International Journal of Astrobiology

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Astrobiology is 2. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Observation of significant photosynthesis in garden cress and cyanobacteria under simulated illumination from a K dwarf star35
The social science perspective on the Fermi paradox28
Identifying optimal decision-making strategies and determining effective messaging to maximize the expected outcomes of potential human–extraterrestrial encounters16
Fungal biomarkers are detectable in Martian rock-analogues after space exposure: implications for the search of life on Mars14
Abiogenesis: the Carter argument reconsidered10
Reaching out to early-career astrobiologists: AbGradE's actions and perspectives10
Submarine hydrothermal vent systems: the relevance of dynamic systems in chemical evolution and prebiotic chemistry experiments9
Alien technology, conjunction and ergodicity9
Heat-induced changes in molecular biosignatures and the influence of Mars-relevant minerals8
The future of intelligence in the Universe: a call for humility7
Mars: new insights and unresolved questions – Corrigendum7
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists, it is unable to recognize humans as intelligent beings – ERRATUM6
Martian stick-like structures are not trace fossils: a new protocol for testing ichnogenicity synthesized from paleosol ichnology6
Formalizing the Fermi paradox and combining consistent explanatory hypotheses6
Role of horizontal gene transfers and microbial ecology in the evolution of fluxes through the tricarboxylic acid cycle6
Houston, we have a problem…or do we? The trajectory of astrobioethics and Indigenous thought6
Extraterrestrial nature reserves (ETNRs)6
Succession of the bacterial community from a spacecraft assembly clean room when enriched in brines relevant to Mars6
Astrovirology: how viruses enhance our understanding of life in the Universe5
Special issue: Open questions and next steps in astrobiology in Europe – celebrating 20 years of EANA5
Intelligence as a planetary scale process5
Physical and chemical mechanisms that impact the detection, identification, and quantification of organic matter and the survival of microorganisms on the Martian surface – a review5
Survival of Xanthoria parietina in simulated space conditions: vitality assessment and spectroscopic analysis5
Subsurface scientific exploration of extraterrestrial environments (MINAR 5): analogue science, technology and education in the Boulby Mine, UK – CORRIGENDUM4
Von Neumann probes: rationale, propulsion, interstellar transfer timing4
Fifty years of astrobiology: mapping researcher communities with topic-based network analyses4
Astrobiology: resolution of the statistical Drake equation by Maccone's lognormal method in 50 steps4
Stromatolite photomorphogenesis: lighting up their shape4
Drosophila melanogaster: a promising system for space biology research3
Presence of water on exomoons orbiting free-floating planets: a case study3
Self-replicating probes are imminent – implications for SETI3
Experimental and theoretical studies of the interactions of alanine onto surfaces of olivine and montmorillonite: relevance in astrobiology3
Conceptual discussion around the notion of the human being as an inter and multiplanetary species3
Hype, skin in the game, and the stability of cooperative science3
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists, it is unable to recognize humans as intelligent beings3
Microbial protocols for spacecraft: 2. Biocidal effects of Delrin and nylon in sealed compartments may enhance bioburden reductions in planetary spacecraft3
Astrobiocentrism: reflections on challenges in the transition to a vision of life and humanity in space3
Computer simulations of biotic chiral selection scenarios3
Iron reduction as a viable metabolic pathway in Enceladus’ ocean3
Megatsunamis and microbial life on early Mars3
Role of DNA repair pathways in the recovery of a dried, radioresistant cyanobacterium exposed to high-LET radiation: implications for the habitability of Mars3
Astrobiological applications of μ-mapping X-ray fluorescence spectrometry3
Hydrocarbons on Mars2
Life detection in Martian returned samples: correlation between analytical techniques and biological signatures2
The challenging history of other Earths2
Long-read sequencing reveals increased occurrence of genomic variants and adenosine methylation in Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 after long-duration flight exposure onboard the International Space 2
Early taphonomic processes in a microbial-based sedimentary system from a temperate salt-pan site (Cervia salterns, Italy)2
Applications of microbial bioplastic polyhydroxyalkanoates as biosignatures for astrobiological detection2
On biosignatures for Mars2
Solid grains ejected from terrestrial exoplanets as a probe of the abundance of life in the Milky Way2
Bacteria Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, terrestrial analogue of extraterrestrial microorganisms?2
Detection and prebiotic chemistry of possible glycine precursor molecule methylenimine towards the hot molecular core G10.47+0.032
Transdisciplinary contributions in undergraduate university students through a stratospheric balloon project with an astrobiological focus2
Environmental constraints on the origin of life based on membrane formation: the role of salinity2
Dehydrated thin film media to rapidly estimate bioburden for planetary protection flight implementation2
Presence of liquid water during the evolution of exomoons orbiting ejected free-floating planets2
Detection of pre-industrial societies on exoplanets – ERRATUM2
Astroecology: bridging the gap between ecology and astrobiology2
The Fermi paradox: impact of astrophysical processes and dynamical evolution2
Frontiers of astrobiology and the humanities2
Planetary biotechnospheres, biotechnosignatures and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence2
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