| Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu T Yada, M Abe, T Okada, A Nakato, K Yogata, A Miyazaki, K Hatakeda, ... Nature Astronomy 6 (2), 214-220, 2022 | 198 | 2022 |
| Origin of water and mantle–crust interactions on Mars inferred from hydrogen isotopes and volatile element abundances of olivine-hosted melt inclusions of primitive shergottites T Usui, CMOD Alexander, J Wang, JI Simon, JH Jones Earth and Planetary Science Letters 357, 119-129, 2012 | 178 | 2012 |
| Fate of the subducted Farallon plate inferred from eclogite xenoliths in the Colorado Plateau T Usui, E Nakamura, K Kobayashi, S Maruyama, H Helmstaedt Geology 31 (7), 589-592, 2003 | 150 | 2003 |
| Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites T Yokoyama, K Nagashima, I Nakai, ED Young, Y Abe, J Aléon, ... Science 379 (6634), eabn7850, 2022 | 139 | 2022 |
| Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples T Nakamura, M Matsumoto, K Amano, Y Enokido, ME Zolensky, ... Science 379 (6634), eabn8671, 2022 | 127 | 2022 |
| Membraneless polyester microdroplets as primordial compartments at the origins of life TZ Jia, K Chandru, Y Hongo, R Afrin, T Usui, K Myojo, HJ Cleaves Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (32), 15830-15835, 2019 | 117 | 2019 |
| The sustainability of habitability on terrestrial planets: Insights, questions, and needed measurements from Mars for understanding the evolution of Earth‐like worlds BL Ehlmann, FS Anderson, J Andrews‐Hanna, DC Catling, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 121 (10), 1927-1961, 2016 | 108 | 2016 |
| Petrogenesis of olivine-phyric shergottite Yamato 980459, revisited T Usui, HY McSween Jr, C Floss Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72 (6), 1711-1730, 2008 | 103 | 2008 |
| Meteoritic evidence for a previously unrecognized hydrogen reservoir on Mars T Usui, CMOD Alexander, J Wang, JI Simon, JH Jones Earth and Planetary Science Letters 410, 140-151, 2015 | 99 | 2015 |
| On the origin and evolution of the asteroid Ryugu: A comprehensive geochemical perspective E Nakamura, K Kobayashi, R Tanaka, T Kunihiro, H Kitagawa, C Potiszil, ... Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B 98 (6), 227-282, 2022 | 98 | 2022 |
| The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return: International MSR Objectives and Samples Team (iMOST) DW Beaty, MM Grady, HY McSween, E Sefton‐Nash, BL Carrier, F Altieri, ... Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54, S3-S152, 2019 | 91 | 2019 |
| Evolution of water reservoirs on Mars: Constraints from hydrogen isotopes in martian meteorites H Kurokawa, M Sato, M Ushioda, T Matsuyama, R Moriwaki, JM Dohm, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 394, 179-185, 2014 | 91 | 2014 |
| Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu H Naraoka, Y Takano, JP Dworkin, Y Oba, K Hamase, A Furusho, ... Science 379 (6634), eabn9033, 2023 | 87 | 2023 |
| Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth S Tachibana, H Sawada, R Okazaki, Y Takano, K Sakamoto, YN Miura, ... Science 375 (6584), 1011-1016, 2022 | 84 | 2022 |
| Petrology and geochemistry of eclogite xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau: implications for the evolution of subducted oceanic crust T Usui, E Nakamura, H Helmstaedt Journal of Petrology 47 (5), 929-964, 2006 | 81 | 2006 |
| First compositional analysis of Ryugu samples by the MicrOmega hyperspectral microscope C Pilorget, T Okada, V Hamm, R Brunetto, T Yada, D Loizeau, L Riu, ... Nature Astronomy 6 (2), 221-225, 2022 | 77 | 2022 |
| Martian moons exploration MMX: sample return mission to Phobos elucidating formation processes of habitable planets K Kuramoto, Y Kawakatsu, M Fujimoto, A Araya, MA Barucci, H Genda, ... Earth, Planets and Space 74 (1), 12, 2022 | 72 | 2022 |
| A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sample M Ito, N Tomioka, M Uesugi, A Yamaguchi, N Shirai, T Ohigashi, MC Liu, ... Nature Astronomy 6 (10), 1163-1171, 2022 | 67 | 2022 |
| The importance of Phobos sample return for understanding the Mars-moon system T Usui, K Bajo, W Fujiya, Y Furukawa, M Koike, YN Miura, H Sugahara, ... Space Science Reviews 216, 1-18, 2020 | 64 | 2020 |
| Petrology and trace element geochemistry of Robert Massif 04261 and 04262 meteorites, the first examples of geochemically enriched lherzolitic shergottites T Usui, M Sanborn, M Wadhwa, HY McSween Jr Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74 (24), 7283-7306, 2010 | 60 | 2010 |
Tetsuya YokoyamaTokyo Institute of Technology, JapanVerified email at geo.titech.ac.jp
