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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Diverse Properties of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxies of Fast Radio Bursts1601
A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-shaped Filament as Revealed by the JCMT BISTRO Survey1395
Partial Alignment of Astrometric Position Excursions of International Celestial Reference Frame Quasars with Radio Jet Structures1102
Stars Bisected by Relativistic Blades890
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Type II Supernovae: Insights from New C, N, Si, and Al–Mg Isotopic Compositions of Presolar Grains592
The Kinematic and Chemical Properties of the Close-in Planet Host Star 8 UMi512
Predicting the Dominant Formation Mechanism of Multiplanetary Systems448
Quantum-mechanical Suppression of Accretion by Primordial Black Holes410
The Luminosity Function of Tidal Disruption Events from Fallback-powered Emission: Implications for the Black Hole Mass Function408
Understanding the Magnetic Field and Plasma-β along Umbral Fan Loops Traced Using 3 Minute Slow Waves375
Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability345
When the Stars Align: A 5σ Concordance of Planetary Nebulae Major Axes in the Center of Our Galaxy312
The Influence of Hydrogen Sulfide on the Optical Properties of Planetary Organic Hazes: Implications for Exoplanet Climate Modeling305
Formation of Low-mass Black Holes and Single Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters296
Double “acct”: A Distinct Double-peaked Supernova Matching Pulsational Pair Instability Models286
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XV. Properties of the Faintest Red Sources in the NIRCAM Deep Fields285
Prospects for the Detection of High-redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Era of EP and SVOM279
On the Contribution of Unresolved Pulsars to the Ultra-high-energy Galactic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission268
FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517263
Alpha–Proton Relative Drift: Implications for the Origins and Dynamics of the Solar Wind225
The Stellar Initial Mass Function of Early Dark Matter–free Gas Objects222
Metal Pollution in Sun-like Stars from Destruction of Ultra–short-period Planets208
An XMM-Newton EPIC X-Ray View of the Symbiotic Star R Aquarii207
Resolving Turbulence Drivers in Two Luminous Obscured Quasars with JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit191
A Plasma Torus around a Young Low-mass Star164
On the Geometry of the Near-core Magnetic Field in Massive Stars159
Wide Separation Planets in Time (WISPIT): Discovery of a Gap Hα Protoplanet WISPIT 2b with MagAO-X157
Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating Snowline155
Separating Photospheric and Starspot Magnetic Fields in Pre-main-sequence Stars Using IGRINS Spectroscopy155
Small-scale Anisotropies of Cosmic Rays from Turbulent Flow155
Uncovering a Massive z ∼ 7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus Candidate in COSMOS-Web152
Turbulence and Particle Acceleration in a Relativistic Plasma150
Meet the Parents: The Progenitor Binary for the Supermassive Black Hole Candidate in E1821+643141
A Potential Second Shutoff from AT2018fyk: An Updated Orbital Ephemeris of the Surviving Star under the Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event Paradigm135
Detection of Low-redshift Excess in Supernova-linked Gamma-Ray Bursts134
Anisotropy of Magnetic Field Spectra at Kinetic Scales of Solar Wind Turbulence as Revealed by the Parker Solar Probe in the Inner Heliosphere132
A Radially Resolved Magnetic Field Threading the Disk of TW Hya124
DKIST Unveils the Serpentine Topology of Quiet Sun Magnetism in the Photosphere122
Satellite Constellation Avoidance with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time121
Quantifying the Distribution of Europium in the Milky Way Disk: Its Connection to Planetary Habitability and the Source of the r-process120
JWST Reveals a Possible z ∼ 11 Galaxy Merger in Triply Lensed MACS0647–JD119
Evidence for Plasmoid-mediated Magnetic Reconnection during a Small-scale Flare in the Partially Ionized Low Solar Atmosphere119
Voyager 1 Electron Densities in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to beyond 160 au117
Atmospheric Abundances and Bulk Properties of the Binary Brown Dwarf Gliese 229Bab from JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy116
Betatron Cooling of Halo and Strahl Electrons in the Solar Wind115
Polar Circumtriple Planets and Disks Can Only Form Close to a Triple Star115
Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Subkiloparsec AGN (VODKA). SDSS J1608+2716: A Subarcsecond Quadruply Lensed Quasar at z = 2.575115
Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf115
Two Homologous Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Propagating Wave Trains Induced by Two Small-scale Filament Eruptions114
Galactic Accelerations from the GD-1 Stream Suggest a Tilted Dark Matter Halo114
Exciting Stellar Eccentricity in Gaia BH3 via a Hidden Black Hole Binary110
The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR4109
The Case for Technosignatures: Why They May Be Abundant, Long-lived, Highly Detectable, and Unambiguous106
Erratum: “The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics” (2023, ApJL 951 L11)101
Superhorizon Perturbations: A Possible Explanation of the Hubble–Lemaître Tension and the Large-scale Anisotropy of the Universe101
Helium Fluxes Measured by the PAMELA Experiment from the Minimum to the Maximum Solar Activity for Solar Cycle 24100
3D Simulations Demonstrate Propagating Thermohaline Convection for Polluted White Dwarfs99
Constraining Possible γ-Ray Burst Emission from GW230529 Using Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM98
Lava Worlds Surface Measurements at High Temperatures98
Acceleration of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays in the Kiloparsec-scale Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies97
IXPE Observations of the Quintessential Wind-accreting X-Ray Pulsar Vela X-195
Red Spiral Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Unveiled in the First JWST Image94
SuNeRF: 3D Reconstruction of the Solar EUV Corona Using Neural Radiance Fields94
Corvus A: A Low-mass, Isolated Galaxy at 3.5 Mpc94
Nanoflare Heating of the Solar Corona Observed in X-Rays93
A Mathematical Treatment of the Offset Microlensing Degeneracy90
Evidence of Titanate Clouds in the Dayside Atmosphere of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b88
Spinning into the Gap: Direct-horizon Collapse as the Origin of GW231123 from End-to-end General-relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations88
Current Sheet Alignment in Oblique Black Hole Magnetospheres: A Black Hole Pulsar?86
Satellite Formation around the Largest Asteroids85
Twin Extreme Ultraviolet Waves in the Solar Corona83
The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results with ∼1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using the Full 5 yr Data Set83
exoALMA. XIV. Gas Surface Densities in the RX J1604.3−2130 A Disk from Pressure-broadened CO Line Wings82
Binning is Sinning: Redemption for Hubble Diagram Using Photometrically Classified Type Ia Supernovae81
Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets80
Schwarzschild and Ledoux are Equivalent on Evolutionary Timescales80
Star Formation Suppression by Tidal Removal of Cold Molecular Gas from an Intermediate-redshift Massive Post-starburst Galaxy78
The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy77
Explanation of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes Observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer77
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