The Astrophysical Journal Letters

151.5k citations
6.1k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Astro and Planetary Science
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Papers in

    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 2.6k
    • Astro and Planetary Science 1.8k
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 1.8k
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 1.4k
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 1.4k
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 1.3k
    • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 1.2k
    • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 858

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

5.7k papers receiving 138.8k citations

Peers

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Comparison fields: 5 of 177
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 142.6k
  • Instrumentation 22.4k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 26.3k
  • Spectroscopy 7.6k
  • Atmospheric Science 7.6k
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About The Astrophysical Journal Letters

The 6.1k papers published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters in the last decades have received a total of 151.5k indexed citations . Papers published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters usually cover Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.0k papers), Instrumentation (785 papers), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.0k papers), Geophysics (231 papers) and Spectroscopy (270 papers) specifically the topics of Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (2.6k papers), Astro and Planetary Science (1.8k papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (1.8k papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (1.4k papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (1.4k papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (1.3k papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (1.2k papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (858 papers). The most active scholars publishing in The Astrophysical Journal Letters are Bing Zhang, Abraham Loeb, Roger A. Chevalier, Luciano Rezzolla, Richard S. Ellis, D. E. Holz, Elias R. Most, Will M. Farr, Ravi Kopparapu and A. V. Filippenko.

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