OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Meteoritics & Planetary Science is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

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Ries magnetic mineralogy: Exploring impact and post‐impact evolution of crater magnetism	23
Petrogenesis of Northwest Africa 8686: A ferroan olivine‐phyric shergottite	21
Hydrothermal alteration at the basalt‐hosted Vista Alegre impact structure, Brazil	19
Quantitative evolved gas analysis: Winchcombe in comparison with other CM2 meteorites	18
A Potůčky fragment of the Steinbach IVA‐an meteorite: Implications from the trace‐element composition of the constituent phases	18
Provenance of altered carbon phases and impact history of the Stac Fada Member, NW Scotland	17
Anorthositic lunar regolith breccia Dhofar 1769—Clear indications for repeated mixing of impact melt lithologies	17
A possible 5 km wide impact structure with associated 22 km wide exterior collapse terrain in the Alhabia–Tabernas Basin, southeastern Spain	17
Results of statistical analysis of primary components concentrations in bulk chemical composition of ordinary chondrite groups	16
Distribution analysis of rare earth elements in fine‐grained CAIs of the Allende meteorite using multiple‐spot femtosecond LA‐ICP‐MS	16
Impact origin of lunar zircon melt inclusions in Apollo impact melt breccia 14311	16
The Earth atmosphere‐like bulk nitrogen isotope composition obtained by stepwise combustion analyses of Ryugu return samples	15
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Noble gases and nitrogen in material from asteroid Bennu	15
Erratum to “Effects of hot desert weathering on highly siderophile elements in ordinary chondrites”	15
2021 Elmar K. Jessberger Award for Maria Schönbächler	15
Cosmic ray exposure ages and pre‐atmospheric shielding of Omani meteorites: Implications for ¹⁴C and ¹⁴C/¹⁰Be terrestrial ages of mete	14
In Memoriam: Burkhard Dressler (1939–2024)	14
Constraints on the impact history of the Apollo 16 landing site: Implications of soil‐like breccia noble gas records	14
Quest for the Australasian impact crater: Failings of the candidate location at the Bolaven Plateau, Southern Laos	14
Al Huwaysah 010: The most reduced brachinite, so far	13
The Famenin fall and other ordinary chondrites intermediate between H and L groups	13

Nanoscale infrared investigation and chemical associations of organic matter in Asuka 12236	13
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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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Geochemical and mineralogical classification of four new shergottites: NWA 10441, NWA 10818, NWA 11043, and NWA 12335	12
Zirconium isotope composition indicates s‐process depletion in samples returned from asteroid Ryugu	12
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 113	12
Petrography of phosphates in CI and CY carbonaceous chondrites	12
The Winchcombe meteorite—A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroid	12
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2021 Service Award for Christian Koeberl	11
Nanoscale mineralogy and organic structure in Orgueil (CI) and EET 92042 (CR) carbonaceous chondrites studied with AFM‐IR spectroscopy	11
Laboratory VIS–NIR reflectance measurements of heated Vesta regolith analogs: Unraveling the spectral properties of the pitted impact deposits on Vesta	11
Unusual sources of fossil micrometeorites deduced from relict chromite in the small size fraction in ~467 Ma old limestone	11
Analysis of four Apollo 16 double drive tubes using QEMSCAN^® mapping techniques: Implications for sampling the lunar regolith in highland terrains	11
87th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2025: Cover	11
Olivine–gabbroic shergottites: A petrogenetic link between poikilitic and gabbroic shergottites	11
Impact‐induced devolatilization of four ungrouped ataxites and the formation of a silica glass spherule in ALHA77255	11
The influence of ALH 84001 on our understanding of the origin and evolution of Mars	11
Systematic meteorite collection in the Catalina Dense Collection area (Chile): Description and statistics	11
Thermal conductivity of basalt between 225 and 290 K	11
Erratum to “The Effects of Highly Reduced Magmatism Revealed Through Aubrites”	10
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Olivine fabric and microstructure in Northwest Africa (NWA) 7059 and Nova 018: Insights into ureilite deformation	10
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Shock‐induced pervasive remelting of Fe sulfides in the basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 14672: A benchmark for shock stages S6/S7 on Mars	10
2004 Barringer Medal for Peter Schultz	10
Metal in mesosiderites: Evidence for redox and fractional crystallization	10
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Secondary corundum‐bearing assemblages in Allende Ca,Al‐rich inclusions: Mineralogy, petrology, oxygen, and aluminum–magnesium isotope systematics	10
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Petrology and mineralogy of mesosiderite Northwest Africa 12949: Implications for geological history on its parent body	9
Magnesium phosphate in the Cold Bokkeveld (CM2) carbonaceous chondrite	9
Characterization of iron meteorites by scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, magnetization measurements, and Mössbauer spectroscopy: Kayakent IIIAB	9
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A complete inventory of institutional and public meteorite collections in Switzerland	9
Type B–type C CAI in a CR chondrite: Evidence for multiple melting events, gas–melt interaction, and oxygen‐isotope exchange	9
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Evidence for phosphate metasomatism in an olivine‐rich achondrites	9
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2023 Jessberger Award to Jamie Elsila	8
Mineralogy and petrology of fine‐grained samples recovered from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu	8
Interrogating leaching procedures of meteorites for triple oxygen isotope analyses	8
Fayalite formation through hydrothermal experiments: Insights into early fluid‐assisted aqueous alteration processes on asteroids	8
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Leonard Medal for Andrew M. Davis	8
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The Ries impact and its distal effects in sediments of Central Europe—A review	8
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The effect of pressure on dihedral angle between liquid Fe‐S and orthopyroxene: Implication for percolative core formation in planetesimals and planetary embryos	8

Nier Prize for Dr. Jessica Barnes	8
In situ oxygen, magnesium, and silicon isotopic compositions of the FUN inclusion Vigarano 1623‐5	8
Subtype 3.0 chondrites: Petrologic classification criteria	8
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Insoluble macromolecular organic matter in the Winchcombe meteorite	7
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Geochemistry of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 11962 and its potential source region/crater in the Procellarum KREEP terrane	7
Rapid colonization of a space‐returned Ryugu sample by terrestrial microorganisms	7
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	7
Classifying meteorites with MetNet: A deep learning approach using reflectance spectroscopy	7
The origin of the potassium‐rich annular zones at the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana, investigated by field study, radiometric analysis, and first cosmogenic nuclide data	7
Evidence for late impact‐induced metasomatism on the brachinite parent body recorded by a phosphate assemblage in NWA 7828	7
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Unique igneous textures and shock metamorphism of the Northwest Africa 7203 angrite: Implications for crystallization processes and the evolutionary history of the angrite parent body	7
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Raman instrument calibration for astromaterials and analysis of Mars return samples	7
Evidence of solar wind irradiation on mineral grains embedded in matrix of the Northwest Africa 801 CR chondrite	7
2018 Leonard Medal for Alexander N. Krot	7
2020 Service Award for Agnieszka Baier	7
Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: II. Funnels and craters	7
In situ investigation of an organic micro‐globule and its mineralogical context within a Ryugu “sand” grain	7
2021 Nier Prize for Dr. Nan Liu	6
Mincy mesosiderite metallic nodules analyzed byEBSD: An approach to understanding their thermal history	6
Spheroidized plessite in Vaca Muerta: Formation mechanism and its implications for mesosiderites genesis and cooling history	6
Methylene‐to‐methyl ratio variability in Ryugu samples: Clues to a heterogeneous aqueous alteration	6
Disequilibrium oxygen isotope distribution among aqueously altered minerals in Ryugu asteroid returned samples	6
Award of the 2007 Nier Prize to Thorsten Kleine	6
The azimuthal distribution of ejecta mass from oblique impacts into sand	6
EH6 enstatite chondrites Northwest Africa 7976 and Northwest Africa 12945: Implications for EH chondrite metamorphism	6
Karavannoe: Mineralogy, trace element geochemistry, and origin of Eagle Station group pallasites	6
2025 Barringer Medal for Sarah Stewart	6
Meteoritical Society Service Award citation for Richard C. Greenwood	6
A comment to: “The manufacture and origin of the Tutankhamun meteoritic iron dagger” by Matsui et al.	6
A comprehensive study of apatite grains in Ryugu rock fragments	6
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Multistage aqueous alteration in CeC 022 and other nakhlites	6
The lithologic diversity of the Moon recorded in lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 7611 and 10480	6
Introduction to this issue which is in memory of Edward R. D. Scott (1947–2021)	6
Curation protocol of Phobos sample returned by Martian Moons eXploration	6
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John T. Wasson (1934–2020)	6
Fluid mobilization of rare earth elements, Th, and U during the terrestrial alteration of H chondrites	6
Synchrotron x‐ray diffraction for sealed Mars Sample Return sample tubes	6
Multiscale correlated analysis of the Aguas Zarcas CM chondrite	6
Orbit, meteoroid size, and cosmic ray exposure history of the Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia	6
Edward R. D. Scott (1947–2021): A tribute to an exceptional scientist and wonderful man	6
Origin of the metal in chondritic and achondritic lithologies of the Sierra Gorda 013 СBa‐like chondrite	6
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Heterogenity of planetesimal collisional plume probed by glass inclusions in metal globules of Sierra Gorda 013, an unusual CBa‐like chondrite	5
The fate of primary iron sulfides in the CM1 carbonaceous chondrites: Effects of advanced aqueous alteration on primary components	5
Northwest Africa 6486: Record of large impact events and fluid alteration on the L chondrite asteroid	5
The parent bodies of CR chondrites and their secondary history	5
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The effects of superheating and cooling rate on olivine growth in chondritic liquid	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
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Microtextures and structures in metal–sulfide grains in NWA 869 meteorite and their relation to thermal history of L‐chondrite parent body	5
Origin of fabrics and olivine chemical variations preserved in brachinite and brachinite‐like achondrite meteorites	5
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Evidence for multiple early impacts on the H chondrite parent body from electron backscatter diffraction analysis	5
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85th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2022)	5
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Brecciation at the grain scale within the lithologies of the Winchcombe Mighei‐like carbonaceous chondrite	5
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Three‐dimensional multiscale assembly of phyllosilicates, organics, and carbonates in small Ryugu fragments	5
Improved collection of rooftop micrometeorites through optimized extraction methods: The Budel collection	5
Detection and quantification of organosulfur species in the Tagish Lake Meteorite by highly sensitive LC‐MS	5
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Tissemouminites: A new group of primitive achondrites spanning the transition between acapulcoites and winonaites	5
Trajectory, recovery, and orbital history of the Madura Cave meteorite	5
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How many Vesta‐like bodies existed in the asteroid belt?	5
Petrological, chemical, and chronological study of breccias in the Chang'e‐5 soil	4

Michael Ewing Zolensky as the 55th recipient of Leonard Medal	4
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Impact dynamics of the L chondrites' parent asteroid	4
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Constraints on the formation of carbonates and low‐grade metamorphic phases in the Martian crust as a function of H₂O‐CO₂ fluids	4
86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2023)	4
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Lewis Cliff 87223, an anomalous enstatite chondrite and the diversity of enstatite chondrites	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
Identification of the ejecta deposit formed by the Australasian Tektite Event at Huai Om, northeastern Thailand	4
Chondrule formation during low‐speed collisions of planetesimals: A hybrid splash–flyby framework	4
In situ Sr‐Nd‐Pb isotopes of lunar basaltic meteorite NWA 14526: Implications for the generation of young mare basalts	4
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Oxygen isotope systematics of chondrules in Rumuruti chondrites: Formation conditions and genetic link with ordinary chondrites	4
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Bulk major and trace element abundances of barred olivine chondrules: Evidence about the physicochemical conditions in their region of nebular formation	4
Petrology and chronology of mare components in lunar basaltic breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 12384	4
Field gamma ray spectrometry as a diagnostic tool for the assessment of hypothetical melt rocks from the Maâdna structure (Talemzane, Algeria): Implications for the crater formation process	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
Distinguishing between terrestrial and extraterrestrial organic compounds in the CM2 Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite: Implications for intrinsic organic matter	4
Linking meteorites to their asteroid parent bodies: The capabilities of dust analyzer instruments during asteroid flybys	4
Thermal and shock history of Almahata Sitta meteorite inferred from structure refinement of pyroxene and Mössbauer spectroscopy of Fe‐Ni metal	4
Petrographic studies and mineralogical characterization of the Dellen impactites	4
Complex burial histories of Apollo 12 basaltic soil grains derived from cosmogenic noble gases: Implications for local regolith evolution and future in situ investigations	4
Ar‐Ar and U‐Pb ages of Chelyabinsk and a re‐evaluation of its impact chronology	3
Advanced microstructural and compositional analysis of a lunar agglutinate from the Apollo 11 mission	3
Quantitative mineral analysis of (99942) Apophis using reflectance spectroscopy	3
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86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2024)	3
Positive correlation between shock stage and petrologic type in ordinary chondrites: Implications for the internal structures and thermal histories of ordinary‐chondrite parent asteroids	3
Formation of chondrule fine‐grained rims from local nebular reservoirs	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
From whom Bells tolls: Reclassifying Bells among CR chondrites and implications for the formation conditions of CR parent bodies	3
A sample preparation guide for clay‐rich carbonaceous chondrites	3
2025 Service Award for Rhiannon G. Mayne	3
Hydrogen in magnetite from asteroid Ryugu	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
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Dieter Stoeffler (1939–2023): Outstanding scientist, mentor, and friend	3
Cafeosite, Ca₄Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂□O₆S₄, a new meteoritic oxysulfide, a redox	3
Fe‐Ni sulfides in Tagish Lake: Implications for nebular and parent body conditions of formation	3
Provenance constraints on the Late Triassic ejecta layer from Churchwood Quarry, SW England: An impactite suite from Manicouagan	3
Low‐temperature dissociation of zircon in highly alkaline conditions: A cautionary note for studies on natural glasses of debated origin	3
Shock melt in the Cold Bokkeveld CM2 carbonaceous chondrite and the response of C‐complex asteroids to hypervelocity impacts	3
What falls versus what we recover: Quantifying search and recovery bias for orbital meteorites	3
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Olivine aggregates reveal a complex collisional history of the main group pallasite parent body	3
Elemental and oxygen isotopic fractionation recorded in highly vaporized cosmic spherules from Widerøefjellet, Sør Rondane Mountains (East Antarctica)	3
Measuring the shock stage of Itokawa and asteroid regolith grains by electron backscattered diffraction, optical petrography, and synchrotron X‐ray diffraction	3
2020 Nier Prize to Thomas Kruijer	3
Compositional and spectroscopic investigation of three ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites	3
Nova Colinas, Maranhão State: A newly confirmed, complex impact structure in Brazil	3
Multiple shock events recorded in the Northwest Africa 2139 LL6 chondrite: Implications for collisional histories of the LL chondrite parent body	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
Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRIS‐REx	3
The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites	3
El Ali meteorite: From whetstone to fame and to the tragedy of local people's heritage	3
A statistical investigation into relationships between the IIE irons and the ordinary, F and “HH” chondrites	3
Composition of the Apollo 17 drive tube 76001 and the nonmare lithologies of the North Massif and Luna 20	3
87th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2025: Abstracts	3
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Shock experiments on basalt—Ferric sulfate mixes and their possible relevance to the sulfide bleb clusters in large impact melts in shergottites	3
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Heating of carbonaceous materials: Insights into the effects of thermal metamorphism on spectral properties of carbonaceous chondrites and asteroids	3
Bulk synthesis of stoichiometric/meteoritic troilite (FeS) by high‐temperature pyrite decomposition and pyrrhotite melting	3
Sr distribution as proxy for Ca distribution at depth in SXRF analysis of mm‐sized carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for asteroid sample return missions	3
Radial transport and nebular thermal processing of millimeter‐sized solids in the Solar protoplanetary disk inferred from Cr‐Ti‐O isotope systematics of chondrules	3
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86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2023)	3
2022 Joint Barringer Medal for Kai Wünnemann and Gareth S. Collins	3
LavAtmos: An open‐source chemical equilibrium vaporization code for lava worlds	3
Assessing global trends in Mars magma compositions using ground truth	3
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110	3