Astrophysical Journal Letters

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrophysical Journal Letters is 72. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
The S-PLUS 12-band Photometry as a Powerful Tool for Discovery and Classification: Ten Cataclysmic Variables in a Proof-of-concept Study1176
Erratum “Overestimation of Astrophysical Gamma-Ray Energies during Thunderstorms: Synergy of Galactic and Atmospheric Accelerators” (2024, ApJL, 975, L39)1037
Near- and Mid-ultraviolet Observations of X-6.3 Flare on 2024 February 22 Recorded by the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on board Aditya-L1828
Constraints on the Fractional Changes of the Fundamental Constants at a Look-back Time of 2.5 Myr799
HCN and C2H2 in the Atmosphere of a T8.5+T9 Brown Dwarf Binary780
PHANGS–JWST First Results: Rapid Evolution of Star Formation in the Central Molecular Gas Ring of NGC 1365648
TOI-1408: Discovery and Photodynamical Modeling of a Small Inner Companion to a Hot Jupiter Revealed by Transit Timing Variations635
PHANGS–JWST First Results: Variations in PAH Fraction as a Function of ISM Phase and Metallicity617
Evolution of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection Complexity: A Numerical Study through a Swarm of Simulated Spacecraft565
Electric Field Screening in Pair Discharges and Generation of Pulsar Radio Emission424
PHANGS–JWST First Results: Massive Young Star Clusters and New Insights from JWST Observations of NGC 1365378
Granulation and Convectional Driving on Stellar Surfaces349
The Occurrence of Powerful Flares Stronger than X10 Class in Solar Cycles316
Climate Bistability at the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone due to Runaway Greenhouse and Cloud Feedbacks314
Flux-resolved Spectropolarimetric Evolution of the X-Ray Pulsar Hercules X-1 Using IXPE283
X-Ray Evidence Against the Hypothesis that the Hyperluminous z = 6.3 Quasar J0100+2802 is Lensed278
A Potential Second Shutoff from AT2018fyk: An Updated Orbital Ephemeris of the Surviving Star under the Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Event Paradigm269
Early Results from GLASS-JWST. XVI. Discovering a Bluer z ∼ 4–7 Universe through UV Slopes262
Inertial-range Magnetic-fluctuation Anisotropy Observed from Parker Solar Probe’s First Seven Orbits229
Superhorizon Perturbations: A Possible Explanation of the Hubble–Lemaître Tension and the Large-scale Anisotropy of the Universe229
The Earliest Stage of Galactic Star Formation226
Revisiting the Rates and Demographics of Tidal Disruption Events: Effects of the Disk Formation Efficiency219
The Case for Technosignatures: Why They May Be Abundant, Long-lived, Highly Detectable, and Unambiguous213
X-Ray Polarization of BL Lacertae in Outburst191
Impact of the SpaceX Starlink Satellites on the Zwicky Transient Facility Survey Observations181
A New Set of Chisels for Galactic Archeology: Sc, V, and Zn as Taggers of Accreted Globular Clusters*179
A Universal Power-law Prescription for Variability from Synthetic Images of Black Hole Accretion Flows173
A Time-efficient, Data-driven Modeling Approach for Predicting the Geomagnetic Impact of Coronal Mass Ejections172
JWST Reveals a Possible z ∼ 11 Galaxy Merger in Triply Lensed MACS0647–JD171
The Early Radio Afterglow of Short GRB 230217A150
Cautionary Tales on Heating-rate Prescriptions in Kilonovae150
The Ultramassive White Dwarfs of the Alpha Persei Cluster130
Anisotropy of Magnetic Field Spectra at Kinetic Scales of Solar Wind Turbulence as Revealed by the Parker Solar Probe in the Inner Heliosphere122
Superheavy Elements in Kilonovae119
The AMS-02 Cosmic-Ray Deuteron Flux is Consistent with a Secondary Origin111
Cavitating Bubbles in Condensing Gas as a Means of Forming Clumps, Chondrites, and Planetesimals109
Twin Extreme Ultraviolet Waves in the Solar Corona108
Dynamical Friction in Globular Cluster-rich Ultra-diffuse Galaxies: The Case of NGC5846-UDG1108
Misaligned Spinning Binary Black Hole Mergers in Hot Magnetized Plasma106
The Composition and Power of the Jet of the Broad-line Radio Galaxy 3C 12099
JWST/NIRSpec Observations of the Planetary Mass Companion TWA 27B*98
The Formation of Intermediate-mass Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei96
A BL Lacertae Object at a Cosmic Age of 800 Myr96
TOI-1859b: A 64 Day Warm Jupiter on an Eccentric and Misaligned Orbit92
Detection of Dust in High-velocity Cloud Complex C–Enriched Gas Accreting onto the Milky Way *91
The Discovery of Three Pulsars in the Globular Cluster M15 with FAST91
Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection and Coronal Condensation90
An XMM-Newton EPIC X-Ray View of the Symbiotic Star R Aquarii89
Tidally Tilted Pulsations in HD 265435, a Subdwarf B Star with a Close White Dwarf Companion89
Kinetic Features of Alpha Particles in a Pestchek-like Magnetic Reconnection Event in the Solar Wind Observed by Solar Orbiter89
A Sample Bias in Quasar Variability Studies87
Evolution of Magnetic Field Fluctuations and Their Spectral Properties within the Heliosphere: Statistical Approach87
The Polar Vortex Hypothesis: Evolving, Spectrally Distinct Polar Regions Explain Short- and Long-term Light-curve Evolution and Color–Inclination Trends in Brown Dwarfs and Giant Exoplanets85
Optical Continuum Reverberation in the Dwarf Seyfert Nucleus of NGC 439585
Quantum-mechanical Suppression of Accretion by Primordial Black Holes85
GRB 211211A: A Neutron Star–White Dwarf Merger?85
Quadratic Frequency Dispersion in the Oscillations of Intermediate-mass Stars84
Evidence for a Black Hole Spin–Orbit Misalignment in the X-Ray Binary Cyg X-183
Spectral Characteristics of Fundamental–Harmonic Pairs of Interplanetary Type III Radio Bursts Observed by PSP82
The Truncated Circumgalactic Medium of the Large Magellanic Cloud*81
A Black Hole Kicked at Birth: MAXI J1305-70481
Standing Solitary Waves as Transitions to Spiral Structures in Gravitationally Unstable Accretion Disks80
The Nature and Composition of Jupiter’s Building Blocks Derived from the Water Abundance Measurements by the Juno Spacecraft79
Third and Fourth Harmonics of Electromagnetic Emissions by a Weak Beam in a Solar Wind Plasma with Random Density Fluctuations79
A Tight Correlation between Millimeter and X-Ray Emission in Accreting Massive Black Holes from <100 mas Resolution ALMA Observations79
Erratum: “Hypothetical Hyperbolic Encounters between Venus and Proto-Mercury that Partially Stripped Away Proto-Mercury's Mantle” (2020, ApJL, 888, L1)77
Formation and Evolution of Transient Jets and Their Cavities in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries77
Optical Light Curve of 4FGL J0935.3+0901: A Flaring Black Widow Candidate76
Periodic Coronal Rain Driven by Self-consistent Heating Process in a Radiative Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation75
Elucidating the Formation of Ethynylbutatrienylidene (HCCCHCCC; X1A′) in the Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC-1) via the Gas-phase Reaction of Tricarbon (C3) with the Propargyl Radica75
Stability Constrained Characterization of the 23 Myr Old V1298 Tau System: Do Young Planets Form in Mean Motion Resonance Chains?75
Observations of the Quiet Sun during the Deepest Solar Minimum of the Past Century with Chandrayaan-2 XSM: Sub-A-class Microflares outside Active Regions74
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