Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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View these key papers published in 2011 attracting a high number of citations:

From dwarf spheroidals to cD galaxies: simulating the galaxy population in a Lambda CDM cosmology

An expanded M-bh-Sigma diagram, and a new calibration of active galactic nuclei masses

Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample

The formation of disc galaxies in a Lambda CDM universe

Galaxy Zoo 1: data release of morphological classifications for nearly 900 000 galaxies

The ATLAS(3D) project - I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria

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For papers that merit urgent publication, Monthly Notices Letters, the online section of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, publishes short, topical and significant research in all fields of astronomy.