Simplified abbreviations of frequently used journals
| AJ | Astronomical Journal (the) |
| ARA&A | Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| AZh | Astronomiceskij Zhurnal |
| A&A | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| (Letters indicated by number) | |
| A&AR | Astronomy and Astrophysics Review (the) |
| A&AS | Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series |
| Acta Astron. | Acta Astronomica |
| Acta Astron. Sin. | Acta Astronomica Sinica |
| Afz | Astrofizica |
| ApJ | Astrophysical Journal (the) |
| (Letters indicated by number) | |
| ApJS | Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (the) |
| Ap&SS | Astrophysics and Space Science |
| Ark. Astron. | Arkiv for Astronomi |
| Astron. Nachr. | Astronomische Nachrichten |
| Aust. J. Phys. | Australian Journal of Physics |
| Astrophys. Suppl. | Astrophysics Supplement |
| BAAS | Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society |
| Bull. astr. Inst. Czechosl. | Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia |
| C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris | Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Science |
| Chin. Astron. | Chinese Astronomy |
| IAU Circ. | International Astronomical Union, Circular |
| Icarus | Icarus |
| Ir. Astron. J. | Irish Astronomical Journal |
| J. R. Astron. Soc. Can. | Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |
| JA&A | Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| MNRAS | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Mem. R. Astron. Soc. | Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Mem. Soc. Astron. Ital. | Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana |
| Mitt. Astron. Ges. | Mitteilungen der Astronomischen Gesellschaft |
| Mon. Notes | Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society |
| Astron. Soc. S. Afr. | of Southern Africa |
| Nat | Nature |
| Observatory | Observatory (the) |
| PASJ | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan |
| PASP | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| PASPC | Ditto, Conference Proceedings |
| Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London, | Philosophical Transactions of the |
| Ser. A | Royal Society of London, Series A |
| Proc. Astron. Soc. Aust. | Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia |
| QJRAS | Quarterly Journal of the Royal |
| Astronomical Society | |
| Rev. Mex. Astron. Astrofis. | Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica |
| Ric. Astron. Specola Vaticana | Ricerche Astronomiche. Specola Vaticana |
| Sci | Science |
| Sci. Am. | Scientific American |
| Sky Telesc. | Sky and Telescope |
| Space Sci. Rev. | Space Science Reviews |
| SvA | Soviet Astronomy |
There are commands for many of the most frequently-referenced journals so that authors may use the markup rather than having to look up a particular journal's abbreviation.
| \actaa | Acta Astronomica \aj |