Astrophysical Journal Letters

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrophysical Journal Letters is 87. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Diverse Properties of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxies of Fast Radio Bursts1909
Partial Alignment of Astrometric Position Excursions of International Celestial Reference Frame Quasars with Radio Jet Structures1576
The Kinematic and Chemical Properties of the Close-in Planet Host Star 8 UMi1303
The Luminosity Function of Tidal Disruption Events from Fallback-powered Emission: Implications for the Black Hole Mass Function1039
Quantifying the Distribution of Europium in the Milky Way Disk: Its Connection to Planetary Habitability and the Source of the r-process669
Two Homologous Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Propagating Wave Trains Induced by Two Small-scale Filament Eruptions565
Constraining Possible γ-Ray Burst Emission from GW230529 Using Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM491
A Mathematical Treatment of the Offset Microlensing Degeneracy479
Resolving Turbulence Drivers in Two Luminous Obscured Quasars with JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit478
Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating Snowline402
Small-scale Anisotropies of Cosmic Rays from Turbulent Flow395
Separating Photospheric and Starspot Magnetic Fields in Pre-main-sequence Stars Using IGRINS Spectroscopy379
Meet the Parents: The Progenitor Binary for the Supermassive Black Hole Candidate in E1821+643361
Lava Worlds Surface Measurements at High Temperatures340
Binning is Sinning: Redemption for Hubble Diagram Using Photometrically Classified Type Ia Supernovae333
Projections of Earth’s Technosphere: Strategies for Observing Technosignatures on Terrestrial Exoplanets332
Satellite Formation around the Largest Asteroids327
Metal Pollution in Sun-like Stars from Destruction of Ultra–short-period Planets320
Betatron Cooling of Halo and Strahl Electrons in the Solar Wind311
Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf308
Exciting Stellar Eccentricity in Gaia BH3 via a Hidden Black Hole Binary244
Double “acct”: A Distinct Double-peaked Supernova Matching Pulsational Pair Instability Models241
Evidence for Plasmoid-mediated Magnetic Reconnection during a Small-scale Flare in the Partially Ionized Low Solar Atmosphere222
exoALMA. XIV. Gas Surface Densities in the RX J1604.3−2130 A Disk from Pressure-broadened CO Line Wings220
SuNeRF: 3D Reconstruction of the Solar EUV Corona Using Neural Radiance Fields205
A Potential Second Shutoff from AT2018fyk: An Updated Orbital Ephemeris of the Surviving Star under the Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event Paradigm200
IXPE Observations of the Quintessential Wind-accreting X-Ray Pulsar Vela X-1192
Red Spiral Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Unveiled in the First JWST Image187
The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy180
Uncovering a Massive z ∼ 7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus Candidate in COSMOS-Web179
Atmospheric Abundances and Bulk Properties of the Binary Brown Dwarf Gliese 229Bab from JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy176
Polar Circumtriple Planets and Disks Can Only Form Close to a Triple Star171
On the Contribution of Unresolved Pulsars to the Ultra-high-energy Galactic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission161
Atmospheric Collapse and Reinflation through Impacts for Terrestrial Planets around M Dwarfs158
Explanation of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes Observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer157
Upper Limits on the Mass of Cool Gas in the Circumgalactic Medium of Dwarf Galaxies150
Morphological Evidence for the eROSITA Bubbles Being Giant and Distant Structures148
Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets141
Quantum-mechanical Suppression of Accretion by Primordial Black Holes141
Prospects for the Detection of High-redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Era of EP and SVOM141
Predicting the Dominant Formation Mechanism of Multiplanetary Systems140
When the Stars Align: A 5σ Concordance of Planetary Nebulae Major Axes in the Center of Our Galaxy137
A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-shaped Filament as Revealed by the JCMT BISTRO Survey136
No Metallicity Preference in Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxies133
Stars Bisected by Relativistic Blades131
DKIST Unveils the Serpentine Topology of Quiet Sun Magnetism in the Photosphere131
Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Subkiloparsec AGN (VODKA). SDSS J1608+2716: A Subarcsecond Quadruply Lensed Quasar at z = 2.575128
Forecasting Catastrophe: Constraints on the Fomalhaut Main-belt Planetesimal Population from Observed Collisional Remnants127
Nanoflare Heating of the Solar Corona Observed in X-Rays123
A Plasma Torus around a Young Low-mass Star123
Detection of Low-redshift Excess in Supernova-linked Gamma-Ray Bursts120
A Global View of Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere Through H 119
VLBA Astrometry of the Fastest-spinning Magnetar Swift J1818.0−1607: A Large Trigonometric Distance and a Small Transverse Velocity119
Unraveling the Emission Mechanism Powering Long Period Radio Transients from Interacting White Dwarf Binaries via Kinetic Plasma Simulations119
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XV. Properties of the Faintest Red Sources in the NIRCAM Deep Fields117
A Multimessenger Search for the Supermassive Black Hole Binary in 3C 66B with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array117
Evidence for a Peak at ∼0.3 in the Eccentricity Distribution of Typical Super-Jovian Exoplanets116
Current Sheet Alignment in Oblique Black Hole Magnetospheres: A Black Hole Pulsar?113
The Influence of Hydrogen Sulfide on the Optical Properties of Planetary Organic Hazes: Implications for Exoplanet Climate Modeling112
General Circulation Model Constraints on the Detectability of the CO2-CH4 Biosignature Pair on TRAPPIST-1e with JWST109
Alpha–Proton Relative Drift: Implications for the Origins and Dynamics of the Solar Wind109
Erratum: “The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics” (2023, ApJL 951 L11)107
S8 Tension in the Context of Dark Matter–Baryon Scattering107
Understanding the Magnetic Field and Plasma-β along Umbral Fan Loops Traced Using 3 Minute Slow Waves106
3D Simulations Demonstrate Propagating Thermohaline Convection for Polluted White Dwarfs106
Formation of Low-mass Black Holes and Single Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters105
Evidence of Titanate Clouds in the Dayside Atmosphere of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b104
Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability103
On the Geometry of the Near-core Magnetic Field in Massive Stars103
Probing the Origin of the Kilonova Candidate GRB 230307A: Analysis of Host Galaxy and Offset102
The Stellar Initial Mass Function of Early Dark Matter–free Gas Objects102
Preferential Appearance of H α Moreton Waves along Photospheric Magnetic Network Boundaries100
Corvus A: A Low-mass, Isolated Galaxy at 3.5 Mpc99
The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR497
Voyager 1 Electron Densities in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to beyond 160 au97
JWST Reveals a Possible z ∼ 11 Galaxy Merger in Triply Lensed MACS0647–JD95
Satellite Constellation Avoidance with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time95
Spinning into the Gap: Direct-horizon Collapse as the Origin of GW231123 from End-to-end General-relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations94
Wide Separation Planets in Time (WISPIT): Discovery of a Gap Hα Protoplanet WISPIT 2b with MagAO-X92
Galactic Accelerations from the GD-1 Stream Suggest a Tilted Dark Matter Halo91
Star Formation Suppression by Tidal Removal of Cold Molecular Gas from an Intermediate-redshift Massive Post-starburst Galaxy91
A Radially Resolved Magnetic Field Threading the Disk of TW Hya90
The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results with ∼1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using the Full 5 yr Data Set90
FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 651789
Acceleration of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays in the Kiloparsec-scale Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies89
Kilonovae and Long-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts89
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Type II Supernovae: Insights from New C, N, Si, and Al–Mg Isotopic Compositions of Presolar Grains88
Correlating High-energy IceCube Neutrinos with 5BZCAT Blazars and RFC Sources87
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