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About the Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics format

Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics is a peer-reviewed journal published by IOP Publishing, covering Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

PublisherIOP Publishing
Reference styleNumbered (IOP)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] Smith A, Jones B and Lee C 2023 A representative article title Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 45–58

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Publishes research inStellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
ISSN1674-4527
Citation impact (2-yr)1.52
h-index63
i10-index820
Total citations36,532
Top institutions publishing hereChinese Academy of Sciences
Journal websiteiopscience.iop.org
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Papers published in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics per year

133
2014
173
2015
268
2016
132
2017
158
2018
186
2019
211
2020
375
2021
257
2022
288
2023
255
2024
321
2025

Citation impact of Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics by publication year

3.4K
2014
2.9K
2015
1.4K
2016
1.4K
2017
1.5K
2018
2.4K
2019
2.6K
2020
2.2K
2021
1.9K
2022
2.6K
2023
834
2024
372
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST)

Xiangqun Cui, Yongheng Zhao, Yaoquan Chu et al. · 28 Aug 2012

The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST, also called the Guo Shou Jing Telescope) is a special reflecting Schmidt telescope. LAMOST's special design allows both a large aperture (effective aperture of 3.6 m-4.9 m) and a wide field of view (FOV) (5 degrees). It has an innovative active reflecting Schmidt configuration which continuously…

1,708 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
LAMOST spectral survey — An overview

Gang Zhao, Yongheng Zhao, Yaoquan Chu et al. · 27 Jun 2012

LAMOST (Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope) is a Chinese national scientific research facility operated by National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC). After two years of commissioning beginning in 2009, the telescope, instruments, software systems and operations are nearly ready to begin the main science survey. Through a spectral survey of millions…

1,246 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Searching for the Nano-Hertz Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background with the Chinese Pulsar Timing Array Data Release I

Heng Xu, Siyuan Chen, Yanjun Guo et al. · 19 Jun 2023

Abstract Observing and timing a group of millisecond pulsars with high rotational stability enables the direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs). The GW signals can be identified from the spatial correlations encoded in the times-of-arrival of widely spaced pulsar-pairs. The Chinese Pulsar Timing Array (CPTA) is a collaboration aiming at the direct GW detection with…

1,141 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Four new observational<i>H</i>(<i>z</i>) data from luminous red galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data release seven

Cong Zhang, Han Zhang, Shuo Yuan et al. · 26 Sep 2014

By adopting the differential age method, we utilize selected 17832 luminous red galaxies (LRGs) from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release Seven (SDSS DR7) covering redshift $0<z<0.4$ to measure Hubble parameters. Using a full spectrum fitting package UlySS, these spectra are reduced with single stellar population (SSP) models and optimal age information of our selected…

866 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The first data release (DR1) of the LAMOST regular survey

A-Li Luo, Yongheng Zhao, Gang Zhao et al. · 31 Jul 2015

The Large sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) general survey is a spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately half of the celestial sphere and collect 10 million spectra of stars, galaxies and QSOs. Objects in both the pilot survey and the first year regular survey are included in the LAMOST DR1. The pilot…

856 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics format?
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What reference style does Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics use?
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics uses Numbered (IOP) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] Smith A, Jones B and Lee C 2023 A representative article title Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 45–58
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