OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Astrobiology 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Observation of significant photosynthesis in garden cress and cyanobacteria under simulated illumination from a K dwarf star	34
Complex structures synthesized in shock processing of nucleobases – implications to the origins of life	27
Identifying optimal decision-making strategies and determining effective messaging to maximize the expected outcomes of potential human–extraterrestrial encounters	15
The social science perspective on the Fermi paradox	14
Alien technology, conjunction and ergodicity	10
Fungal biomarkers are detectable in Martian rock-analogues after space exposure: implications for the search of life on Mars	10
Reaching out to early-career astrobiologists: AbGradE's actions and perspectives	9
Heat-induced changes in molecular biosignatures and the influence of Mars-relevant minerals	9
Submarine hydrothermal vent systems: the relevance of dynamic systems in chemical evolution and prebiotic chemistry experiments	8
The future of intelligence in the Universe: a call for humility	6
Abiogenesis: the Carter argument reconsidered	6
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists, it is unable to recognize humans as intelligent beings – ERRATUM	6
Mars: new insights and unresolved questions – Corrigendum	6
Formalizing the Fermi paradox and combining consistent explanatory hypotheses	5
Succession of the bacterial community from a spacecraft assembly clean room when enriched in brines relevant to Mars	5
Extraterrestrial nature reserves (ETNRs)	5
Houston, we have a problem…or do we? The trajectory of astrobioethics and Indigenous thought	5
Martian stick-like structures are not trace fossils: a new protocol for testing ichnogenicity synthesized from paleosol ichnology	5
Survival of Xanthoria parietina in simulated space conditions: vitality assessment and spectroscopic analysis	5
Role of horizontal gene transfers and microbial ecology in the evolution of fluxes through the tricarboxylic acid cycle	5
Stromatolite photomorphogenesis: lighting up their shape	4
Astrovirology: how viruses enhance our understanding of life in the Universe	4
Intelligence as a planetary scale process	4
Subsurface scientific exploration of extraterrestrial environments (MINAR 5): analogue science, technology and education in the Boulby Mine, UK – CORRIGENDUM	4
Astrobiology: resolution of the statistical Drake equation by Maccone's lognormal method in 50 steps	4

Fifty years of astrobiology: mapping researcher communities with topic-based network analyses	4
Physical and chemical mechanisms that impact the detection, identification, and quantification of organic matter and the survival of microorganisms on the Martian surface – a review	4
Special issue: Open questions and next steps in astrobiology in Europe – celebrating 20 years of EANA	4
Computer simulations of biotic chiral selection scenarios	3
Von Neumann probes: rationale, propulsion, interstellar transfer timing	3
Self-replicating probes are imminent – implications for SETI	3
Microbial protocols for spacecraft: 2. Biocidal effects of Delrin and nylon in sealed compartments may enhance bioburden reductions in planetary spacecraft	3
Presence of water on exomoons orbiting free-floating planets: a case study	3
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists, it is unable to recognize humans as intelligent beings	3
Conceptual discussion around the notion of the human being as an inter and multiplanetary species	3
Megatsunamis and microbial life on early Mars	3
Hype, skin in the game, and the stability of cooperative science	3
Iron reduction as a viable metabolic pathway in Enceladus’ ocean	3
Drosophila melanogaster: a promising system for space biology research	3
Astrobiological applications of μ-mapping X-ray fluorescence spectrometry	3
Astroecology: bridging the gap between ecology and astrobiology	2
The challenging history of other Earths	2
On biosignatures for Mars	2
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
Role of DNA repair pathways in the recovery of a dried, radioresistant cyanobacterium exposed to high-LET radiation: implications for the habitability of Mars	2
Astrobiocentrism: reflections on challenges in the transition to a vision of life and humanity in space	2
Presence of liquid water during the evolution of exomoons orbiting ejected free-floating planets	2
Detection of pre-industrial societies on exoplanets – ERRATUM	2
Solid grains ejected from terrestrial exoplanets as a probe of the abundance of life in the Milky Way	2
Bacteria Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, terrestrial analogue of extraterrestrial microorganisms?	2
Experimental and theoretical studies of the interactions of alanine onto surfaces of olivine and montmorillonite: relevance in astrobiology	2
Life detection in Martian returned samples: correlation between analytical techniques and biological signatures	2
Detection and prebiotic chemistry of possible glycine precursor molecule methylenimine towards the hot molecular core G10.47+0.03	2
Hydrocarbons on Mars	2
The Fermi paradox: impact of astrophysical processes and dynamical evolution	1
Transdisciplinary contributions in undergraduate university students through a stratospheric balloon project with an astrobiological focus	1
Dehydrated thin film media to rapidly estimate bioburden for planetary protection flight implementation	1
Planetary biotechnospheres, biotechnosignatures and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence	1
Black holes as tools for quantum computing by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations	1
Inferring their minds and analysing our beliefs: on the contribution of (exo)psychology to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence	1
Migrating extraterrestrial civilizations and interstellar colonization: implications for SETI and SETA	1
Prebiotic decluttering: the thermodynamic tail-wind to asymmetric autocatalysis	1
Database on mineral mediated carbon reduction: implications for future research	1
Applications of microbial bioplastic polyhydroxyalkanoates as biosignatures for astrobiological detection	1
Environmental constraints on the origin of life based on membrane formation: the role of salinity	1
A brief epistemological discussion of astrotheology in the light of astrobiology	1
A philosophical perspective about the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the Universe	1
Habitability constraints by nutrient availability in atmospheres of rocky exoplanets	1
A non-anthropocentric solution to the Fermi paradox	1
Astrophysical existential threats: a comparative analysis	1
Early taphonomic processes in a microbial-based sedimentary system from a temperate salt-pan site (Cervia salterns, Italy)	1
Space ectogenesis: securing survival of humans and Earth life with minimal risks – reply to Szocik	1
Children of time: the geological recency of intelligence and its implications for SETI	1
Frontiers of astrobiology and the humanities	1
Breakthrough results in astrobiology: is ‘high risk’ research needed?	1

Biomarkers in the Atacama Desert along the moisture gradient and the depth in the hyperarid zone: Phosphatase activity as trace of microbial activity	1
The Noonday argument: fine-graining, indexicals, and the nature of Copernican reasoning	1