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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Diverse Properties of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxies of Fast Radio Bursts1438
A Mathematical Treatment of the Offset Microlensing Degeneracy1276
A Tale of Three: Magnetic Fields along the Orion Integral-shaped Filament as Revealed by the JCMT BISTRO Survey991
Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating Snowline946
Meet the Parents: The Progenitor Binary for the Supermassive Black Hole Candidate in E1821+643901
The Luminosity Function of Tidal Disruption Events from Fallback-powered Emission: Implications for the Black Hole Mass Function805
On the Contribution of Unresolved Pulsars to the Ultra-high-energy Galactic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission526
Partial Alignment of Astrometric Position Excursions of International Celestial Reference Frame Quasars with Radio Jet Structures469
Stars Bisected by Relativistic Blades416
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Type II Supernovae: Insights from New C, N, Si, and Al–Mg Isotopic Compositions of Presolar Grains375
The Kinematic and Chemical Properties of the Close-in Planet Host Star 8 UMi374
Predicting the Dominant Formation Mechanism of Multiplanetary Systems344
Binning is Sinning: Redemption for Hubble Diagram Using Photometrically Classified Type Ia Supernovae327
Quantum-mechanical Suppression of Accretion by Primordial Black Holes295
The Influence of Hydrogen Sulfide on the Optical Properties of Planetary Organic Hazes: Implications for Exoplanet Climate Modeling284
Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection and Coronal Condensation278
The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy267
Metal Pollution in Sun-like Stars from Destruction of Ultra–short-period Planets262
3D Simulations Demonstrate Propagating Thermohaline Convection for Polluted White Dwarfs253
Satellite Formation around the Largest Asteroids251
Varstrometry for Off-nucleus and Dual Subkiloparsec AGN (VODKA). SDSS J1608+2716: A Subarcsecond Quadruply Lensed Quasar at z = 2.575246
On the Geometry of the Near-core Magnetic Field in Massive Stars235
Atmospheric Abundances and Bulk Properties of the Binary Brown Dwarf Gliese 229Bab from JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy198
SuNeRF: 3D Reconstruction of the Solar EUV Corona Using Neural Radiance Fields197
Betatron Cooling of Halo and Strahl Electrons in the Solar Wind186
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XV. Properties of the Faintest Red Sources in the NIRCAM Deep Fields155
General Circulation Model Constraints on the Detectability of the CO2-CH4 Biosignature Pair on TRAPPIST-1e with JWST154
DKIST Unveils the Serpentine Topology of Quiet Sun Magnetism in the Photosphere142
Twin Extreme Ultraviolet Waves in the Solar Corona142
Constraining Possible γ-Ray Burst Emission from GW230529 Using Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM137
Redder than Red: Discovery of an Exceptionally Red L/T Transition Dwarf134
Unusual Emission Variations Near the Eclipse of Black Widow Pulsar PSR J1720−0533131
Are Delayed Radio Flares Common in Tidal Disruption Events? The Case of the TDE iPTF 16fnl130
Small-scale Anisotropies of Cosmic Rays from Turbulent Flow128
Polar Circumtriple Planets and Disks Can Only Form Close to a Triple Star122
VLBA Astrometry of the Fastest-spinning Magnetar Swift J1818.0−1607: A Large Trigonometric Distance and a Small Transverse Velocity118
exoALMA. XIV. Gas Surface Densities in the RX J1604.3−2130 A Disk from Pressure-broadened CO Line Wings117
Red Spiral Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Unveiled in the First JWST Image113
Current Sheet Alignment in Oblique Black Hole Magnetospheres: A Black Hole Pulsar?111
Superhorizon Perturbations: A Possible Explanation of the Hubble–Lemaître Tension and the Large-scale Anisotropy of the Universe110
Strong H2O and CO Emission Features in the Spectrum of KELT-20b Driven by Stellar UV Irradiation110
Satellite Constellation Avoidance with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time109
A Potential Second Shutoff from AT2018fyk: An Updated Orbital Ephemeris of the Surviving Star under the Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event Paradigm107
Nanoflare Heating of the Solar Corona Observed in X-Rays107
Lava Worlds Surface Measurements at High Temperatures107
Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets107
Double “acct”: A Distinct Double-peaked Supernova Matching Pulsational Pair Instability Models105
Voyager 1 Electron Densities in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to beyond 160 au103
The Stellar Initial Mass Function of Early Dark Matter–free Gas Objects101
Prospects for the Detection of High-redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Era of EP and SVOM101
Formation of Low-mass Black Holes and Single Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters100
FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517100
Corvus A: A Low-mass, Isolated Galaxy at 3.5 Mpc100
Correlating High-energy IceCube Neutrinos with 5BZCAT Blazars and RFC Sources99
Star Formation Suppression by Tidal Removal of Cold Molecular Gas from an Intermediate-redshift Massive Post-starburst Galaxy99
Turbulence and Particle Acceleration in a Relativistic Plasma99
When the Stars Align: A 5σ Concordance of Planetary Nebulae Major Axes in the Center of Our Galaxy98
Uncovering a Massive z ∼ 7.7 Galaxy Hosting a Heavily Obscured Radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus Candidate in COSMOS-Web97
Acceleration of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays in the Kiloparsec-scale Jets of Nearby Radio Galaxies96
Alpha–Proton Relative Drift: Implications for the Origins and Dynamics of the Solar Wind96
Understanding the Magnetic Field and Plasma-β along Umbral Fan Loops Traced Using 3 Minute Slow Waves92
Anisotropy of Magnetic Field Spectra at Kinetic Scales of Solar Wind Turbulence as Revealed by the Parker Solar Probe in the Inner Heliosphere92
Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability92
JWST Reveals a Possible z ∼ 11 Galaxy Merger in Triply Lensed MACS0647–JD91
Schwarzschild and Ledoux are Equivalent on Evolutionary Timescales90
An XMM-Newton EPIC X-Ray View of the Symbiotic Star R Aquarii90
Resolving Turbulence Drivers in Two Luminous Obscured Quasars with JWST/NIRSpec Integral Field Unit88
Two Homologous Quasi-periodic Fast-mode Propagating Wave Trains Induced by Two Small-scale Filament Eruptions84
The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR484
Galactic Accelerations from the GD-1 Stream Suggest a Tilted Dark Matter Halo83
Erratum: “The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics” (2023, ApJL 951 L11)82
Wide Separation Planets in Time (WISPIT): Discovery of a Gap Hα Protoplanet WISPIT 2b with MagAO-X82
Origins of Hot Jupiters from the Stellar Obliquity Distribution81
The Case for Technosignatures: Why They May Be Abundant, Long-lived, Highly Detectable, and Unambiguous80
IXPE Observations of the Quintessential Wind-accreting X-Ray Pulsar Vela X-179
S8 Tension in the Context of Dark Matter–Baryon Scattering78
Upper Limits on the Mass of Cool Gas in the Circumgalactic Medium of Dwarf Galaxies77
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