OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Meteoritics & Planetary Science is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

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Vertical profiling of shock attenuation at the Rochechouart impact structure, France	42
Anorthositic lunar regolith breccia Dhofar 1769—Clear indications for repeated mixing of impact melt lithologies	33
Determining impact angle from the spatial distribution of shock metamorphism: A case study of the Gosses Bluff (Tnorala) impact structure, Australia	31
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Quantitative evolved gas analysis: Winchcombe in comparison with other CM2 meteorites	26
Provenance of altered carbon phases and impact history of the Stac Fada Member, NW Scotland	25
A possible 5 km wide impact structure with associated 22 km wide exterior collapse terrain in the Alhabia–Tabernas Basin, southeastern Spain	24
2021 Elmar K. Jessberger Award for Maria Schönbächler	24
The Earth atmosphere‐like bulk nitrogen isotope composition obtained by stepwise combustion analyses of Ryugu return samples	23
A Potůčky fragment of the Steinbach IVA ‐an meteorite: Implications from the trace‐element composition of the constituent phases	23
Ries magnetic mineralogy: Exploring impact and post‐impact evolution of crater magnetism	17
Iron redox variations in Australasian Muong Nong‐type tektites	17
Distribution analysis of rare earth elements in fine‐grained CAIs of the Allende meteorite using multiple‐spot femtosecond LA‐ICP‐MS	17
Drelów, the 13th and latest meteorite fall in Poland—A typical L6 chondrite with shock veins	17
Static recrystallization of shocked calcite in Ries impact breccias	17
Impact origin of lunar zircon melt inclusions in Apollo impact melt breccia 14311	17
Erratum to “Effects of hot desert weathering on highly siderophile elements in ordinary chondrites”	17
Noble gases and nitrogen in material from asteroid Bennu	17
Results of statistical analysis of primary components concentrations in bulk chemical composition of ordinary chondrite groups	16
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Constraints on the impact history of the Apollo 16 landing site: Implications of soil‐like breccia noble gas records	15
In Memoriam: Burkhard Dressler (1939–2024)	15
Thermal conductivity of basalt between 225 and 290 K	15
Correction to “Differences in elemental abundances between CI chondrites and the solar photosphere”	15

Systematic meteorite collection in the Catalina Dense Collection area (Chile): Description and statistics	14
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 113	14
Nanoscale infrared investigation and chemical associations of organic matter in Asuka 12236	14
Petrography of phosphates in CI and CY carbonaceous chondrites	14
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Quest for the Australasian impact crater: Failings of the candidate location at the Bolaven Plateau, Southern Laos	14
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Zirconium isotope composition indicates s‐process depletion in samples returned from asteroid Ryugu	14
Al Huwaysah 010: The most reduced brachinite, so far	14
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Analysis of four Apollo 16 double drive tubes using QEMSCAN ^® mapping techniques: Implications for sampling the lunar	13
87th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2025: Cover	13
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The Winchcombe meteorite—A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroid	13
2021 Service Award for Christian Koeberl	13
Cosmic ray exposure ages and pre‐atmospheric shielding of Omani meteorites: Implications for ¹⁴C and ¹⁴C/¹⁰Be terrestrial ages of mete	12
Impact‐induced devolatilization of four ungrouped ataxites and the formation of a silica glass spherule in ALHA77255	12
The nature of insoluble organic matter in Sutter's Mill and Murchison carbonaceous chondrites: Testing the effect of x‐ray computed tomography and exploring parent body organic molecular evolution	12
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The influence of ALH 84001 on our understanding of the origin and evolution of Mars	12
Olivine–gabbroic shergottites: A petrogenetic link between poikilitic and gabbroic shergottites	12
Laboratory VIS–NIR reflectance measurements of heated Vesta regolith analogs: Unraveling the spectral properties of the pitted impact deposits on Vesta	12
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Secondary corundum‐bearing assemblages in Allende Ca,Al‐rich inclusions: Mineralogy, petrology, oxygen, and aluminum–magnesium isotope systematics	11
Evidence for phosphate metasomatism in an olivine‐rich achondrites	11
2004 Barringer Medal for Peter Schultz	11
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2023 Jessberger Award to Jamie Elsila	11
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Olivine fabric and microstructure in Northwest Africa (NWA) 7059 and Nova 018: Insights into ureilite deformation	11
Leonard Medal for Andrew M. Davis	10
The Ries impact and its distal effects in sediments of Central Europe—A review	10
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Metal in mesosiderites: Evidence for redox and fractional crystallization	10
Nier Prize for Dr. Jessica Barnes	10
Erratum to “The Effects of Highly Reduced Magmatism Revealed Through Aubrites”	10
Interrogating leaching procedures of meteorites for triple oxygen isotope analyses	10
Characterization of iron meteorites by scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, magnetization measurements, and Mössbauer spectroscopy: Kayakent IIIAB	10
Type B–type C CAI in a CR chondrite: Evidence for multiple melting events, gas–melt interaction, and oxygen‐isotope exchange	10
A complete inventory of institutional and public meteorite collections in Switzerland	10
Shock‐induced pervasive remelting of Fe sulfides in the basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 14672: A benchmark for shock stages S6/S7 on Mars	9
Shock metamorphic effects in Itokawa phosphates: A comparison with megaregolith‐derived meteorites	9
Nondestructive analysis of Bennu samples toward comparative studies with Ryugu samples	9
The effect of pressure on dihedral angle between liquid Fe‐S and orthopyroxene: Implication for percolative core formation in planetesimals and planetary embryos	9
Magnesium phosphate in the Cold Bokkeveld (CM2) carbonaceous chondrite	9
Petrology and mineralogy of mesosiderite Northwest Africa 12949: Implications for geological history on its parent body	9
Subtype 3.0 chondrites: Petrologic classification criteria	9
In situ oxygen, magnesium, and silicon isotopic compositions of the FUN inclusion Vigarano 1623‐5	9
Mineralogy and petrology of fine‐grained samples recovered from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu	9

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Unusual sources of fossil micrometeorites deduced from relict chromite in the small size fraction in ~467 Ma old limestone	8
Differences in bulk Fe content and density between type I and type II ordinary chondrite chondrules: Implications for parent body heterogeneities in oxidation state and O‐isotopic compositi	8
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Geochemistry of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 11962 and its potential source region/crater in the Procellarum KREEP terrane	8
Sulfur‐bearing serpentine in carbonaceous chondrites	8
Evidence for late impact‐induced metasomatism on the brachinite parent body recorded by a phosphate assemblage in NWA 7828	8
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2020 Service Award for Agnieszka Baier	8
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2018 Leonard Medal for Alexander N. Krot	8
Parent body thermal metamorphism of enstatite chondrites: Disentangling the effects of shock melting	7
Reevaluating the impact origin of the Luna Structure in western India using mineralogy, highly siderophile elements, and Re‐Os isotopes	7
Orbit, meteoroid size, and cosmic ray exposure history of the Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia	7
Network structure of solar wind implanted on small celestial body surface	7
Rapid colonization of a space‐returned Ryugu sample by terrestrial microorganisms	7
Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: II. Funnels and craters	7
Combining universal‐stage, backscatter electron imaging and electron backscatter diffraction for improved indexing of planar microstructures in quartz and plagioclase	7
Rapid terrestrial weathering of the CI1 carbonaceous chondrite find Oued Chebeika 002	7
In situ investigation of an organic micro‐globule and its mineralogical context within a Ryugu “sand” grain	7
Raman instrument calibration for astromaterials and analysis of Mars return samples	7
Kindberg, the fifth meteorite fall in Austria: A weakly shocked L6 chondrite breccia with high‐pressure phases	7
The azimuthal distribution of ejecta mass from oblique impacts into sand	7
Evidence of solar wind irradiation on mineral grains embedded in matrix of the Northwest Africa 801 CR chondrite	7
Araguainha Dome, Brazil: A polygonal impact structure due to a complex pre‐impact regional structural framework	7
Introduction to this issue which is in memory of Edward R. D. Scott (1947–2021)	6
2025 Barringer Medal for Sarah Stewart	6
Spheroidized plessite in Vaca Muerta: Formation mechanism and its implications for mesosiderites genesis and cooling history	6
Trajectory, recovery, and orbital history of the Madura Cave meteorite	6
Curation protocol of Phobos sample returned by Martian Moons eXploration	6
Insoluble macromolecular organic matter in the Winchcombe meteorite	6
The lithologic diversity of the Moon recorded in lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 7611 and 10480	6
Meteoritical Society Service Award citation for Richard C. Greenwood	6
Origin of the metal in chondritic and achondritic lithologies of the Sierra Gorda 013 СBa‐like chondrite	6
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Multistage aqueous alteration in CeC 022 and other nakhlites	6
Tissemouminites: A new group of primitive achondrites spanning the transition between acapulcoites and winonaites	6
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Award of the 2007 Nier Prize to Thorsten Kleine	6
EH6 enstatite chondrites Northwest Africa 7976 and Northwest Africa 12945: Implications for EH chondrite metamorphism	6
Mincy mesosiderite metallic nodules analyzed byEBSD: An approach to understanding their thermal history	6
A comprehensive study of apatite grains in Ryugu rock fragments	6
Fluid mobilization of rare earth elements, Th, and U during the terrestrial alteration of H chondrites	6
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Classifying meteorites with MetNet : A deep learning approach using reflectance spectroscopy	6
Methylene‐to‐methyl ratio variability in Ryugu samples: Clues to a heterogeneous aqueous alteration	5
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A comment to: “The manufacture and origin of the Tutankhamun meteoritic iron dagger” by Matsui et al.	5
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Brecciation at the grain scale within the lithologies of the Winchcombe Mighei‐like carbonaceous chondrite	5
Microtextures and structures in metal–sulfide grains in NWA 869 meteorite and their relation to thermal history of L‐chondrite parent body	5
Improved collection of rooftop micrometeorites through optimized extraction methods: The Budel collection	5
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In situ single‐spot Rb/Sr cosmochronology of roedderite in the Ribbeck aubrite (asteroid 2024 BX1 )	5
Synchrotron x‐ray diffraction for sealed Mars Sample Return sample tubes	5
2021 Nier Prize for Dr. Nan Liu	5
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Discussion of the unique “eclogitic” clast reported from Northwest Africa 801 (CR2) and the possibility of ejection of foundered crust from deep in a molten Moon‐sized projectile	5
The effects of superheating and cooling rate on olivine growth in chondritic liquid	5
Heterogenity of planetesimal collisional plume probed by glass inclusions in metal globules of Sierra Gorda 013, an unusual CBa‐like chondrite	5
How many Vesta‐like bodies existed in the asteroid belt?	5
85th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2022)	5
Anhydrous minerals in asteroid Bennu: Evidence for well‐preserved primordial components	5
X‐ray computed tomography study of terrestrial analog cores in preparation for Mars sample return	5
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Highly siderophile element, triple oxygen‐, ε ¹⁸² W	5
Evidence for multiple early impacts on the H chondrite parent body from electron backscatter diffraction analysis	5
Detection and quantification of organosulfur species in the Tagish Lake Meteorite by highly sensitive LC‐MS	5
The fate of primary iron sulfides in the CM1 carbonaceous chondrites: Effects of advanced aqueous alteration on primary components	5
Origin of fabrics and olivine chemical variations preserved in brachinite and brachinite‐like achondrite meteorites	5
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Disequilibrium oxygen isotope distribution among aqueously altered minerals in Ryugu asteroid returned samples	5
Three‐dimensional multiscale assembly of phyllosilicates, organics, and carbonates in small Ryugu fragments	4
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Mineralogical alteration of a type A CAI from Allende CV3 chondrite: Formation of secondary dmisteinbergite and its phase transition to anorthite	4
The smallest pedigree fall event meteorite ever recovered: Pusté Úl'any—Physical, mineralogical, chemical, and radionuclide analyses	4

Nova Colinas, Maranhão State: A newly confirmed, complex impact structure in Brazil	4
Thermal and shock history of Almahata Sitta meteorite inferred from structure refinement of pyroxene and Mössbauer spectroscopy of Fe‐Ni metal	4
From whom Bells tolls: Reclassifying Bells among CR chondrites and implications for the formation conditions of CR parent bodies	4
Petrology and chronology of mare components in lunar basaltic breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 12384	4
Compositional and spectroscopic investigation of three ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites	4
The parent bodies of CR chondrites and their secondary history	4
Search for impact ejecta at the Paleocene–Eocene boundary	4
Lewis Cliff 87223, an anomalous enstatite chondrite and the diversity of enstatite chondrites	4
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The effect of terrestrial weathering on the mineralogy and petrologic (sub)types of CM chondrites explored by kinetic modeling and laboratory experim	4
Bulk major and trace element abundances of barred olivine chondrules: Evidence about the physicochemical conditions in their region of nebular formation	4
An in situ study of presolar grains and the fine‐grained matrices of the Meteorite Hills 00526 and Queen Alexandra Range 97008 unequilibrated ordinary chondrites	4
Selective sampling of asteroids, the Moon, and Mars: Factors affecting the numerical abundances of members of meteorite groups	4
Radial transport and nebular thermal processing of millimeter‐sized solids in the Solar protoplanetary disk inferred from Cr‐Ti‐O isotope systematics of chondrules	4
Petrographic studies and mineralogical characterization of the Dellen impactites	4
Chondrule formation during low‐speed collisions of planetesimals: A hybrid splash–flyby framework	4
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Reassessing the organic carbon budget in the Murchison meteorite through an extraction–recovery mass‐balance approach	4
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Linking meteorites to their asteroid parent bodies: The capabilities of dust analyzer instruments during asteroid flybys	4
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In situ Sr‐Nd‐Pb isotopes of lunar basaltic meteorite NWA 14526: Implications for the generation of young mare basalts	4
Michael Ewing Zolensky as the 55th recipient of Leonard Medal	4
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What falls versus what we recover: Quantifying search and recovery bias for orbital meteorites	4
86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2023)	4
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Identification of the ejecta deposit formed by the Australasian Tektite Event at Huai Om, northeastern Thailand	4
Geochemical and petrographic re‐evaluation of ungrouped iron meteorites from Western Australia	4
Terrestrial ages of meteorites from the Atacama Desert (Chile) and insights into the past meteorite flux to Earth	4
Petrological, chemical, and chronological study of breccias in the Chang'e‐5 soil	4
Extent of alteration, paleomagnetic history, and infrared spectral properties of the Tarda ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite	3
Dieter Stoeffler (1939–2023): Outstanding scientist, mentor, and friend	3
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Low‐temperature dissociation of zircon in highly alkaline conditions: A cautionary note for studies on natural glasses of debated origin	3
2022 Joint Barringer Medal for Kai Wünnemann and Gareth S. Collins	3
Experimental constraints on the volatility of germanium, zinc, and lithium in Martian basalts and the role of degassing in alteration of surface minerals	3
A statistical investigation into relationships between the IIE irons and the ordinary, F and “ HH	3
Asuka 12236 more primitive than Paris: Clues given by their Infrared and Raman micro‐spectroscopy signatures	3
Pairing relations within CO3 chondrites recovered at the Dominion Range and Miller Range, Transantarctic mountains: Constraints from chondrule olivines, noble gas, and H, C, N bulk and isot	3
A petrologic and microstructural study of a compact type A calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusion from the Northwest Africa 5028 CR2 chondrite: Implications for nebular and parent‐body processes	3
Emplacement of monomict breccia and crater size estimate at the Dhala impact structure, India	3
Provenance constraints on the Late Triassic ejecta layer from Churchwood Quarry, SW England: An impactite suite from Manicouagan	3
Low temperatures and high water/rock ratios in asteroid (101955) Bennu's history based on X‐ray powder diffraction of returned samples	3
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Secondary corundum in CAIs from CK3 carbonaceous chondrites dates metasomatic alteration of	3
87th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2025: Abstracts	3
86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2024)	3
Assessing global trends in Mars magma compositions using ground truth	3
Micro‐XCT chondrule classification for subsequent isotope analysis	3
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Correction to “Corundum ± Magnesium‐Deltalumite ± Hibonite‐Bearing Objects in the CH Chondrite Sayh Al Uhaymir 290”	3
El Ali meteorite: From whetstone to fame and to the tragedy of local people's heritage	3
Cafeosite, Ca₄Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂□O₆S₄, a new meteoritic oxysulfide, a redox	3
Analytical method for stable background reduction for Raman spectra of carbon‐containing meteorite and terrestrial samples suffering from intense fluorescence	3
The MetBase database has been merged into Astromat	3
New knowledge about shock events that affected the L‐chondrite parent body from two heavily shocked L6 meteorite finds	3
Mesosiderite formation via accreting a partially solidified metal planetesimal: Evidence from Dong Ujimqin Qi	3
Amides from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Nanoscale spectral and isotopic characterizations	3
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Djerfisherite in a Ryugu grain: A clue to localized heterogeneous conditions or material mixing in the early solar system	3
Advanced microstructural and compositional analysis of a lunar agglutinate from the Apollo 11 mission	3
Using the potassium‐argon laser experiment (KArLE) to date ancient, low‐K chondritic meteorites	3
Quantitative mineral analysis of (99942) Apophis using reflectance spectroscopy	3
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Metasomatic alteration of coarse‐grained igneous calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions from CK3 carbonaceous chondrites	3
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Geochemical evidence for the origin of the IIE parent body from H chondrite‐like material	3
Geomorphological features in an unnamed impact crater in Xanthe Terra: Insights into the history of ice deposition in deep regions of low latitudes of Mars	3
Modeling enstatite chondrites: Reduced rocks with a pinch of oxidized material (affected by varying H ₂	3
Doing geology by looking up, doing astronomy by looking down (with a focus on the Umbria–Marche pelagic limestones of Italy)	3
Mechanical properties of minerals in lunar and HED meteorites from nanoindentation testing: Implications for space mining	3
2025 Service Award for Rhiannon G. Mayne	3
Hydrogen in magnetite from asteroid Ryugu	3
Composition of the Apollo 17 drive tube 76001 and the nonmare lithologies of the North Massif and Luna 20	3
Potential of VIS‐IR imaging spectroscopy and SEM‐EDS and EMPA to map the mineralogical composition of NWA 7317 (CR6)	3
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Early fluid migration and alteration fronts in the CM chondrite Reckling Peak 17085	3
Elemental and oxygen isotopic fractionation recorded in highly vaporized cosmic spherules from Widerøefjellet, Sør Rondane Mountains (East Antarctica)	3
86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2023)	3
2020 Nier Prize to Thomas Kruijer	3
Chondrule sizes within the CM carbonaceous chondrites and measurement methodologies	3
A sample preparation guide for clay‐rich carbonaceous chondrites	3
3D SR ‐ μXCT analysis for lithology detection: Application to Ryugu sample A0159	3
Impact‐diagnostic criteria for use in confirming a meteorite impact origin of terrestrial geological structures: Recommendations by the Impact Cratering Committee of the Meteoritical Society	3
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A detailed record of early solar system melting in the carbonaceous achondrites Northwest Africa 7680 and 6962	3
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Shock melt in the Cold Bokkeveld CM2 carbonaceous chondrite and the response of C‐complex asteroids to hypervelocity impacts	3
Sampling the volcanic plumes at Io: Impact speeds and shock conditions	3