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Assigning DOIs to data published in the journals
Starting in 2025, we are further enhancing the digital data published in the AAS Journals by giving each contributed dataset or online-only figure a unique digital object identifier (DOI). Improving data publication in the journals For over twenty-five years, authors have provided digital data with their AAS journal publications.…
AAS Publication Support Fund Process Change
In response to feedback from authors, AAS journals will now adjudicate requests for publication support when a manuscript is submitted, rather than waiting until a manuscript is accepted as was done previously. Under the new processing workflow, the Editor in Chief will review requests within one week of the submission…
Editorial on New Authorship Contribution Section
In this editorial published in the Bulletin of the AAS, AAS Journals Editor in Chief Ethan Vishniac describes the role of the new Authorship Contribution Section in AAS journal articles.
AAS Journals Again Receive Strong Impact Factors
The American Astronomical Society’s peer-reviewed journals remain among the highest-ranked publications in the astronomical sciences according to several key metrics, including impact factor.
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AAS Nova Research Highlights
Hubble on the Hunt: A Spectroscopic Search for Betelbuddy
What can ultraviolet observations from Hubble tell us about the identity of Betelgeuse's likely companion star?
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Too Much Nitrogen Pops Open the Search for the Universe’s First Stars
JWST discovered a distant galaxy with too much nitrogen, which has led to evidence of the universe's first stars.
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Black Holes with a Shared Background
New research suggests that triplet stars might be able to evolve into every observable type of stellar-mass black hole system.
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Do X-Rays Help or Hurt Massive Black Hole Formation?
Astrobites reports on how X-rays influenced the formation of the first massive black holes in the universe.
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AAS Journals Editorial Board
The AAS Editor in Chief, the ApJ Letters Editor, the PSJ Editor, and a team of seven Lead Editors and more than 30 Science Editors manage peer review of its flagship research journals.
AAS Publications Committee
The AAS Publications Committee works with the AAS Editor in Chief to oversee the policies, editorial personnel, and new initiatives of AAS publishing.