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18 February 2026
AAS Journals Welcome New Scientific Editors

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kat Volk and Dr. Jennifer Hanley as scientific editors for the Planetary Science Journal (PSJ). Volk, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science

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20 August 2025
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

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5 August 2025
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

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30 July 2025
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.

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30 June 2025
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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