Nature Astronomy

Papers
(The H4-Index of Nature Astronomy is 56. 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
Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus176
HXMT identification of a non-thermal X-ray burst from SGR J1935+2154 and with FRB 200428154
Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu150
A tidal disruption event coincident with a high-energy neutrino141
Aerosol composition of hot giant exoplanets dominated by silicates and hydrocarbon hazes141
A peculiar hard X-ray counterpart of a Galactic fast radio burst133
Multiple subglacial water bodies below the south pole of Mars unveiled by new MARSIS data129
On the detection of a cosmic dawn signal in the radio background113
Spectroscopic confirmation of four metal-poor galaxies at z = 10.3–13.2109
Molecular water detected on the sunlit Moon by SOFIA109
An X-ray burst from a magnetar enlightening the mechanism of fast radio bursts104
Hierarchical mergers of stellar-mass black holes and their gravitational-wave signatures102
Interstellar detection of the highly polar five-membered ring cyanocyclopentadiene99
Internal mixing of rotating stars inferred from dipole gravity modes97
Eccentricity estimate for black hole mergers with numerical relativity simulations94
The recurrent impact of the Sagittarius dwarf on the star formation history of the Milky Way93
Resonance locking in giant planets indicated by the rapid orbital expansion of Titan92
Identification and properties of intense star-forming galaxies at redshifts z > 1090
Concepts and status of Chinese space gravitational wave detection projects90
Measurement of magnetic field and relativistic electrons along a solar flare current sheet89
Ionized outflows from active galactic nuclei as the essential elements of feedback89
The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment87
A fundamental mechanism of solar eruption initiation84
A protostellar system fed by a streamer of 10,500 au length84
China’s first mission to Mars83
Detection of two bright radio bursts from magnetar SGR 1935 + 215481
Evidence for GN-z11 as a luminous galaxy at redshift 10.95775
A strangely light neutron star within a supernova remnant74
A non-energetic mechanism for glycine formation in the interstellar medium72
Stress testing ΛCDM with high-redshift galaxy candidates72
An Ice Age JWST inventory of dense molecular cloud ices71
Discovery and confirmation of the shortest gamma-ray burst from a collapsar71
Optical follow-up of the neutron star–black hole mergers S200105ae and S200115j70
First compositional analysis of Ryugu samples by the MicrOmega hyperspectral microscope69
Images of embedded Jovian planet formation at a wide separation around AB Aurigae69
Highly polarized microstructure from the repeating FRB 20180916B69
Discovery of oscillations above 200 keV in a black hole X-ray binary with Insight-HXMT69
The sonic scale of interstellar turbulence69
Distribution and habitability of (meta)stable brines on present-day Mars68
Discovery of a radio-emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 s67
Chronologically dating the early assembly of the Milky Way67
Event Horizon Telescope observations of the jet launching and collimation in Centaurus A67
The carbon footprint of large astronomy meetings66
Micro cold traps on the Moon65
HAWC observations of the acceleration of very-high-energy cosmic rays in the Cygnus Cocoon65
Contemporary formation of early Solar System planetesimals at two distinct radial locations63
A diffuse core in Saturn revealed by ring seismology62
Fresh emplacement of hydrated sodium chloride on Ceres from ascending salty fluids62
Persistence of flare-driven atmospheric chemistry on rocky habitable zone worlds62
Baryonic solutions and challenges for cosmological models of dwarf galaxies60
Lunar regolith and substructure at Chang’E-4 landing site in South Pole–Aitken basin60
Probable detection of an eruptive filament from a superflare on a solar-type star59
Availability of subsurface water-ice resources in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars58
The imperative to reduce carbon emissions in astronomy57
Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu57
The global current systems of the Martian induced magnetosphere56
Transit detection of the long-period volatile-rich super-Earth ν2 Lupi d with CHEOPS56
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