| Fossilizationprocessesin siliceous thermal springs: trends inpreservation along thermal gradients SL Cady, JD Farmer | 348* | 1996 |
| Morphological biosignatures and the search for life on Mars SL Cady, JD Farmer, JP Grotzinger, JW Schopf, A Steele Astrobiology 3 (2), 351-368, 2003 | 292 | 2003 |
| Microbiology of ancient and modern hydrothermal systems AL Reysenbach, SL Cady Trends in microbiology 9 (2), 79-86, 2001 | 269 | 2001 |
| Microbial composition of near-boiling silica-depositing thermal springs throughout Yellowstone National Park CE Blank, SL Cady, NR Pace Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68 (10), 5123-5135, 2002 | 229 | 2002 |
| Signature Lipids and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Octopus Spring Hyperthermophilic Communities Compared with Those ofAquificales Representatives LL Jahnke, W Eder, R Huber, JM Hope, KU Hinrichs, JM Hayes, ... Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67 (11), 5179-5189, 2001 | 215 | 2001 |
| Modern freshwater microbialite analogues for ancient dendritic reef structures B Laval, SL Cady, JC Pollack, CP McKay, JS Bird, JP Grotzinger, DC Ford, ... Nature 407 (6804), 626-629, 2000 | 180 | 2000 |
| Trace metal chemistry and silicification of microorganisms in geothermal sinter, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand EJ McKenzie, KL Brown, SL Cady, KA Campbell Geothermics 30 (4), 483-502, 2001 | 81 | 2001 |
| Microbial biosignatures in iron-mineralized phototrophic mats at Chocolate Pots hot springs, Yellowstone National Park, United States MN Parenteau, SL Cady Palaios 25 (2), 97-111, 2010 | 76 | 2010 |
| Iron-framboids in the hydrocarbon-related Middle Devonian Hollard Mound of the Anti-Atlas mountain range in Morocco: evidence of potential microbial biosignatures B Cavalazzi, R Barbieri, SL Cady, AD George, S Gennaro, F Westall, ... Sedimentary Geology 263, 183-193, 2012 | 70 | 2012 |
| HRTEM of microcrystalline opal in chert and porcelanite from the Monterey Formation, California SL Cady, HR Wenk, KH Downing American Mineralogist 81 (11-12), 1380-1395, 1996 | 62 | 1996 |
| Production and early preservation of lipid biomarkers in iron hot springs MN Parenteau, LL Jahnke, JD Farmer, SL Cady Astrobiology 14 (6), 502-521, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Planetary Protection and Mars Special Regions—A Suggestion for Updating the Definition P Rettberg, AM Anesio, VR Baker, JA Baross, SL Cady, E Detsis, ... Astrobiology 16 (2), 119-125, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
| A historical overview of the Pavilion Lake Research Project—Analog science and exploration in an underwater environment DSS Lim, AL Brady, AF Abercromby, DT Andersen, M Andersen, ... Geological Society of America Special Papers 483, 85-115, 2011 | 49 | 2011 |
| Microfibrous quartz varieties: characterization by quantitative X-ray texture analysis and transmission electron microscopy SL Cady, HR Wenk, M Sintubin Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 130 (3-4), 320-335, 1998 | 48 | 1998 |
| Potential fossil endoliths in vesicular pillow basalt, Coral Patch Seamount, eastern North Atlantic Ocean B Cavalazzi, F Westall, SL Cady, R Barbieri, F Foucher Astrobiology 11 (7), 619-632, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| Geobiology: evidence for early life on Earth and the search for life on other planets SL Cady, N Noffke GSA Today 19 (11), 5, 2009 | 36 | 2009 |
| Biogenicity and syngeneity of organic matter in ancient sedimentary rocks: recent advances in the search for evidence of past life DZ Oehler, SL Cady Challenges 5 (2), 260-283, 2014 | 32 | 2014 |
| The United States Culture Collection Network (USCCN): Enhancing microbial genomics research through living microbe culture collections K Boundy-Mills, M Hess, AR Bennett, M Ryan, S Kang, D Nobles, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 81 (17), 5671-5674, 2015 | 31 | 2015 |
| Paleobiology of the Archean SL Cady Advances in applied microbiology 50, 3-35, 2001 | 24 | 2001 |
| Evidence of ancient microbial life in an impact structure and its implications for astrobiology T Hode, SL Cady, I von Dalwigk, P Kristiansson From Fossils to Astrobiology, 249-273, 2009 | 21 | 2009 |