| Life in extreme environments LJ Rothschild, RL Mancinelli Nature 409 (6823), 1092-1101, 2001 | 2488 | 2001 |
| Space microbiology G Horneck, DM Klaus, RL Mancinelli Microbiology and molecular biology reviews 74 (1), 121-156, 2010 | 692 | 2010 |
| A reappraisal of the habitability of planets around M dwarf stars JC Tarter, PR Backus, RL Mancinelli, JM Aurnou, DE Backman, GS Basri, ... Astrobiology 7 (1), 30-65, 2007 | 418 | 2007 |
| The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3 P Jenniskens, MH Shaddad, D Numan, S Elsir, AM Kudoda, ME Zolensky, ... Nature 458 (7237), 485-488, 2009 | 400 | 2009 |
| Survival of endospores of Bacillus subtilis on spacecraft surfaces under simulated martian environments:: implications for the forward contamination of Mars AC Schuerger, RL Mancinelli, RG Kern, LJ Rothschild, CP McKay Icarus 165 (2), 253-276, 2003 | 273 | 2003 |
| The regulation of methane oxidation in soil RL Mancinelli Annual Review of Microbiology 49 (1), 581-605, 1995 | 245 | 1995 |
| Effects of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide on bacterial growth RL Mancinelli, CP McKAY Applied and environmental microbiology 46 (1), 198-202, 1983 | 243 | 1983 |
| The evolution of nitrogen cycling RL Mancinelli, CP McKay Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 18, 311-325, 1988 | 204 | 1988 |
| Airborne bacteria in an urban environment RL Mancinelli, WA Shulls Applied and Environmental Microbiology 35 (6), 1095-1101, 1978 | 191 | 1978 |
| Martian soil and UV radiation: microbial viability assessment on spacecraft surfaces RL Mancinelli, M Klovstad Planetary and Space Science 48 (11), 1093-1097, 2000 | 173 | 2000 |
| Resistance of bacterial endospores to outer space for planetary protection purposes—experiment PROTECT of the EXPOSE-E mission G Horneck, R Moeller, J Cadet, T Douki, RL Mancinelli, WL Nicholson, ... Astrobiology 12 (5), 445-456, 2012 | 142 | 2012 |
| METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF MICROORGANISMS IN EVAPORITES1 LJ Rothschild, LJ Giver, MR White, RL Mancinelli Journal of Phycology 30 (3), 431-438, 1994 | 137 | 1994 |
| Effect of shadowing on survival of bacteria under conditions simulating the Martian atmosphere and UV radiation S Osman, Z Peeters, MT La Duc, R Mancinelli, P Ehrenfreund, ... Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (4), 959-970, 2008 | 135 | 2008 |
| Brines and evaporites: analogs for Martian life RL Mancinelli, TF Fahlen, R Landheim, MR Klovstad Advances in Space Research 33 (8), 1244-1246, 2004 | 127 | 2004 |
| Biopan-survival I: exposure of the osmophiles Synechococcus sp.(Nageli) and Haloarcula sp. to the space environment RL Mancinelli, MR White, LJ Rothschild Advances in Space Research 22 (3), 327-334, 1998 | 127 | 1998 |
| The occurrence of denitrification in extremely halophilic bacteria RL Mancinelli, LI Hochstein FEMS Microbiology Letters 35 (1), 55-58, 1986 | 111 | 1986 |
| Findings of the Mars special regions science analysis group Astrobiology 6 (5), 677-732, 2006 | 107 | 2006 |
| Caenorhabditis elegans survives atmospheric breakup of STS-107, space shuttle Columbia NJ Szewczyk, RL Mancinelli, W McLamb, D Reed, BS Blumberg, ... Astrobiology 5 (6), 690-705, 2005 | 84 | 2005 |
| Multiple techniques for mineral identification on Mars:: a study of hydrothermal rocks as potential analogues for astrobiology sites on Mars JL Bishop, E Murad, MD Lane, RL Mancinelli Icarus 169 (2), 311-323, 2004 | 84 | 2004 |
| The O/OREOS mission: first science data from the Space Environment Survivability of Living Organisms (SESLO) payload WL Nicholson, AJ Ricco, E Agasid, C Beasley, M Diaz-Aguado, ... Astrobiology 11 (10), 951-958, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
