Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Meteoritics & Planetary Science is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Vertical profiling of shock attenuation at the Rochechouart impact structure, France33
Anorthositic lunar regolith breccia Dhofar 1769—Clear indications for repeated mixing of impact melt lithologies27
Determining impact angle from the spatial distribution of shock metamorphism: A case study of the Gosses Bluff (Tnorala) impact structure, Australia26
Quantitative evolved gas analysis: Winchcombe in comparison with other CM2 meteorites25
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Provenance of altered carbon phases and impact history of the Stac Fada Member, NW Scotland24
2021 Elmar K. Jessberger Award for Maria Schönbächler23
A possible 5 km wide impact structure with associated 22 km wide exterior collapse terrain in the Alhabia–Tabernas Basin, southeastern Spain23
A Potůčky fragment of the Steinbach IVA ‐an meteorite: Implications from the trace‐element composition of the constituent phases21
The Earth atmosphere‐like bulk nitrogen isotope composition obtained by stepwise combustion analyses of Ryugu return samples21
Distribution analysis of rare earth elements in fine‐grained CAIs of the Allende meteorite using multiple‐spot femtosecond LA‐ICP‐MS20
Results of statistical analysis of primary components concentrations in bulk chemical composition of ordinary chondrite groups17
Ries magnetic mineralogy: Exploring impact and post‐impact evolution of crater magnetism17
Erratum to “Effects of hot desert weathering on highly siderophile elements in ordinary chondrites”17
Impact origin of lunar zircon melt inclusions in Apollo impact melt breccia 1431117
Static recrystallization of shocked calcite in Ries impact breccias16
Noble gases and nitrogen in material from asteroid Bennu16
Drelów, the 13th and latest meteorite fall in Poland—A typical L6 chondrite with shock veins16
In Memoriam: Burkhard Dressler (1939–2024)15
Constraints on the impact history of the Apollo 16 landing site: Implications of soil‐like breccia noble gas records15
Thermal conductivity of basalt between 225 and 290 K15
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Correction to “Differences in elemental abundances between CI chondrites and the solar photosphere”15
Systematic meteorite collection in the Catalina Dense Collection area (Chile): Description and statistics15
Zirconium isotope composition indicates s‐process depletion in samples returned from asteroid Ryugu14
2021 Service Award for Christian Koeberl14
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 11314
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Petrography of phosphates in CI and CY carbonaceous chondrites14
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Al Huwaysah 010: The most reduced brachinite, so far14
Cosmic ray exposure ages and pre‐atmospheric shielding of Omani meteorites: Implications for 14C and 14C/10Be terrestrial ages of mete13
Analysis of four Apollo 16 double drive tubes using QEMSCAN ® mapping techniques: Implications for sampling the lunar 13
Olivine–gabbroic shergottites: A petrogenetic link between poikilitic and gabbroic shergottites13
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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 evolution13
The Winchcombe meteorite—A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroid12
Impact‐induced devolatilization of four ungrouped ataxites and the formation of a silica glass spherule in ALHA7725512
The influence of ALH 84001 on our understanding of the origin and evolution of Mars12
Nanoscale infrared investigation and chemical associations of organic matter in Asuka 1223612
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Unusual sources of fossil micrometeorites deduced from relict chromite in the small size fraction in ~467 Ma old limestone12
Laboratory VIS–NIR reflectance measurements of heated Vesta regolith analogs: Unraveling the spectral properties of the pitted impact deposits on Vesta12
Quest for the Australasian impact crater: Failings of the candidate location at the Bolaven Plateau, Southern Laos12
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Olivine fabric and microstructure in Northwest Africa (NWA) 7059 and Nova 018: Insights into ureilite deformation11
Shock‐induced pervasive remelting of Fe sulfides in the basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 14672: A benchmark for shock stages S6/S7 on Mars11
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Secondary corundum‐bearing assemblages in Allende Ca,Al‐rich inclusions: Mineralogy, petrology, oxygen, and aluminum–magnesium isotope systematics11
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2004 Barringer Medal for Peter Schultz11
Petrology and mineralogy of mesosiderite Northwest Africa 12949: Implications for geological history on its parent body11
Interrogating leaching procedures of meteorites for triple oxygen isotope analyses10
Leonard Medal for Andrew M. Davis10
Characterization of iron meteorites by scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, magnetization measurements, and Mössbauer spectroscopy: Kayakent IIIAB10
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Type B–type C CAI in a CR chondrite: Evidence for multiple melting events, gas–melt interaction, and oxygen‐isotope exchange10
Evidence for phosphate metasomatism in an olivine‐rich achondrites10
Metal in mesosiderites: Evidence for redox and fractional crystallization10
2023 Jessberger Award to Jamie Elsila10
The Ries impact and its distal effects in sediments of Central Europe—A review10
Nier Prize for Dr. Jessica Barnes10
A complete inventory of institutional and public meteorite collections in Switzerland9
The effect of pressure on dihedral angle between liquid Fe‐S and orthopyroxene: Implication for percolative core formation in planetesimals and planetary embryos9
Magnesium phosphate in the Cold Bokkeveld (CM2) carbonaceous chondrite9
Mineralogy and petrology of fine‐grained samples recovered from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu9
Erratum to “The Effects of Highly Reduced Magmatism Revealed Through Aubrites”9
Shock metamorphic effects in Itokawa phosphates: A comparison with megaregolith‐derived meteorites9
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Nondestructive analysis of Bennu samples toward comparative studies with Ryugu samples9
Subtype 3.0 chondrites: Petrologic classification criteria9
In situ oxygen, magnesium, and silicon isotopic compositions of the FUN inclusion Vigarano 1623‐59
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Evidence for late impact‐induced metasomatism on the brachinite parent body recorded by a phosphate assemblage in NWA 78288
In situ investigation of an organic micro‐globule and its mineralogical context within a Ryugu “sand” grain8
Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: II. Funnels and craters8
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2020 Service Award for Agnieszka Baier8
Geochemistry of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 11962 and its potential source region/crater in the Procellarum KREEP terrane8
2018 Leonard Medal for Alexander N. Krot8
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Evidence of solar wind irradiation on mineral grains embedded in matrix of the Northwest Africa 801 CR chondrite8
Classifying meteorites with MetNet : A deep learning approach using reflectance spectroscopy7
Rapid terrestrial weathering of the CI1 carbonaceous chondrite find Oued Chebeika 0027
Award of the 2007 Nier Prize to Thorsten Kleine7
Insoluble macromolecular organic matter in the Winchcombe meteorite7
Sulfur‐bearing serpentine in carbonaceous chondrites7
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 compositi7
Reevaluating the impact origin of the Luna Structure in western India using mineralogy, highly siderophile elements, and Re‐Os isotopes7
Orbit, meteoroid size, and cosmic ray exposure history of the Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia7
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The azimuthal distribution of ejecta mass from oblique impacts into sand7
Parent body thermal metamorphism of enstatite chondrites: Disentangling the effects of shock melting7
Kindberg, the fifth meteorite fall in Austria: A weakly shocked L6 chondrite breccia with high‐pressure phases7
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Combining universal‐stage, backscatter electron imaging and electron backscatter diffraction for improved indexing of planar microstructures in quartz and plagioclase7
Rapid colonization of a space‐returned Ryugu sample by terrestrial microorganisms7
Raman instrument calibration for astromaterials and analysis of Mars return samples7
Curation protocol of Phobos sample returned by Martian Moons eXploration6
Origin of the metal in chondritic and achondritic lithologies of the Sierra Gorda 013 СBa‐like chondrite6
2025 Barringer Medal for Sarah Stewart6
The lithologic diversity of the Moon recorded in lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 7611 and 104806
EH6 enstatite chondrites Northwest Africa 7976 and Northwest Africa 12945: Implications for EH chondrite metamorphism6
Mincy mesosiderite metallic nodules analyzed byEBSD: An approach to understanding their thermal history6
Tissemouminites: A new group of primitive achondrites spanning the transition between acapulcoites and winonaites6
Meteoritical Society Service Award citation for Richard C. Greenwood6
A comment to: “The manufacture and origin of the Tutankhamun meteoritic iron dagger” by Matsui et al.6
Introduction to this issue which is in memory of Edward R. D. Scott (1947–2021)6
Synchrotron x‐ray diffraction for sealed Mars Sample Return sample tubes6
Fluid mobilization of rare earth elements, Th, and U during the terrestrial alteration of H chondrites6
Multistage aqueous alteration in CeC 022 and other nakhlites6
Spheroidized plessite in Vaca Muerta: Formation mechanism and its implications for mesosiderites genesis and cooling history6
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2021 Nier Prize for Dr. Nan Liu6
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The effect of terrestrial weathering on the mineralogy and petrologic (sub)types of CM chondrites explored by kinetic modeling and laboratory experim5
The effects of superheating and cooling rate on olivine growth in chondritic liquid5
How many Vesta‐like bodies existed in the asteroid belt?5
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85th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2022)5
X‐ray computed tomography study of terrestrial analog cores in preparation for Mars sample return5
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Disequilibrium oxygen isotope distribution among aqueously altered minerals in Ryugu asteroid returned samples5
Evidence for multiple early impacts on the H chondrite parent body from electron backscatter diffraction analysis5
Geochemical and petrographic re‐evaluation of ungrouped iron meteorites from Western Australia5
The fate of primary iron sulfides in the CM1 carbonaceous chondrites: Effects of advanced aqueous alteration on primary components5
Microtextures and structures in metal–sulfide grains in NWA 869 meteorite and their relation to thermal history of L‐chondrite parent body5
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Trajectory, recovery, and orbital history of the Madura Cave meteorite5
Highly siderophile element, triple oxygen‐, ε 182 W 5
A comprehensive study of apatite grains in Ryugu rock fragments5
Three‐dimensional multiscale assembly of phyllosilicates, organics, and carbonates in small Ryugu fragments5
Brecciation at the grain scale within the lithologies of the Winchcombe Mighei‐like carbonaceous chondrite5
Detection and quantification of organosulfur species in the Tagish Lake Meteorite by highly sensitive LC‐MS5
Improved collection of rooftop micrometeorites through optimized extraction methods: The Budel collection5
The parent bodies of CR chondrites and their secondary history5
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In situ single‐spot Rb/Sr cosmochronology of roedderite in the Ribbeck aubrite (asteroid 2024 BX1 )5
Methylene‐to‐methyl ratio variability in Ryugu samples: Clues to a heterogeneous aqueous alteration5
Origin of fabrics and olivine chemical variations preserved in brachinite and brachinite‐like achondrite meteorites5
Heterogenity of planetesimal collisional plume probed by glass inclusions in metal globules of Sierra Gorda 013, an unusual CBa‐like chondrite5
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 projectile5
Michael Ewing Zolensky as the 55th recipient of Leonard Medal4
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Search for impact ejecta at the Paleocene–Eocene boundary4
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Selective sampling of asteroids, the Moon, and Mars: Factors affecting the numerical abundances of members of meteorite groups4
Petrographic studies and mineralogical characterization of the Dellen impactites4
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Petrological, chemical, and chronological study of breccias in the Chang'e‐5 soil4
Linking meteorites to their asteroid parent bodies: The capabilities of dust analyzer instruments during asteroid flybys4
What falls versus what we recover: Quantifying search and recovery bias for orbital meteorites4
Chondrule formation during low‐speed collisions of planetesimals: A hybrid splash–flyby framework4
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In situ Sr‐Nd‐Pb isotopes of lunar basaltic meteorite NWA 14526: Implications for the generation of young mare basalts4
Mineralogical alteration of a type A CAI from Allende CV3 chondrite: Formation of secondary dmisteinbergite and its phase transition to anorthite4
86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2023)4
Terrestrial ages of meteorites from the Atacama Desert (Chile) and insights into the past meteorite flux to Earth4
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Lewis Cliff 87223, an anomalous enstatite chondrite and the diversity of enstatite chondrites4
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From whom Bells tolls: Reclassifying Bells among CR chondrites and implications for the formation conditions of CR parent bodies4
Nova Colinas, Maranhão State: A newly confirmed, complex impact structure in Brazil4
Compositional and spectroscopic investigation of three ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites4
An in situ study of presolar grains and the fine‐grained matrices of the Meteorite Hills 00526 and Queen Alexandra Range 97008 unequilibrated ordinary chondrites4
Identification of the ejecta deposit formed by the Australasian Tektite Event at Huai Om, northeastern Thailand4
Bulk major and trace element abundances of barred olivine chondrules: Evidence about the physicochemical conditions in their region of nebular formation4
Thermal and shock history of Almahata Sitta meteorite inferred from structure refinement of pyroxene and Mössbauer spectroscopy of Fe‐Ni metal4
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Petrology and chronology of mare components in lunar basaltic breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 123844
The smallest pedigree fall event meteorite ever recovered: Pusté Úl'any—Physical, mineralogical, chemical, and radionuclide analyses4
Radial transport and nebular thermal processing of millimeter‐sized solids in the Solar protoplanetary disk inferred from Cr‐Ti‐O isotope systematics of chondrules4
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Extent of alteration, paleomagnetic history, and infrared spectral properties of the Tarda ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite3
Cafeosite, Ca4Fe2+3Fe3+2O6S4, a new meteoritic oxysulfide, a redox 3
Correction to “Corundum ± Magnesium‐Deltalumite ± Hibonite‐Bearing Objects in the CH Chondrite Sayh Al Uhaymir 290”3
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Mesosiderite formation via accreting a partially solidified metal planetesimal: Evidence from Dong Ujimqin Qi3
Chondrule sizes within the CM carbonaceous chondrites and measurement methodologies3
A sample preparation guide for clay‐rich carbonaceous chondrites3
Using the potassium‐argon laser experiment (KArLE) to date ancient, low‐K chondritic meteorites3
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 processes3
Djerfisherite in a Ryugu grain: A clue to localized heterogeneous conditions or material mixing in the early solar system3
Assessing global trends in Mars magma compositions using ground truth3
Secondary corundum in CAIs from CK3 carbonaceous chondrites dates metasomatic alteration of 3
Quantitative mineral analysis of (99942) Apophis using reflectance spectroscopy3
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El Ali meteorite: From whetstone to fame and to the tragedy of local people's heritage3
Experimental constraints on the volatility of germanium, zinc, and lithium in Martian basalts and the role of degassing in alteration of surface minerals3
Dieter Stoeffler (1939–2023): Outstanding scientist, mentor, and friend3
Coexisting wadsleyite and ringwoodite in the Alfianello L6 ordinary chondrite3
Sampling the volcanic plumes at Io: Impact speeds and shock conditions3
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A detailed record of early solar system melting in the carbonaceous achondrites Northwest Africa 7680 and 69623
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Hydrogen in magnetite from asteroid Ryugu3
Positive correlation between shock stage and petrologic type in ordinary chondrites: Implications for the internal structures and thermal histories of ordinary‐chondrite parent asteroids3
Ar‐Ar and UPb ages of Chelyabinsk and a re‐evaluation of its impact chronology3
Pairing relations within CO3 chondrites recovered at the Dominion Range and Miller Range, Transantarctic mountains: Constraints from chondrule olivines, noble gas, and H, C, N bulk and isot3
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Mechanical properties of minerals in lunar and HED meteorites from nanoindentation testing: Implications for space mining3
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Metasomatic alteration of coarse‐grained igneous calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions from CK3 carbonaceous chondrites3
87th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2025: Abstracts3
3D SRμXCT analysis for lithology detection: Application to Ryugu sample A01593
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Analytical method for stable background reduction for Raman spectra of carbon‐containing meteorite and terrestrial samples suffering from intense fluorescence3
Low‐temperature dissociation of zircon in highly alkaline conditions: A cautionary note for studies on natural glasses of debated origin3
Emplacement of monomict breccia and crater size estimate at the Dhala impact structure, India3
2022 Joint Barringer Medal for Kai Wünnemann and Gareth S. Collins3
The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites3
Geomorphological features in an unnamed impact crater in Xanthe Terra: Insights into the history of ice deposition in deep regions of low latitudes of Mars3
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New knowledge about shock events that affected the L‐chondrite parent body from two heavily shocked L6 meteorite finds3
LavAtmos: An open‐source chemical equilibrium vaporization code for lava worlds3
Modeling enstatite chondrites: Reduced rocks with a pinch of oxidized material (affected by varying H 2 3
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Shock melt in the Cold Bokkeveld CM2 carbonaceous chondrite and the response of C‐complex asteroids to hypervelocity impacts3
Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRISREx3
Early fluid migration and alteration fronts in the CM chondrite Reckling Peak 170853
Provenance constraints on the Late Triassic ejecta layer from Churchwood Quarry, SW England: An impactite suite from Manicouagan3
A statistical investigation into relationships between the IIE irons and the ordinary, F and “ HH 3
2020 Nier Prize to Thomas Kruijer3
Geochemical evidence for the origin of the IIE parent body from H chondrite‐like material3
Elemental and oxygen isotopic fractionation recorded in highly vaporized cosmic spherules from Widerøefjellet, Sør Rondane Mountains (East Antarctica)3
Asuka 12236 more primitive than Paris: Clues given by their Infrared and Raman micro‐spectroscopy signatures3
Composition of the Apollo 17 drive tube 76001 and the nonmare lithologies of the North Massif and Luna 203
The MetBase database has been merged into Astromat3
2025 Service Award for Rhiannon G. Mayne3
86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2024)3
Doing geology by looking up, doing astronomy by looking down (with a focus on the Umbria–Marche pelagic limestones of Italy)3
Advanced microstructural and compositional analysis of a lunar agglutinate from the Apollo 11 mission3
The first main group ureilite with primary plagioclase: A missing link in the differentiation of the ureilite parent body2
New high‐pressure Fe‐Ti oxide minerals in the Shergotty Martian meteorite: Feiite, Fe2+2(Fe2+Ti4+)O5, liuite, FeTiO32
Tirhert and Aouinet Legraa: Rare unbrecciated eucrite falls2
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