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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.57
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores49
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future41
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 Desert41
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings39
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere39
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity36
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection36
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans35
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil33
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns31
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare26
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space25
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage25
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 Science25
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO2-Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) Atmospheric Conditions24
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps24
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes24
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature23
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography21
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