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ArticleNature2018

Macromolecular organic compounds from the depths of Enceladus.

Frank Postberg, Nozair Khawaja, Bernd Abel, Gael Choblet, Christopher R Glein, Murthy S Gudipati, Bryana L Henderson, Hsiang-Wen Hsu, Sascha Kempf, Fabian Klenner and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Frank PostbergInstitut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Frank.Postberg@geow.uni-heidelberg.de.
Nozair KhawajaInstitut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Bernd AbelLeibniz-Institute für Oberflächenmodifizierung (IOM), Leipzig, Germany.
Gael ChobletLaboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, UMR-CNRS 6112, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Christopher R GleinSpace Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Murthy S GudipatiJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Bryana L HendersonJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Hsiang-Wen HsuLaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Sascha KempfLaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Fabian KlennerInstitut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Georg Moragas-KlostermeyerInstitut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Brian MageeSpace Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Lenz NölleInstitut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Mark PerryApplied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA.
René ReviolInstitut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jürgen SchmidtAstronomy Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Ralf SramaInstitut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Ferdinand StolzLeibniz-Institute für Oberflächenmodifizierung (IOM), Leipzig, Germany.
Gabriel TobieLaboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, UMR-CNRS 6112, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Mario TrieloffInstitut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
J Hunter WaiteLaboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, UMR-CNRS 6112, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France.

Funding

European Research Council 724908
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Saturn's moon Enceladus harbours a global water ocean

Indexed as

SaturnExobiologyExtraterrestrial EnvironmentIceVolatilizationIce

Identifiers

PMID29950623
PMCPMC6027964

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