The Astrophysical Journal
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The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ[1]) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astrophysics and astronomy, established in 1895 by American astronomers George Ellery Hale and James Edward Keeler. The journal discontinued its print edition and became an electronic-only journal in 2015.[2]
Since 1953 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ApJS) has been published in conjunction with The Astrophysical Journal, with generally longer articles to supplement the material in the journal. It publishes six volumes per year, with two 280-page issues per volume.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL), established in 1967 by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar as Part 2 of The Astrophysical Journal, is now a separate journal focusing on the rapid publication of high-impact astronomical research.
The three journals were published by the
On January 1, 2022, the AAS Journals, including ApJ, changed to an open access model, with access restrictions and subscription charges removed from previously published papers.[7] Articles accepted after October 11, 2022, will be published under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA 4.0. Non-open access articles accepted before that date will be free to access but will still need permission to reuse.[8]
History
The journal was founded in 1895 by
Editors
The following persons have been
- George Hale(1895–1902)
- Edwin Brant Frost (1902–1932)
- Edwin Hubble (1932–1952)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1952–1971)[12]
- Helmut A. Abt (1971–1999)
- Robert Kennicutt (1999–2006)
- Ethan Vishniac (2006–present)
See also
- The Astronomical Journal
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
References
- ^ Referred to as ApJ on its own website
- ^ "American Astronomical Society Journals Going Electronic Only". IOP Publishing. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ "American Astronomical Society Selects Institute of Physics Publishing As New Publishing Partner". PR Newswire Europe Ltd. 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the originalon 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ISSN 0004-6280.
- ISSN 0722-6691.
- ^ "AAS Journals Will Switch to Open Access". American Astronomical Society (Press release). September 1, 2021.
- ^ "AAS Journals Transition to Open Access". The American Astronomica Society. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ The Astrophysical Journal. 1 (1).
- ^ ISSN 0004-637X
- ISSN 0004-637X.
- ^
Helmut A. Abt (1 December 1995). "Obituary – Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan". Astrophysical Journal. 454: 551. ISSN 0004-637X.