematical Treatment of the Offset Microlensing Degeneracy1133
Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating Snowline726
Meet the Parents: The Progenitor Binary for the Supermassive Black Hole Candidate in E1821+643522
Metal Pollution in Sun-like Stars from Destruction of Ultra–short-period Planets427
Betatron Cooling of Halo and Strahl Electrons in the Solar Wind423
Exciting Stellar Eccentricity in Gaia BH3 via a Hidden Black Hole Binary421
exoALMA. XIV. Gas Surface Densities in the RX J1604.3−2130 A Disk from Pressure-broadened CO Line Wings365
Uncovering a Massive z ∼ 7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus Candidate in COSMOS-Web364
Polar Circumtriple Planets and Disks Can Only Form Close to a Triple Star355
Atmospheric Collapse and Reinflation through Impacts for Terrestrial Planets around M Dwarfs329
Upper Limits on the Mass of Cool Gas in the Circumgalactic Medium of Dwarf Galaxies324
Morphological Evidence for the eROSITA Bubbles Being Giant and Distant Structures277
Prospects for the Detection of High-redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Era of EP and SVOM265
Predicting the Dominant Formation Mechanism of Multiplanetary Systems261
When the Stars Align: A 5σ Concordance of Planetary Nebulae Major Axes in the Center of Our Galaxy233
No Metallicity Preference in Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxies223
Stars Bisected by Relativistic Blades222
Forecasting Catastrophe: Constraints on the Fomalhaut Main-belt Planetesimal Population from Observed Collisional Remnants213
Probing the Origin of the Kilonova Candidate GRB 230307A: Analysis of Host Galaxy and Offset207
Voyager 1 Electron Densities in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to beyond 160 au207
Preferential Appearance of H α Moreton Waves along Photospheric Magnetic Network Boundaries203
3D Simulations Demonstrate Propagating Thermohaline Convection for Polluted White Dwarfs190
Understanding the Magnetic Field and Plasma-β along Umbral Fan Loops Traced Using 3 Minute Slow Waves185
Nanoflare Heating of the Solar Corona Observed in X-Rays177
Detection of Low-redshift Excess in Supernova-linked Gamma-Ray Bursts171
A Global View of Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere Through H 170
VLBA Astrometry of the Fastest-spinning Magnetar Swift J1818.0−1607: A Large Trigonometric Distance and a Small Transverse Velocity170
The Influence of Hydrogen Sulfide on the Optical Properties of Planetary Organic Hazes: Implications for Exoplanet Climate Modeling160
General Circulation Model Constraints on the Detectability of the CO2-CH4 Biosignature Pair on TRAPPIST-1e with JWST159
A Multimessenger Search for the Supermassive Black Hole Binary in 3C 66B with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array157
Quantifying the Distribution of Europium in the Milky Way Disk: Its Connection to Planetary Habitability and the Source of the r-process156
Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf149
Acceleration of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays in the Kiloparsec-scale Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies149
Resolving Turbulence Drivers in Two Luminous Obscured Quasars with JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit147
Current Sheet Alignment in Oblique Black Hole Magnetospheres: A Black Hole Pulsar?145
Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets144
Partial Alignment of Astrometric Position Excursions of International Celestial Reference Frame Quasars with Radio Jet Structures143
The Counterjet Dominates the Production of PeV Photons from Cyg X-3141
Correlating High-energy IceCube Neutrinos with 5BZCAT Blazars and RFC Sources138
A Radially Resolved Magnetic Field Threading the Disk of TW Hya137
Evidence for Plasmoid-mediated Magnetic Reconnection during a Small-scale Flare in the Partially Ionized Low Solar Atmosphere136
Kilonovae and Long-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts135
A Plasma Torus around a Young Low-mass Star134
Quantum-mechanical Suppression of Accretion by Primordial Black Holes133
A Salpeter-like Filament Linear Density Function across Nearby Molecular Clouds131
Separating Photospheric and Starspot Magnetic Fields in Pre-main-sequence Stars Using IGRINS Spectroscopy131
Double “acct”: A Distinct Double-peaked Supernova Matching Pulsational Pair Instability Models128
Two Homologous Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Propagating Wave Trains Induced by Two Small-scale Filament Eruptions124
IXPE Observations of the Quintessential Wind-accreting X-Ray Pulsar Vela X-1123
Unraveling the Emission Mechanism Powering Long Period Radio Transients from Interacting White Dwarf Binaries via Kinetic Plasma Simulations122
Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability121
Alpha–Proton Relative Drift: Implications for the Origins and Dynamics of the Solar Wind120
S8 Tension in the Context of Dark Matter–Baryon Scattering117
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XV. Properties of the Faintest Red Sources in the NIRCAM Deep Fields117
The Stellar Initial Mass Function of Early Dark Matter–free Gas Objects115
Star Formation Suppression by Tidal Removal of Cold Molecular Gas from an Intermediate-redshift Massive Post-starburst Galaxy115
LCEz4-M1: A Lyman Continuum Emitter Candidate at z = 4.444 in the MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field115
The Pristine He II Emitter near GN-z11: Constraining the Mass Distribution of the First Stars113
A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-shaped Filament as Revealed by the JCMT BISTRO Survey112
Diverse Properties of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxies of Fast Radio Bursts112
FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517112
On the Geometry of the Near-core Magnetic Field in Massive Stars109
Lava Worlds Surface Measurements at High Temperatures109
Corvus A: A Low-mass, Isolated Galaxy at 3.5 Mpc109
Projections of Earth’s Technosphere: Strategies for Observing Technosignatures on Terrestrial Exoplanets106
Erratum: “The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics” (2023, ApJL 951 L11)105
Explanation of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes Observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer105
The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy103
Atmospheric Abundances and Bulk Properties of the Binary Brown Dwarf Gliese 229Bab from JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy101
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Type II Supernovae: Insights from New C, N, Si, and Al–Mg Isotopic Compositions of Presolar Grains100
Constraining Possible γ-Ray Burst Emission from GW230529 Using Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM100
Pitch-angle Scattering of Cosmic Rays: Confronting Theory with Observations100
Evidence of Titanate Clouds in the Dayside Atmosphere of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b98
Satellite Constellation Avoidance with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time98
Galactic Accelerations from the GD-1 Stream Suggest a Tilted Dark Matter Halo97
Satellite Formation around the Largest Asteroids96
Binning is Sinning: Redemption for Hubble Diagram Using Photometrically Classified Type Ia Supernovae96
Red Spiral Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Unveiled in the First JWST Image96
On the Contribution of Unresolved Pulsars to the Ultra-high-energy Galactic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission96
DKIST Unveils the Serpentine Topology of Quiet Sun Magnetism in the Photosphere95
Detection of Actinides in CEMP-rs Stars94
The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR493
JWST Reveals a Possible z ∼ 11 Galaxy Merger in Triply Lensed MACS0647–JD93
Spinning into the Gap: Direct-horizon Collapse as the Origin of GW231123 from End-to-end General-relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations93
SuNeRF: 3D Reconstruction of the Solar EUV Corona Using Neural Radiance Fields91
Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Subkiloparsec AGN (VODKA). SDSS J1608+2716: A Subarcsecond Quadruply Lensed Quasar at z = 2.57590
Small-scale Anisotropies of Cosmic Rays from Turbulent Flow90
Evidence for a Peak at ∼0.3 in the Eccentricity Distribution of Typical Super-Jovian Exoplanets90
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