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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.
Updates to Manuscript Status Access for Authors
Starting 28 May 2025, all contributing authors on submitted AAS journal manuscripts will have the ability to check on the status of the manuscript within the submission portal.
Research Notes of the AAS Celebrates Its 2,000th Publication
Since 2017, RNAAS has provided a venue for brief research reports, student work, null results, and more. Editor Chris Lintott shares his reflections on a recent RNAAS milestone: 2,000 Notes.
Introducing AASTeX v7.0
AAS publishing is proud to announce the latest release of our popular AASTeX package! Learn more about the new features in AASTeX v7.0 and download the package here.
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AAS Nova Research Highlights
Citizen Science Born in the Pandemic: The Hubble Image Similarity Project
A team of citizen scientists compared 5.4 million pairs of astronomical images, helping researchers create a database of image similarity information that can be used to test image-search algorithms.
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Giving Justice to Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Mergers
Astrobites reports on how researchers are preparing for future detections of merging supermassive and intermediate-mass black holes.
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Featured Image: Hubble and JWST Check Up on the BOAT Gamma-Ray Burst
Two powerful telescopes examined the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed by humans, hundreds of days after the burst was first detected. What did they see?
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Finding Galaxies in the Dark: Using Globular Clusters to Identify Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies
With their extremely low surface brightness, ultra-diffuse galaxies are very difficult to detect, but a recent study has spotted one by searching for its globular clusters.
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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.