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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
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Among the 48 physics and astronomy journals in this index it has the 13th highest h-index and the 12th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 1 408 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| China | 43% |
| United States | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 13% |
| Germany | 12% |
| Italy | 10% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 98% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies | 24% |
| Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena | 19% |
| Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics | 15% |
| Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies | 7% |
| Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae | 5% |
| Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations | 4% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Time-dependent Convection, Energy Conservation, Automatic Differentiation, and Infrastructure (2023, 602 citations)
- A Comprehensive Study of Galaxies at z ∼ 9–16 Found in the Early JWST Data: Ultraviolet Luminosity Functions and Cosmic Star Formation History at the Pre-reionization Epoch (2023, 540 citations)
- Open Data from the Third Observing Run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO (2023, 312 citations)
- The Eighteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Targeting and First Spectra from SDSS-V (2023, 288 citations)
- JWST Census for the Mass–Metallicity Star Formation Relations at z = 4–10 with Self-consistent Flux Calibration and Proper Metallicity Calibrators (2023, 285 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0067-0049):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- The Astronomical Journal
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