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The Astrophysical Journal Template

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About the The Astrophysical Journal format

The Astrophysical Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by American Astronomical Society, covering Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies. Over its lifetime it has published 133,882 papers, which have received 7,508,001 citations.

PublisherAmerican Astronomical Society
Reference styleAuthor–year (AAS)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B., & Lee, C. 2023, The Astrophysical Journal, 12, 45

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Publishes research inStellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
ISSN0004-637X
Citation impact (2-yr)5.11
h-index699
i10-index97,041
Article processing charge$4,499
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereCenter for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
Journal websiteiopscience.org
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Papers published in The Astrophysical Journal per year

2.8K
2014
3K
2015
3.1K
2016
3.1K
2017
3K
2018
3.2K
2019
3.1K
2020
3K
2021
3.3K
2022
2.9K
2023
3.8K
2024
4.2K
2025

Citation impact of The Astrophysical Journal by publication year

174K
2014
172.4K
2015
157.2K
2016
137.8K
2017
131.9K
2018
120.8K
2019
91.5K
2020
62.5K
2021
57.6K
2022
43.3K
2023
36.7K
2024
15K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Astrophysical Journal

Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae

S. Perlmutter, G. Aldering, G. Goldhaber et al. · 1 Jun 1999

We report measurements of the mass density, ΩM, and cosmological-constant energy density, ΩΛ of the universe based on the analysis of 42 type Ia supernovae discovered by the Supernova Cosmology Project. The magnitude-redshift data for these supernovae, at redshifts between 0.18 and 0.83, are fitted jointly with a set of supernovae from the Calán/Tololo Supernova…

18,012 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Maps of Dust Infrared Emission for Use in Estimation of Reddening and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Foregrounds

David J. Schlegel, Douglas P. Finkbeiner, Marc Davis · 20 Jun 1998

We present a full-sky 100 km map that is a reprocessed composite of the COBE/DIRBE and IRAS/ ISSA maps, with the zodiacal foreground and conrmed point sources removed. Before using the ISSA maps, we remove the remaining artifacts from the IRAS scan pattern. Using the DIRBE 100 and 240 km data, we have constructed a…

15,356 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The relationship between infrared, optical, and ultraviolet extinction

Jason A. Cardelli, Geoffrey C. Clayton, John S. Mathis · 1 Oct 1989

The parameterized extinction data of Fitzpatrick and Massa (1986, 1988) for the ultraviolet and various sources for the optical and near-infrared are used to derive a meaningful average extinction law over the 3.5 micron to 0.125 wavelength range which is applicable to both diffuse and dense regions of the interstellar medium. The law depends on…

11,927 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A Universal Density Profile from Hierarchical Clustering

Julio F. Navarro, Carlos S. Frenk, Simon D. M. White · 1 Dec 1997

We use high-resolution N-body simulations to study the equilibrium density profiles of dark matter halos in hierarchically clustering universes. We find that all such profiles have the same shape, independent of halo mass, of initial density fluctuation spectrum, and of the values of the cosmological parameters. Spherically averaged equilibrium profiles are well fit over two…

9,868 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution.

E. E. Salpeter · 1 Jan 1955

The evolutionary significance of the observed luminosity function for main-sequence stars in the solar neighborhood is discussed. The hypothesis is made that stars move off the main sequence after burning about 10 per cent of their hydrogen mass and that stars have been created at a uniform rate in the solar neighborhood for the last…

8,750 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

The Astrophysical Journal template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The Astrophysical Journal format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The Astrophysical Journal template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official American Astronomical Society format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does The Astrophysical Journal use?
The Astrophysical Journal uses Author–year (AAS) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B., & Lee, C. 2023, The Astrophysical Journal, 12, 45
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What is The Astrophysical Journal?
The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), the premier research journal of the AAS for astronomy and astrophysics.
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