Nature Astronomy

Papers
(The H4-Index of Nature Astronomy is 52. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Two decades for twin rovers273
Feedback gets a stellar review229
Observations of a very energetic ultraviolet and optical flare with a space telescope219
A rebounding instability219
Next stop the Moon214
Oxygen as atmospheric thermometer198
Pinpointing the origins of radio flashes196
A new lens for quasar host masses172
Women astronomers in Afghanistan need the world’s support154
The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30 M⊙ at solar metallicity144
Life might seem out of whack139
SiO and a super-stellar C/O ratio in the atmosphere of the giant exoplanet WASP-121 b125
Insights into star formation and dispersal from the synchronization of stellar clocks118
Predicted future fate of COSMOS galaxy protoclusters over 11 Gyr with constrained simulations101
An aspherical distribution for the explosive burning ash of core-collapse supernovae100
Mapping of an early quenched massive galaxy and its neighbourhood99
Early Mars habitability and global cooling by H2-based methanogens96
Identification of the weak-to-strong transition in Alfvénic turbulence from space plasma95
A radio technosignature search towards Proxima Centauri resulting in a signal of interest95
A Solar System formation analogue in the Ophiuchus star-forming complex93
Knowing when to stop93
Subaru’s spectrometer with thousands of eyes91
A blazar in the epoch of reionization87
Enhanced star formation through the high-temperature formation of H2 on carbonaceous dust grains86
The impact of satellite trails on Hubble Space Telescope observations83
Detection of ultra-fast radio bursts from FRB 20121102A81
A multi-cubic-kilometre neutrino telescope in the western Pacific Ocean80
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles80
The scourge of harassment in astronomy75
Effects of density and temperature variations on the metallicity of Mrk 7174
Save the Earth… and space74
Odd radio circles ring galaxies74
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu70
A new class of rocky exoplanets?70
Radar signatures of active lava flows on Venus68
Author Correction: A low-density ocean inside Titan inferred from Cassini data67
Chilean astronomy and climate change64
Exhibition: Reflections on the Universe63
Settling a cosmic metal debate62
Spectral determination of the colour and vertical structure of dark spots in Neptune’s atmosphere62
The super-resolved megamasers of NGC 425862
Scanning for planetary cores with single-receiver intersource correlations62
Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud60
Enhanced magnetic activity in rapidly rotating binary stars59
Direct detection of ultralight dark matter bound to the Sun with space quantum sensors57
Black in galaxy astrophysics57
A fast X-ray transient from a weak relativistic jet associated with a type Ic-BL supernova56
Nitrogen-rich organics from comets probed by ultra-carbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorites55
Discovery of a radio-emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 s55
Geomorphic contexts and science focus of the Zhurong landing site on Mars53
Unnecessary risks created by uncontrolled rocket reentries53
Analysis of the Breakthrough Listen signal of interest blc1 with a technosignature verification framework52
A JWST/DiSCo-TNOs portrait of the primordial Solar System through its trans-Neptunian objects52
The main barriers to distributed interaction are not technological52
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