The Astrophysical Journal

The Astrophysical Journal  
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Astrophys. J.
Discipline Astronomy, Astrophysics
Language English
Edited by Ethan Vishniac
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
 1895–present
Frequency 3/month
5.993
Indexing
ISSN 0004-637X (print)
1538-4357 (web)
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The Astrophysical Journal, often abbreviated ApJ (pronounced "ap jay") in references and speech,[1] is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astrophysics, established in 1895 by American astronomers George Ellery Hale and James Edward Keeler. As of 2013 it published three 900-page issues per month.

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) is another section of The Astrophysical Journal which rapidly publishes short communications.

The journal and the supplement series were both published by the University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Society until, in January 2009, publication was transferred to IOP Publishing,[2] following the move of the society's Astronomical Journal in 2008. The reason for the changes were given by the society as the increasing financial demands of the University of Chicago Press.[3]

History

The journal was founded in 1895 by George Ellery Hale and James E. Keeler as The Astrophysical Journal: An International Review of Spectroscopy and Astronomical Physics.[4] In addition to the two founding editors, there was an international board of associate editors: M. A. Cornu, Paris; N. C. Dunér, Upsala; William Huggins, London; P. Tacchini, Rome; H. C. Vogel, Potsdam, C. S. Hastings, Yale; A. A. Michelson, Chicago; E. C. Pickering, Harvard; H. A. Rowland, Johns Hopkins; and C. A. Young, Princeton.[5] It was intended that the journal would fill the gap between journals in astronomy and physics, providing a venue for publication of articles on astronomical applications of the spectroscope; on laboratory research closely allied to astronomical physics, including wave-length determinations of metallic and gaseous spectra and experiments on radiation and absorption; on theories of the Sun, Moon, planets, comets, meteors, and nebulae; and on instrumentation for telescopes and laboratories.[5] The further development of ApJ up to 1995 was outlined by Helmut Abt in an article entitled "Some Statistical Highlights of the Astrophysical Journal" in 1995.[6]

Editors

The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Referred to as ApJ on own Web site
  2. ↑ "American Astronomical Society Selects Institute of Physics Publishing As New Publishing Partner". PR Newswire Europe Ltd. 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  3. ↑ Howard, Jennifer (2007-05-18). "U. of Chicago Press Loses 3 Journals After Publishing Agreement Is Changed". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  4. ↑ The Astrophysical Journal 1(1)
  5. 1 2 Hale, George Ellery (1895), "The Astrophysical Journal", The Astrophysical Journal 1 (1): 80–84, Bibcode:1895ApJ.....1...80H, doi:10.1086/140011
  6. ↑ Abt, H A (1995). "Some Statistical Highlights of the Astrophysical Journal". The Astrophysical Journal 455: 407. Bibcode:1995ApJ...455..407A. doi:10.1086/176587.
  7. ↑ Helmut A. Abt (1 December 1995). "Obituary – Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan". Astrophysical Journal 454: 551. Bibcode:1995ApJ...454..551A. doi:10.1086/176507.

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