The AAS journals are supported by a diverse and international team of editors. These scientists — all active members of the astronomy, planetary sciences, solar physics, and laboratory astrophysics community — are here to help you improve your articles and make sure the best version of your work is published. You can find more information about the team below.
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Ethan VishniacJohns Hopkins University, Maryland, US Ethan is a theoretical astrophysicist who conducts research on the dynamics of magnetic fields in accretion disks, stars and galaxies. Since 2006, Ethan has served as Editor in Chief of the Astrophysical Journal. He is now Editor in Chief of all AAS publications. |
All AAS Journals |
Editor in Chief | Ethan Vishniac |
| Associate Editor in Chief | W. Butler Burton | |
ApJ Letters |
Editor | Frederic Rasio |
| Deputy Editor | Luis C. Ho | |
| Associate Editor | Rekha Jain | |
Planetary Science Journal |
Editor | Faith Vilas |
Research Notes of the AAS |
Editor | Chris Lintott |
Planetary
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Brian Jackson | Boise State University |
| Edgard G. Rivera-Valentin | Lunar and Planetary Institute (USRA) | |
| Faith Vilas | Planetary Science Institute | |
| Maria Womack | University of Central Florida | |
AJ
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Lee Armus | California Institute of Technology |
| W. Butler Burton | Leiden University, The Netherlands | |
| Giovanni Carraro | University of Padova, Italy | |
| Christopher Conselice | University of Manchester, UK | |
| Michael Endl | University of Texas at Austin | |
| Manolis K. Georgoulis | Academy of Athens, Greece | |
| Brad Gibson | University of Hull, UK | |
| Leon Golub | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian | |
| Shadia Habbal | University of Hawaii | |
| Dieter Hartmann | Clemson University | |
| Greg Herczeg | KIAA/Peking University, China | |
| Luis C. Ho | Peking University, China | |
| Rekha Jain | University of Sheffield, UK | |
| Steve Kawaler | Iowa State University | |
| Chris Lintott | University of Oxford, UK | |
| Priya Natarajan | Yale University | |
| Ilya Mandel | Monash University, Australia | |
| Judy Pipher | University of Rochester | |
| Mubdi Rahman | Sidrat Research, Canada | |
| Frederic Rasio | Northwestern University | |
| Ata Sarajedini | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Daniel Savin | Columbia University | |
| Daniel Scheeres | University of Colorado | |
| Allen Shafter | San Diego State University | |
| Steinn Sigurdsson | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Luigi Stella | INAF – Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Italy | |
| Frank Timmes | Arizona State University | |
| Ethan Vishniac | Johns Hopkins University | |
| Fabian Walter | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany | |
| Joan Wrobel | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | |
| Gary Zank | University of Alabama |
| Statistics Editor | Eric Feigelson |
| Data Editors | Greg Schwarz |
| August Muench | |
| AAS Nova Editor | Susanna Kohler |
Our team of 38 editors represent a broad cross section of astronomy, astrophysics, and planetary science and are located at universities and research institutions around the globe.
Explore the geographic distribution of AAS journal editors by hovering your cursor over the different blocks in the interactive infographic below. To explore any region in more detail — and to see the editors’ names and institutions in that region — click on the blocks.
In keeping with our mission, the entire AAS journals portfolio will be freely accessible as of 1 January 2022. Read more.
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