International Journal of Astrobiology

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Astrobiology is 3. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Observation of significant photosynthesis in garden cress and cyanobacteria under simulated illumination from a K dwarf star34
Complex structures synthesized in shock processing of nucleobases – implications to the origins of life27
Identifying optimal decision-making strategies and determining effective messaging to maximize the expected outcomes of potential human–extraterrestrial encounters15
The social science perspective on the Fermi paradox14
Alien technology, conjunction and ergodicity10
Fungal biomarkers are detectable in Martian rock-analogues after space exposure: implications for the search of life on Mars10
Reaching out to early-career astrobiologists: AbGradE's actions and perspectives9
Heat-induced changes in molecular biosignatures and the influence of Mars-relevant minerals9
Submarine hydrothermal vent systems: the relevance of dynamic systems in chemical evolution and prebiotic chemistry experiments8
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists, it is unable to recognize humans as intelligent beings – ERRATUM6
Mars: new insights and unresolved questions – Corrigendum6
The future of intelligence in the Universe: a call for humility6
Abiogenesis: the Carter argument reconsidered6
Extraterrestrial nature reserves (ETNRs)5
Houston, we have a problem…or do we? The trajectory of astrobioethics and Indigenous thought5
Martian stick-like structures are not trace fossils: a new protocol for testing ichnogenicity synthesized from paleosol ichnology5
Survival of Xanthoria parietina in simulated space conditions: vitality assessment and spectroscopic analysis5
Role of horizontal gene transfers and microbial ecology in the evolution of fluxes through the tricarboxylic acid cycle5
Formalizing the Fermi paradox and combining consistent explanatory hypotheses5
Succession of the bacterial community from a spacecraft assembly clean room when enriched in brines relevant to Mars5
Stromatolite photomorphogenesis: lighting up their shape4
Astrovirology: how viruses enhance our understanding of life in the Universe4
Intelligence as a planetary scale process4
Subsurface scientific exploration of extraterrestrial environments (MINAR 5): analogue science, technology and education in the Boulby Mine, UK – CORRIGENDUM4
Astrobiology: resolution of the statistical Drake equation by Maccone's lognormal method in 50 steps4
Fifty years of astrobiology: mapping researcher communities with topic-based network analyses4
Physical and chemical mechanisms that impact the detection, identification, and quantification of organic matter and the survival of microorganisms on the Martian surface – a review4
Special issue: Open questions and next steps in astrobiology in Europe – celebrating 20 years of EANA4
Computer simulations of biotic chiral selection scenarios3
Von Neumann probes: rationale, propulsion, interstellar transfer timing3
Self-replicating probes are imminent – implications for SETI3
Microbial protocols for spacecraft: 2. Biocidal effects of Delrin and nylon in sealed compartments may enhance bioburden reductions in planetary spacecraft3
Presence of water on exomoons orbiting free-floating planets: a case study3
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists, it is unable to recognize humans as intelligent beings3
Conceptual discussion around the notion of the human being as an inter and multiplanetary species3
Megatsunamis and microbial life on early Mars3
Hype, skin in the game, and the stability of cooperative science3
Iron reduction as a viable metabolic pathway in Enceladus’ ocean3
Drosophila melanogaster: a promising system for space biology research3
Astrobiological applications of μ-mapping X-ray fluorescence spectrometry3
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