A. Pontefract

832 total citations
32 papers, 504 citations indexed

About

A. Pontefract is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Pontefract has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 504 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in A. Pontefract's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (21 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). A. Pontefract is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (21 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). A. Pontefract collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. A. Pontefract's co-authors include G. R. Osinski, Charles S. Cockell, H. M. Sapers, Gordon Southam, John Parnell, L. L. Tornabene, M. R. M. Izawa, R. L. Flemming, Neil R. Banerjee and A. E. Pickersgill and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Frontiers in Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

A. Pontefract

29 papers receiving 493 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Pontefract United States 10 388 131 106 61 54 32 504
H. M. Sapers Canada 10 465 1.2× 168 1.3× 59 0.6× 32 0.5× 85 1.6× 42 561
Tim Brockwell United States 6 353 0.9× 137 1.0× 120 1.1× 29 0.5× 25 0.5× 13 534
Louisa J. Preston United Kingdom 11 442 1.1× 168 1.3× 115 1.1× 28 0.5× 75 1.4× 28 627
J. Grimes United States 3 329 0.8× 94 0.7× 91 0.9× 29 0.5× 22 0.4× 4 422
Mary Beth Wilhelm United States 9 485 1.3× 132 1.0× 114 1.1× 26 0.4× 16 0.3× 21 624
Paola Molina Mexico 5 310 0.8× 105 0.8× 235 2.2× 51 0.8× 11 0.2× 9 567
H. W. Hsu Germany 5 343 0.9× 93 0.7× 68 0.6× 40 0.7× 22 0.4× 14 402
Mohit Melwani Daswani United States 12 349 0.9× 87 0.7× 36 0.3× 40 0.7× 99 1.8× 34 410
Keyron Hickman‐Lewis France 15 251 0.6× 119 0.9× 85 0.8× 58 1.0× 96 1.8× 33 517
K. P. Harrison United States 14 646 1.7× 307 2.3× 69 0.7× 68 1.1× 68 1.3× 28 727

Countries citing papers authored by A. Pontefract

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. Pontefract

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Pontefract

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. Pontefract. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. Pontefract based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. Pontefract. A. Pontefract is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bowman, Jeff S., Peter T. Doran, Jennifer B. Glass, et al.. (2025). Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works. Communications Biology. 8(1). 450–450.
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Ingall, Ellery D., A. Pontefract, Christopher E. Carr, et al.. (2024). Biosignature Molecules Accumulate and Persist in Evaporitic Brines: Implications for Planetary Exploration. Astrobiology. 24(8). 795–812.
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MacKenzie, Shannon, A. Pontefract, R. T. Daly, et al.. (2024). Impacts on Ocean Worlds Are Sufficiently Frequent and Energetic to Be of Astrobiological Importance. The Planetary Science Journal. 5(8). 176–176.
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Arandia‐Gorostidi, Néstor, Jeff S. Bowman, A. Pontefract, et al.. (2023). Single-cell analysis in hypersaline brines predicts a water-activity limit of microbial anabolic activity. Science Advances. 9(51). eadj3594–eadj3594. 7 indexed citations
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Daly, R. T., A. Pontefract, K. R. Stockstill‐Cahill, et al.. (2023). THE EFFECTS OF IMPACTS ON THE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA OF ALIPHATIC ORGANICS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CERES. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Pontefract, A., et al.. (2023). Lipid Biosignatures From SO4‐Rich Hypersaline Lakes of the Cariboo Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(10). 2 indexed citations
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Buffo, Jacob, A. Pontefract, B. E. Schmidt, et al.. (2022). The Bioburden and Ionic Composition of Hypersaline Lake Ices: Novel Habitats on Earth and Their Astrobiological Implications. Astrobiology. 22(8). 962–980. 5 indexed citations
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Pontefract, A., Sanjoy M. Som, Christopher E. Carr, et al.. (2021). Current state of athalassohaline deep‐sea hypersaline anoxic basin research—recommendations for future work and relevance to astrobiology. Environmental Microbiology. 23(7). 3360–3369. 12 indexed citations
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Arandia‐Gorostidi, Néstor, Anne Dekas, Douglas H. Bartlett, et al.. (2021). Microbial diversity and activity in Southern California salterns and bitterns: analogues for remnant ocean worlds. Environmental Microbiology. 23(7). 3825–3839. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, Eric K., Mark J. Grantham, A. Pontefract, et al.. (2020). Trapped in the Ice: An Analysis of Brines in British Columbia's Hypersaline Lakes. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2218. 2 indexed citations
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Osinski, G. R., Charles S. Cockell, A. Pontefract, & H. M. Sapers. (2020). The Role of Meteorite Impacts in the Origin of Life. Astrobiology. 20(9). 1121–1149. 89 indexed citations
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Cockell, Charles S., G. R. Osinski, H. M. Sapers, A. Pontefract, & John Parnell. (2020). Microbial Life in Impact Craters. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 38. 75–102. 3 indexed citations
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Osinski, G. R., Shawn Chartrand, T. N. Harrison, et al.. (2020). Gully Formation at the Haughton Impact Structure (Arctic Canada) Through the Melting of Snow and Ground Ice, with Implications for Gully Formation on Mars. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1418. 1 indexed citations
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Caudill, C. M., G. R. Osinski, H. M. Sapers, et al.. (2019). Field and laboratory validation of remote rover operations Science Team findings: The CanMars Mars Sample Return analogue mission. Planetary and Space Science. 176. 104682–104682. 8 indexed citations
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Pontefract, A., et al.. (2017). Understanding Habitability and Biosignature Preservation in a Hypersaline Mars Analog Environment: Lessons from Spotted Lake. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1124. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, A. G., A. Pontefract, Mark J. Brown, et al.. (2016). SETG: Nucleic Acid Extraction and Sequencing for In Situ Life Detection on Mars. LPICo. 1980. 4095. 2 indexed citations
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Pontefract, A., et al.. (2016). Science Overview for the 2015 CanMars MSR Analogue Mission: The Evolution from Pre-Mission Hypotheses to In-Situ Science. LPI. 2117. 1 indexed citations
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Tornabene, L. L., G. R. Osinski, R. N. Greenberger, et al.. (2014). The Pre-, Syn- and Post-Impact Origin of Hydrated Phases: A Case Study Based on the Remote Sensing and Ground-Truth at the Haughton Impact Structure, Nunavut, Canada. LPI. 2710. 3 indexed citations
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Pontefract, A., et al.. (2014). Impact-Generated Endolithic Habitat Within Crystalline Rocks of the Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island, Canada. Astrobiology. 14(6). 522–533. 10 indexed citations

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