Graphics Guidelines
Guidelines for electronically submitting figures as Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files.
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Manuscript Submission
Authors are strongly encouraged to submit their papers electronically to speed up peer review and facilitate the production process. This can be done via the web using online submission forms that are available for each journal.
Online-only Materials Guidelines
AAS journals encourage authors to exploit the capabilities offered by the electronic medium to enhance articles published in AJ and ApJ with the inclusion of content (at an additional charge) that cannot be incorporated in the print versions of the journals.
Astronomical Subject Keywords (update October 2009)
The editors of many astronomy journals (ApJ, AJ, A&A, MNRAS, PASP, PASJ, and RevMexAA) have adopted these subject keywords as a means of classifying articles in the journals.
Astronomy Education Review
Thomas A. Hockey, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Northern Iowa, was named Editor-in-Chief of Astronomy Education Review. He formally assumed this role on January 1, 2010, but he has been working with the journal since last summer.
AAS Copyright Policy
Copyright
Before your article can be published in an American Astronomical Society (AAS) journal, we require you to grant and assign the entire copyright in it to the AAS. The copyright consists of all rights protected by the copyright laws of the United States and of all foreign countries, in all languages and forms of communication, including the right to furnish the article or the abstracts to abstracting and indexing services, and the right to republish the entire article in any format or medium.
Professional and ethical standards for the AAS journals
As implicit conditions for publishing in The Astrophysical Journal and The Astronomical Journal, authors are expected to adhere to basic standards of professional ethics and conduct that are common across all areas of scholarly publishing.
Publications
The Society publishes four scholarly journals and disseminates information to members through a variety of publications.
AAS CD-ROM Series
The AAS CD-ROM Series was launched in January 1993, and over the five years that followed, nine volumes of digital data were released. The contents of those nine disks are published here online.