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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
How Many Kilonovae Will Rubin Observatory Help Us Spot?
The upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time will detect an astonishing number of transients — including kilonovae from colliding neutron stars.
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The Winner of the Cosmic Speed-Eating Contest
Astrobites reports on RACS J0320−35, a quasar that appears to be breaking a cosmic limit by consuming matter faster than theory should allow.
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A Dark Matter Origin for Little Red Dots
Researchers examine whether the black holes at the centers of little red dots could have been born in the collapse of dark matter halos.
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Fueling Up: How Does the Milky Way Get Its Star-Forming Gas?
Researchers use an unlikely tool — distant beacons called quasars — to study the constant inflow and outflow of gas to and from our galaxy.
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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.