Astrobiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrobiology is 24. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.90
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future60
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 Desert49
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil47
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans43
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores39
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings38
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere38
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity37
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection36
The Venus Life Equation35
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns34
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO2-Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) Atmospheric Conditions32
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps32
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space31
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage29
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare28
Exobiology of the Venusian Clouds: New Insights into Habitability through Terrestrial Models and Methods of Detection26
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science26
Magma Ocean Evolution of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets24
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes24
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?24
Scientific Targets of Tanpopo: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments at the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility of the International Space Station24
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment24
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography24
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