OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Astrobiology is 7. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Irradiation of Phenylalanine at 300 K by MeV Ions	112
Detection of Short Peptides as Putative Biosignatures of Psychrophiles via Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry	90
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.	73
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future	52
Study of Ferrocyanide Adsorption onto Different Minerals as Prebiotic Chemistry Assays	44
Identification and Archive of Mars 2020 Spacecraft Microbial Isolates	37
In Memoriam:Tullis C. Onstott	36
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity	35
Photochemical Evolution of Alanine in Association with the Martian Soil Analog Montmorillonite: Insights Derived from Experiments Conducted on the International Space Station	35
Assessment of Isoprene as a Possible Biosignature Gas in Exoplanets with Anoxic Atmospheres	33
Revival of Anhydrobiotic Cyanobacterium Biofilms Exposed to Space Vacuum and Prolonged Dryness: Implications for Future Missions beyond Low Earth Orbit	32
Study of the Stability of Gly·MgSO₄·5H₂O under Simulated Martian Conditions by In Situ Raman Spectroscopy	28
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	27
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores	26
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Lisa Kaltenegger	25
Acknowledgment of Reviewers: 2021	25
Signatures of Life Detected in Images of Rocks Using Neural Network Analysis Demonstrate New Potential for Searching for Biosignatures on the Surface of Mars	25
NoRCEL's Engagement in Africa: The AstroScience Exploration Network (ASEN)	25
A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile	24
UV Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Amino Acids Found in Meteorites: Implications for Space Science and Exploration	24
Uninhabitable and Potentially Habitable Environments on Mars: Evidence from Meteorite ALH 84001	23
Influence of Calcium Perchlorate on the Search for Organics on Mars with Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide Thermochemolysis	23
Variable and Large Losses of Diagnostic Biomarkers After Simulated Cosmic Radiation Exposure in Clay- and Carbonate-Rich Mars Analog Samples	22
Building Identity and Community for Early Career Professionals in the Emerging Field of Astrobiology	22
Microbial Protocols for Spacecraft: 1. Effects of Surface Texture, Low Pressure, and UV Irradiation on Recovery of Microorganisms from Surfaces	21

Salt Tolerance and UV Protection of Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecalis under Simulated Martian Conditions	21
Heterotrophic Growth Dominates in the Most Extremotolerant Extremophile Cultures	21
Mathematical Model of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants' Stability Under Space Flight Conditions	20
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Ignas Snellen	19
Thresholds of Temperature and Time for Mars Sample Return: Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Temperature-Time Tiger Team	19
Recovery of Microbes from Subsurface Europa Analog Environments: An Efficient Mechanical–Thermal Probe for Collecting Biological Samples from the Subsurface of Icy Moons	19
Astrobiology by Gavriil Tikhov	19
Chapter 2: What Is Life?	19
Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia	19
Perchlorate Salts Exert a Dominant, Deleterious Effect on the Structure, Stability, and Activity of α-Chymotrypsin	19
Chemical Gardens Mimic Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra and Morphology of Biogenic Mn Oxides	19
Bacterial Growth in Brines Formed by the Deliquescence of Salts Relevant to Cold Arid Worlds	18
The Design and Delivery of an Astrobiology Massive Open Online Class	18
Enabling Data Discovery with the Astrobiology Resource Metadata Standard	18
Potential for Phototrophy in Venus' Clouds	17
Taxonomic Characterization and Microbial Activity Determination of Cold-Adapted Microbial Communities in Lava Tube Ice Caves from Lava Beds National Monument, a High-Fidelity Mars Analogue Environment	17
Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy	17
Biogeographical Modeling of Alien Worlds	16
Astrobiology-Related Virtual Field Trips in Higher Education Settings: A Six-Year Study	16
Quantifying Preservation Potential: Lipid Degradation in a Mars-Analog Circumneutral Iron Deposit	16
Pyrolysis of Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of Iron Oxides: Implications for Life Detection on Missions to Mars	15
Inducing Homochirality Through Intermediary Catalytic Species: A Stochastic Approach	15
Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus' Clouds	15
Microbial Characterization of Arctic Glacial Ice Cores with a Semiautomated Life Detection System	15
Introduction—First Billion Years: Habitability	14
Microbial Growth in Martian Soil Simulants Under Terrestrial Conditions: Guiding the Search for Life on Mars	14
The Venusian Lower Atmosphere Haze as a Depot for Desiccated Microbial Life: A Proposed Life Cycle for Persistence of the Venusian Aerial Biosphere	14
Microbial Communities in Saltpan Sediments Show Tolerance to Mars Analog Conditions, but Susceptibility to Chloride and Perchlorate Toxicity	13
Testing Abiotic Reduction of NAD⁺ Directly Mediated by Iron/Sulfur Minerals	13
Constraining the Rosalind Franklin Rover/Ma_MISS Instrument Capability in the Detection of Organics	13
Habitability Models for Astrobiology	13
Color Catalogue of Life in Ice: Surface Biosignatures on Icy Worlds	12
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 Desert	12
Highly Siderophile Elements and Coupled Fe-Os Isotope Signatures in the Temagami Iron Formation, Canada: Possible Signatures of Neoarchean Seawater Chemistry and Earth's Oxygenation History	12
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil	12
A Bayesian Analysis of the Probability of the Origin of Life Per Site Conducive to Abiogenesis	11
Astrobiological Potential of Venus Atmosphere Chemical Anomalies and Other Unexplained Cloud Properties	11
COSPAR Sample Safety Assessment Framework (SSAF)	11
The Astrobiological Potential of the Uranian Moon System	11
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings	11
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus	11
The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian Priors and the Evolution of Technological Intelligence	11
Ancient Siliciclastic–Evaporites as Seen by Remote Sensing Instrumentation with Implications for the Rover-Scale Exploration of Sedimentary Environments on Mars	11
Environmental and Mineralogical Controls on Biosignature Preservation in Magnesium Carbonate Systems Analogous to Jezero Crater, Mars	10
Helium Leak Rate Measurements of Flight-like Mars 2020 Sample Tubes	10
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere	10
Quantifying the Bioavailable Energy in an Ancient Hydrothermal Vent on Mars and a Modern Earth-Based Analog	10
The Origin of Life: What Is the Question?	10
Spaceflight Virology: What Do We Know about Viral Threats in the Spaceflight Environment?	10
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans	10

Astrobiological Potential of Fe/Mg Smectites with Special Emphasis on Jezero Crater, Mars 2020 Landing Site	10
Aeolian Biodispersal of Terrestrial Microorganisms on Mars Through Saltation Bombardment of Spacecraft	9
Organic Material Distribution in Mars-Analog Volcanic Rocks, as Determined with Ultraviolet Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy	9
Reactive Oxygen Species in Emulated Martian Conditions and Their Effect on the Viability of the Unicellular Alga Scenedesmus dimorphus	9
Transfer of Rocks Between Planetary Systems: Panspermia Revisited	9
Preservation and Distributions of Covalently Bound Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Ancient Biogenic Kerogens and Insoluble Organic Macromolecules	9
Real-Time Quantification of Size-Resolved Bioaerosols and Inert Particles in Spacecraft Assembly Facilities at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	9
Does Gaia Play Dice? Simple Models of Non-Darwinian Selection	9
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation	9
Planetary Mapping Using Deep Learning: A Method to Evaluate Feature Identification Confidence Applied to Habitats in Mars-Analog Terrain	9
Some Pertinent Issues for Interstellar Panspermia Raised after the Discovery of 1I/‘Oumuamua	9
BioSentinel: Long-TermSaccharomyces cerevisiaePreservation for a Deep Space Biosensor Mission	8
Evaluation of Decontamination Potential of Wet Wipes Against Microbial Contamination of Chinese Spacecraft Materials	8
Investigation of Nostoc sp. HK-01, Cell Survival over Three Years during the Tanpopo Mission	8
Influence of Calcium Perchlorate on the Search for Martian Organic Compounds with MTBSTFA/DMF Derivatization	8
Experimental Investigation of the Formation of Formaldehyde by Hadean and Noachian Impacts	8
Microbial Motility at the Bottom of North America: Digital Holographic Microscopy and Genomic Motility Signatures in Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park	8
Scientific Targets of Tanpopo: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments at the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility of the International Space Station	8
The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project	8
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space	8
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage	8
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns	7
Interrelationships in the Gypsum–Syngenite–Görgeyite System and Their Possible Formation on Mars	7
Directional Aspects of Vegetation Linear and Circular Polarization Biosignatures	7
Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) for Large-Scale Screening of Martian Life During In Situ Refueling	7
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments	7
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO₂-Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) Atmospheric Conditions	7
Integrated Molar Absorptivity of Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectra of Alanine and a Selection of Other Five Amino Acids of Astrobiological Relevance	7
Chapter 1: The Astrobiology Primer 3.0	7
Confidence of Life Detection: The Problem of Unconceived Alternatives	7
Freshwater and Evaporite Brine Compositions on Hadean Earth: Priming the Origins of Life	7
Testing Rover Science Protocols to Identify Possible Biosignatures on Mars: Achieving Sampling Goals Under a Highly Constrained Time Line	7
Chapter 6: The Breadth and Limits of Life on Earth	7
Planetary Protection Implementation and Verification Approach for the Mars 2020 Mission	7
The Role of Minerals in Events That Led to the Origin of Life	7
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science	7
Extraction and Separation of Chiral Amino Acids for Life Detection on Ocean Worlds Without Using Organic Solvents or Derivatization	7
Detectability of Surface Biosignatures for Directly Imaged Rocky Exoplanets	7