Astrobiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrobiology is 19. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.58
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere52
The Origin, Extension, and Future of the “NASA Definition” of Life41
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection40
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity36
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future32
A Modular 3D-Printed Design to Investigate Prebiotic Chemical Systems in Hot Spring Pools29
How Viking Changed Science Communication28
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil27
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 Desert27
NASA Viking Mission: A Perspective of the Labeled Release Biological Experiment on Mars26
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings23
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space21
The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment21
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage20
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment20
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns19
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?19
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes19
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