The Astronomical Journal is a monthly scientific journal published by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the American Astronomical Society. It is one of the premier journals for astronomy in the world. The Astronomical Journal is often abbreviated AJ in scientific papers and references. From January 2008, the journal will be published by Institute of Physics Publishing on behalf of the American Astronomical Society.[1] The reason for the changes were given by the Society as the desire of the Press to revise its financial arrangement, and the plans of the Press to change from the particular software that had been developed in-house by the Press. It is planned that the other two publications of the society, the Astrophysical Journal and its supplement series will follow in January 2009.[2] This journal was founded in 1849 by Benjamin A. Gould; he ceased publication in 1861 due to the American Civil War, but resumed it in 1885. Between 1909 and 1941 the journal was edited in Albany, New York. In 1941 the editor Benjamin Boss arranged to transfer responsibility for the journal to the American Astronomical Society. The first electronic edition of the Astronomical Journal was published in January, 1998. With the July, 2006 issue, The Astronomical Journal began e-first publication, an electronic version of the journal released independently of the hardcopy issues. Its current Editor-in-Chief is John Gallagher III of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Associate Editor-in-Chief is Margaret M. Hanson of the University of Cincinnati.
Editors
- 2005-current, John Gallagher III
- 1984-2004, Paul W. Hodge
- 1980-1983 N. H. Baker
- 1975-1979 N. H. Bakerand L. B. Lucy
- 1967-1974 Lodewijk Woltjer[3] (with Baker and Lucy for later volumes)
- 1966-1967, Gerald Maurice Clemence[4]
- 1965-1966 Dirk Brouwer and Gerald Maurice Clemence
- 1963-1965 Dirk Brouwer
- 1959-1963 Dirk Brouwer and Harlan James Smith
- 1941-1959 Dirk Brouwer
- 1912-1941 Benjamin Boss
- 1909-1912 Lewis Boss
- 1896-1909 Seth C. Chandler
- 1849-1861; 1885-1896 Benjamin A. Gould, Jr.
References
- ^ American Astronomical Society Selects Institute of Physics Publishing As New Publishing Partner. PR Newswire Europe Ltd. (2007-04-25). Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
- ^ Howard, Jennifer (2007-05-18). U. of Chicago Press Loses 3 Journals After Publishing Agreement Is Changed. Chronicle of Higher Education.. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
- ^ Benjamin Apthorp Gould Prize from the National Academy of Sciences.
- ^ "The Astronomical Journal at Yale: in Context with Before and After" by Dorrit Hoffleit, The Astronomical Journal, 117:9-11, 1999 January
