Astrophysical Journal Letters

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrophysical Journal Letters is 69. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object1076
A Comprehensive Measurement of the Local Value of the Hubble Constant with 1 km s−1 Mpc−1 Uncertainty from the Hubble Space Telescope and the SH0ES Team632
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way576
The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER and XMM-Newton Data572
A NICER View of the Massive Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 Informed by Radio Timing and XMM-Newton Spectroscopy567
Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO–Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog516
The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for an Isotropic Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background502
Cosmic Distances Calibrated to 1% Precision with Gaia EDR3 Parallaxes and Hubble Space Telescope Photometry of 75 Milky Way Cepheids Confirm Tension with ΛCDM482
Observation of Gravitational Waves from Two Neutron Star–Black Hole Coalescences452
Refined Mass and Geometric Measurements of the High-mass PSR J0740+6620431
Properties and Astrophysical Implications of the 150 M Binary Black Hole Merger GW190521402
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near The Event Horizon295
The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background282
Search for an Isotropic Gravitational-wave Background with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array238
A Luminous Quasar at Redshift 7.642234
INTEGRAL Discovery of a Burst with Associated Radio Emission from the Magnetar SGR 1935+2154227
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. Testing the Black Hole Metric220
On the Evidence for a Common-spectrum Process in the Search for the Nanohertz Gravitational-wave Background with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array220
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring213
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Testing Astrophysical Models of the Galactic Center Black Hole205
Pōniuā‘ena: A Luminous z = 7.5 Quasar Hosting a 1.5 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole199
Constraints on the Dense Matter Equation of State and Neutron Star Properties from NICER’s Mass–Radius Estimate of PSR J0740+6620 and Multimessenger Observations197
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. III. Imaging of the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole178
Parallax Systematics and Photocenter Motions of Benchmark Eclipsing Binaries in Gaia EDR3177
PSR J0952−0607: The Fastest and Heaviest Known Galactic Neutron Star168
Two Remarkably Luminous Galaxy Candidates at z ≈ 10–12 Revealed by JWST167
The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics159
GW190521: Orbital Eccentricity and Signatures of Dynamical Formation in a Binary Black Hole Merger Signal157
A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: A Candidate z ∼ 12 Galaxy in Early JWST CEERS Imaging151
CEERS Key Paper. I. An Early Look into the First 500 Myr of Galaxy Formation with JWST146
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. EHT and Multiwavelength Observations, Data Processing, and Calibration143
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Variability, Morphology, and Black Hole Mass142
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. III. Galaxy Candidates at z ∼9–15*138
A Test of the Cosmological Principle with Quasars136
A Nearby Repeating Fast Radio Burst in the Direction of M81126
Constraints from Gravitational-wave Detections of Binary Black Hole Mergers on the 12C(α, γ)16O Rate124
The JWST Early Release Observations122
A Circumplanetary Disk around PDS70c117
The Host Galaxies and Progenitors of Fast Radio Bursts Localized with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder113
Implications of a Fast Radio Burst from a Galactic Magnetar108
Exploring the Lower Mass Gap and Unequal Mass Regime in Compact Binary Evolution103
LOFAR Detection of 110–188 MHz Emission and Frequency-dependent Activity from FRB 20180916B102
Discovery of the Pure Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Indene (c-C9H8) with GOTHAM Observations of TMC-199
Black Hole Flares: Ejection of Accreted Magnetic Flux through 3D Plasmoid-mediated Reconnection94
Investigating Cosmic Discordance92
The Pair-instability Mass Gap for Black Holes91
Multiphase Gas and the Fractal Nature of Radiative Turbulent Mixing Layers91
The Destruction and Recreation of the X-Ray Corona in a Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus89
Evidence for Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers in the Second LIGO–Virgo Gravitational Wave Catalog87
On the Origin of GW190521-like Events from Repeated Black Hole Mergers in Star Clusters86
Molecular Gas Properties on Cloud Scales across the Local Star-forming Galaxy Population85
The Parallax of ω Centauri Measured from Gaia EDR3 and a Direct, Geometric Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch and the Hubble Constant83
GW190521 May Be an Intermediate-mass Ratio Inspiral82
Precessing Flaring Magnetar as a Source of Repeating FRB 180916.J0158+6582
The Most Ordinary Formation of the Most Unusual Double Black Hole Merger82
On the Nature of GW190814 and Its Impact on the Understanding of Supranuclear Matter82
The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Constraints on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries from the Gravitational-wave Background82
Neutral Iron Emission Lines from the Dayside of KELT-9b: The GAPS Program with HARPS-N at TNG XX82
Rotation Measure Evolution of the Repeating Fast Radio Burst Source FRB 12110281
CEERS Epoch 1 NIRCam Imaging: Reduction Methods and Simulations Enabling Early JWST Science Results79
Irradiated Ocean Planets Bridge Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Populations78
Minding the Gap: GW190521 as a Straddling Binary77
The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Observations and Timing of 68 Millisecond Pulsars77
A Magnetar Engine for Short GRBs and Kilonovae77
Timing the Early Assembly of the Milky Way with the H3 Survey77
On the Sound Speed in Neutron Stars73
A Statistical Standard Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant from the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Compact Object Merger GW190814 and Dark Energy Survey Galaxies72
Detection of Repeating FRB 180916.J0158+65 Down to Frequencies of 300 MHz71
Polarimetric Properties of Event Horizon Telescope Targets from ALMA69
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