Astrobiology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Astrobiology is 21. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil65
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection53
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere50
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future50
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings38
A Modular 3D-Printed Design to Investigate Prebiotic Chemical Systems in Hot Spring Pools38
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.38
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 Desert38
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity36
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores35
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature30
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans30
The Origin, Extension, and Future of the “NASA Definition” of Life30
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare28
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?27
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns26
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO 2 -Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) At25
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science25
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes24
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment24
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps22
Nanopore Sequencing: A Way to Explore Life’s Origins21
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography21
The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment21
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