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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
Weather Forecast for the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Cloudy with a Chance of Biosignatures
Astrobites reports on how clouds might actually be a good thing when it comes to detecting biosignatures with NASA's proposed next-generation space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
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All Alone With No AGN to Call Home? New Results for Little Red Dots
Small in size and glowing red, little red dots have been confusing astronomers since their discovery by JWST. What are the origins of these distant galaxies, and what have researchers learned so far?
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A Dusty Disk Points to a Potential Planet
Rings and gaps in TWA 7's debris disk suggested a planet might be lurking nearby. JWST observations may have revealed the hidden world.
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From Globs to Gravitational Waves: A Simulated Cosmic Choreography
Astrobites reports on how we might be able to observe gravitational wave signals from intermediate-mass black holes in binary systems with stellar-mass black holes.
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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.