Astrobiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrobiology is 21. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.52
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil47
Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert40
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans39
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere39
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings38
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection37
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future36
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity36
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores35
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns33
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps31
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare26
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes25
Magma Ocean Evolution of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets25
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?25
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science24
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage24
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment24
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space24
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO2-Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) Atmospheric Conditions23
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature21
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