Nature Astronomy

Papers
(The H4-Index of Nature Astronomy is 54. 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
Revealing the magnetic field geometry in the Milky Way’s most efficient particle accelerator227
Finding order in planetary architectures198
Prospecting for primordial black holes183
On our bookshelf182
Early results on the early Universe179
Rare-earths on a hot Jupiter174
On both sides of the valley159
The continued fight for equity155
Finding pairs in a crowded place145
Knowing when to stop130
Take a break125
On our bookshelf114
On our bookshelf107
Visually dim but bright in X-rays106
An 85-s X-ray quasi-periodicity after a stellar tidal disruption by a candidate intermediate-mass black hole106
Highlights from the MeerKAT Legacy Survey106
Next stop the Moon103
Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu100
An inherited complex organic molecule reservoir in a warm planet-hosting disk92
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles90
The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30 M⊙ at solar metallicity89
The contribution of winds from star clusters to the Galactic cosmic-ray population86
A dormant companion of puzzling provenance83
A link between repeating and non-repeating fast radio bursts through their energy distributions82
Congratulations, it’s twins!80
Focus on astrobiology80
Observations of a very energetic ultraviolet and optical flare with a space telescope78
Cosmic recipe book updated78
The JWST disk revolution is not being televised77
Herschel 20076
Dust from the outer Solar System comes down to Earth73
Pleiades lost72
On our bookshelf72
Substantial minority out of line71
On our bookshelf (kids’ edition)71
Structured signals suggest a source68
Confirming the energy sources of cosmic reionization67
Deep down, not too different from Earth67
Searching for salvation in the stars65
A rebounding instability65
Merger remnants in a sea of stars65
Chaos reigns63
Feedback gets a stellar review63
Particle acceleration in AGN jets63
Let the star fall63
Efficient and effective assessment63
A deep-learning search for technosignatures from 820 nearby stars60
A decade of planets60
Let there be (natural) light60
The integrated metallicity profile of the Milky Way59
Scenarios of future annual carbon footprints of astronomical research infrastructures58
Subaru’s newest spectrometer with thousands of eyes57
Weighing galaxy clusters by laptop55
Sowing the seeds of early galaxy evolution55
Shine as the light54
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