Most cited papers in Planetary Science and Exploration
What are the most cited papers in Planetary Science and Exploration?
The most cited paper in Planetary Science and Exploration is "The Gaia mission" (T. Prusti et al., 2016), with 7,118 citations. Next come "Distribution of the Elements in Some Major Units of the Earth's Crust" (5,632) and "Luminescence dating of quartz using an improved single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol" (5,023).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 788 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gaia mission T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics | 15 Sep 2016 | 7,118 |
| 2 | Distribution of the Elements in Some Major Units of the Earth's Crust Karl K. Turekian, Karl Hans Wedepohl · Geological Society of America Bulletin | 1961 | 5,632 |
| 3 | Luminescence dating of quartz using an improved single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol Andrew Sean Murray, ANN G. WINTLE · Radiation Measurements | Feb 2000 | 5,023 |
| 4 | Solar System Abundances and Condensation Temperatures of the Elements K. Lodders · The Astrophysical Journal | 10 Jul 2003 | 4,845 |
| 5 | On the Isotopic Chemistry of Carbonates and a Paleotemperature Scale J. M. McCrea · The Journal of Chemical Physics | Jun 1950 | 3,749 |
| 6 | Cosmic ray contributions to dose rates for luminescence and ESR dating: Large depths and long-term time variations J. R. V. Prescott, J.T. Hutton · Radiation Measurements | Apr 1994 | 3,621 |
| 7 | The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) William Dean Pesnell, Barbara J. Thompson, Phillip C. Chamberlin · Solar Physics | 17 Oct 2011 | 3,512 |
| 8 | Life in extreme environments Lynn J. Rothschild, Rocco L. Mancinelli · Nature | Feb 2001 | 2,266 |
| 9 | Impact cratering—A geologic process MICHAEL E. LIPSCHUTZ · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Oct 1989 | 2,262 |
| 10 | The single aliquot regenerative dose protocol: potential for improvements in reliability Andrew Sean Murray, ANN G. WINTLE · Radiation Measurements | 21 Jun 2003 | 2,228 |
| 11 | Resistance ofBacillusEndospores to Extreme Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments Wayne L. Nicholson, Nobuo Munakata, G. Horneck et al. · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | Sep 2000 | 2,049 |
| 12 | A review of quartz optically stimulated luminescence characteristics and their relevance in single-aliquot regeneration dating protocols ANN G. WINTLE, Andrew Sean Murray · Radiation Measurements | 19 Dec 2005 | 1,911 |
| 13 | Search for Past Life on Mars: Possible Relic Biogenic Activity in Martian Meteorite ALH84001 David S. McKay, E. K. Gibson, K. L. Thomas-Keprta et al. · Science | 16 Aug 1996 | 1,889 |
| 14 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Alfred S. McEwen, Eric M. Eliason, James W. Bergstrom et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | May 2007 | 1,757 |
| 15 | Origin of the cataclysmic Late Heavy Bombardment period of the terrestrial planets Rodney S. Gomes, Harold F. Levison, K. Tsiganis et al. · Nature | May 2005 | 1,738 |
| 16 | Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars David E. Smith et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | Oct 2001 | 1,728 |
| 17 | Magnetotactic Bacteria Richard P. Blakemore · Science | 24 Oct 1975 | 1,724 |
| 18 | Global Mineralogical and Aqueous Mars History Derived from OMEGA/Mars Express Data Jean‐Pierre Bibring et al. · Science | 21 Apr 2006 | 1,653 |
| 19 | Meteorites and the Early Solar System Edward Anders · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Sep 1971 | 1,589 |
| 20 | The physics of wind-blown sand and dust Jasper F. Kok, Eric J. R. Parteli, Timothy I. Michaels et al. · Reports on Progress in Physics | 14 Sep 2012 | 1,573 |
| 21 | Origin of the orbital architecture of the giant planets of the Solar System K. Tsiganis, Rodney S. Gomes, Alessandro Morbidelli et al. · Nature | May 2005 | 1,480 |
| 22 | U‐Pb geochronology of zircons from lunar breccia 73217 using a sensitive high mass‐resolution ion microprobe W. Compston, Ian S. Williams, Charles E. Meyer · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 15 Feb 1984 | 1,371 |
| 23 | A review of space robotics technologies for on-orbit servicing Ángel Flores-Abad, Ou Ma, Khanh Pham et al. · Progress in Aerospace Sciences | 29 Mar 2014 | 1,346 |
| 24 | Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Michael C. Malin, James F. Bell III, Bruce A. Cantor et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | May 2007 | 1,346 |
| 25 | Impact and Explosion Cratering Stanley Keith Runcorn · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors | Sep 1984 | 1,319 |
| 26 | Endogenous production, exogenous delivery and impact-shock synthesis of organic molecules: an inventory for the origins of life Christopher F. Chyba, Carl Sagan · Nature | 9 Jan 1992 | 1,316 |
| 27 | SETI@home David P. Anderson, Jeff Cobb, Eric J Korpela et al. · Communications of the ACM | Nov 2002 | 1,299 |
| 28 | Cosmochemical Estimates of Mantle Composition H. Palme, Hugh St.C. O'Neill · Treatise on Geochemistry | 7 Nov 2013 | 1,243 |
| 29 | A low mass for Mars from Jupiter’s early gas-driven migration Kevin J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond et al. · Nature | 3 Jun 2011 | 1,242 |
| 30 | Cassini Observes the Active South Pole of Enceladus Carolyn C. Porco et al. · Science | 9 Mar 2006 | 1,230 |
| 31 | Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications Robert G. Melton · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Jul 1998 | 1,208 |
| 32 | Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications Michael A. Wulder et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | 11 Mar 2019 | 1,194 |
| 33 | Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site M. H. Hecht, Samuel P. Kounaves, Richard C. Quinn et al. · Science | 3 Jul 2009 | 1,161 |
| 34 | The Effect of Viscosity in Hypervelocity Impact Cratering Robert W. MacCormack · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets | Sep 2003 | 1,120 |
| 35 | Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) S. L. Murchie et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | May 2007 | 1,114 |
| 36 | Ubiquity of anomalous fading in K-feldspars and the measurement and correction for it in optical dating David J. Huntley, Michel Lamothe · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences | Jul 2001 | 1,114 |
| 37 | Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation R. M. Canup, Erik I. Asphaug · Nature | Aug 2001 | 1,096 |
| 38 | Global Distribution of Crustal Magnetization Discovered by the Mars Global Surveyor MAG/ER Experiment M. H. Acuña, J. E. P. Connerney, N. F. et al. · Science | 30 Apr 1999 | 1,095 |
| 39 | Evidence for Recent Groundwater Seepage and Surface Runoff on Mars Michael C. Malin, Kenneth Scott Edgett · Science | 30 Jun 2000 | 1,080 |
| 40 | U-Th-Pb systematics in three Apollo 14 basalts and the problem of initial Pb in lunar rocks Fouad Tera, Gerald J. Wasserburg · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Apr 1972 | 1,079 |
| 41 | Lunar initial 143Nd/144Nd: Differential evolution of the lunar crust and mantle Guenter W. Lugmair, Kurt Marti · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | May 1978 | 1,078 |
| 42 | Photochemistry of the atmosphere of Titan - Comparison between model and observations Yuk Ling Yung, M. Allen, Joseph P. Pinto · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | Jul 1984 | 1,066 |
| 43 | Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results Philip Russel Christensen et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | Oct 2001 | 1,060 |
| 44 | Potentials of surfaces in space Elden C. Whipple · Reports on Progress in Physics | Nov 1981 | 1,048 |
| 45 | The effect of solar radiation variations on the climate of the Earth M. I. Budyko · Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography | 1969 | 1,042 |
| 46 | Collisional balance of the meteoritic complex Eberhard Grün, Herbert A. Zook, H. Fechtig et al. · Icarus | May 1985 | 1,042 |
| 47 | Distinguishing quartz and feldspar in single grain luminescence measurements G.A.T. Duller · Radiation Measurements | 4 Mar 2003 | 1,035 |
| 48 | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Instrument Overview Matthew Scott Robinson et al. · Space Science Reviews | 2010 | 1,018 |
| 49 | Angular Differential Imaging: A Powerful High‐Contrast Imaging Technique Christian Marois, David Lafreniere, Rene Doyon et al. · The Astrophysical Journal | 10 Apr 2006 | 1,011 |
| 50 | The origins and concentrations of water, carbon, nitrogen and noble gases on Earth Bernard Marty · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 9 Dec 2011 | 1,010 |
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