The most popular papers on Cosmochemistry Papers in January were:

1-Chan QHS, Chikaraishi Y, Takano Y, Ogawa NO, Ohkouchi N (2016) Amino acid compositions in heated carbonaceous chondrites and their compound-specific nitrogen isotopic ratios. Earth, Planets and Space 68, 7
Link to Article [doi:10.1186/s40623-016-0382-8]

2-Steenstra ES, Knibbe JS, Rai N, van Westrenen W (2016) Constraints on core formation in Vesta from metal–silicate partitioning of siderophile elements. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (in Press)
Link to Article [doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.002]

3-Heck PR, Schmitz B, Rout SS, Tenner T, Villalon K, Cronholm A, Terfelt F,Kitae NT (2016) A search for H-chondritic chromite grains in sediments that formed immediately after the breakup of the L-chondrite parent body 470 Ma ago. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (in Press)
Link to Article [doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.042]

4-Friedrich JM,Glavin DP,Rivers ML, Dworkin JP (2016) Effect of a synchrotron X-ray microtomography imaging experiment on the amino acid content of a CM chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Sciences (in Press)
Link to Article [DOI: 10.1111/maps.12595]

5-Haggerty SE (2016) Spinel in planetary systems. American Mineralogist 101,5-6
Link to Article[doi:10.2138/am-2016-5554]