OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ocean Engineering is 81. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Computer simulation model for estimating the number of ship collision candidates in the randomly distributed sailing directions scenario	321
Semi-analytical solution on three-layer liquid sloshing in the rectangular tank with bed topography	209
Editorial Board	188
The Travelling Schnauzer Problem: Mission planning for heterogeneous vehicles with distance constraints	176
Oscillation control and drag reduction for a low mass ratio cylinder with double splitter plates	170
Distributed TMPC formation trajectory tracking of multiple underwater unmanned vehicles with uncertainties and external perturbations	170
Hydroelastic responses of a Truss Pontoon Mobile Offshore Base – An experimental investigation	167
Rising bubble in the presence of a wall or a flat free surface	162
Assessing the influence of sudden propulsion loss on a ship's manoeuvrability in various wave heights utilizing CFD	159
Experimental and numerical study on a universal distorted model design strategy for the box girder with the double bottom under the bending moment considering the ultimate strength and buckling collap	159
Numerical analysis of the effect of oscillation and current on hydrodynamic coefficients of simple geometries	155
Optimising the turning performance of serial split-hull underwater vehicles	154
Estimating movement and falling distances of underwater free-falling cuboid models for marine habitat enhancement structures considering horizontal water flow	151
ν-gap metric based multi-model predictive control of an ocean curr	148
A rotor attachment detection method based on ADC-CBAM for tidal stream turbine	146
Hydrodynamic analysis of arrays of integrated U-shaped OWC device and Π-breakwater	144
Numerical study of vortex-induced vibrations in two cylinders near a free surface	143
Grounding hazard considerations in evaluation of COLREGS collision avoidance algorithms	135
Experimental investigation of wake flow characteristics of slotted hollow circular cylinder	132
Vibration control of 2-D variable-length flexible riser systems with unknown boundary disturbance	131
Drift simulation of a floating offshore wind turbine with broken mooring lines in a dynamic sea condition	130
Tsunami characteristics and source estimation of the 2024 Yauca (Peru) earthquake	130
Hybrid model of a physics-based model and machine learning for real-time estimation of unmeasurable parts: Mapping from measurable to unmeasurable variables	130
Long-term extreme responses of torsional moments at two-directional hinges for moored very large floating structures	125
Floating-state calculation method based on tetrahedral meshing	124

Residual strength prediction of X80 steel pipelines containing group corrosion defects	122
Analysis of acoustic radiation characteristic of laminated paraboloidal shell based on Jacobi-Ritz-spectral BEM	121
Performance assessment of a chordwise flexible flapping propulsor using a discrete vortex method	119
Corrigendum to “The silver lining: Utilising curtailment in offshore wind as an opportunity for operation and maintenance” [Ocean Eng. 330 (2025) 121190]	118
Corrigendum to “Design and implementation of multi-level linkage mechanism bionic pectoral fin for manta ray robot” [Ocean Eng. 284 (September 2023)]	117
Hull-propeller-rudder interactions: Time-accurate data of a scaled model ship in waves	117
Enhancing the self-starting capability and power performance of a H-type vertical axis wind turbine with blunt trailing-edge airfoil via blowing	116
A blending method for forward-looking sonar mosaicing handling intra- and inter-frame artifacts	114
Excess pore water pressure effects on excavation stability of diaphragm walls in newly reclaimed offshore foundations	111
Editorial Board	111
Three-dimensional measurement of ship blocks using a multi-vision system with weighted generic calibration	111
Editorial Board	111
Vertical force prediction of planing craft in calm water based on variable section slamming model	110
Considerations on the superposition method’s applicability to pile group impedance functions for offshore wind turbine foundations	110
A simplified finite element model for the wet collapse analysis of flexible pipes in the straight and curved conditions	107
Wave field characteristics around an integrated net cage based on a monopile wind turbine foundation as determined by CFD model	106
Mechanical behavior of marine coral sand - coral clay mixtures reinforced with bionic honeycomb polymer grid: Experimental and artificial intelligence methods	104
Data-driven and physics-based approach for wave downscaling: A comparative study	104
Bearing behavior and damage mechanisms of GFRP micro uplift piles in coastal areas: Field tests and numerical simulations	104
Ship hydrodynamic optimization for minimum resistance through an improved grey wolf algorithm and ship model experimental verification	103
Disruptions in alongshore sediment transport on sedimentary shores of the Baltic Sea driven by changes in forcing wave fields	103
Heterogeneous agent proximal policy optimization for UAVs-USV formation navigation with multi-modal perception	102
Response of a loaded pile in soft soils under one-dimensional nonlinear creep consolidation with non-Darcian flow and continuous drainage boundaries	101
Free-field response of a seawater-frozen seabed system under obliquely incident SV waves	101
A sister RoPax hull form design with a data-physics dual-driven fuel consumption model using data of a parent vessel: Part I model development	100
Game-based reinforcement learning predefined-time cooperative tracking control for USVs	99
Azimuth-guided spatiotemporal deep learning for integrated vessel detection and DOA estimation in shipborne HFSWR	96
Simulating oil droplet underwater dispersal from a condensate field spill in the South China Sea	95
Study on the seismic characteristics of piers considering site conditions and hydrodynamic effect	95
Joint state-disturbance observation with encoding-decoding mechanisms for uncrewed surface vehicles: A neural network-based approach	94
A Rayleigh distribution-based fatigue damage prediction model for offshore structures under bimodal responses	94
Numerical investigation on vibration mechanisms of harbour seal whiskers in fin wakes during acceleration and cruising	93
Enhanced power conversion in DFIG-based OWC systems via whale-optimized SMC-QPRL	92
Numerical investigation of submarine surface scattering and scaling effects under point forces excitation	92
Multihazard resilience and sustainability evaluation of coastal RC bridges under sequential earthquake-tsunami events	91
Improved wave group generation by wave paddle in a CFD wave tank	90
Fluid-structure interaction analysis of the propeller-shafting system in a non-uniform wake	89
Experimental study on the hydrodynamic performance of a side-by-side box-membrane breakwater	89
Validation of short-term prediction of added resistance in head seas considering wave steepness nonlinearity with probability density function method	87
Joint optimization of dynamic berth allocation and energy supply for USVs based on an improved PSO algorithm	87
Geometric optimization of planing catamaran hulls: Effects of transverse step spatial positions and deadrise angles on hydrodynamic performance in calm water	86
PTESO based robust stabilization control and its application to 3-DOF ship-borne parallel platform	86
A new approach to the calculation of variable tangent bending stiffness for helical strands	86
Effect of wave–current–surge interactions on simulated wave conditions in a strait via an optimal WRF typhoon model	85
Nonlinear coupled dynamic model and response characteristics for drilling riser with new soft hang-off system	84
Risk-aware obstacle-avoidance motion planning for a robotic dolphin	84
The investigation of the dominant-energy-regime map and broadband energy transfer characteristics of waves and flow by applying quasi-zero variable stiffness	84
Dynamic performance of triple-column bridge pier under barge collision	83
Experimental research on a novel OWC with two chambers separated by a buoyancy module	83
Optimal channel management model for mixed traffic flow with automated and human-operated ships in seaports	83

Sliding-mode predictive control for constrained hovercraft: A short-horizon framework with global stability and external disturbances	83
Fault diagnosis of offshore wind turbines based on component separable synchroextracting transform	83
An outlier-robust Rao–Blackwellized particle filter for underwater terrain-aided navigation	82
Effects of ventilation on open water characteristics of azimuth propellers under shallow water conditions	81
Experimental studies on the effects of draft condition, current heading and mooring stiffness on vortex-induced motions of a Tension-Leg Platform	81
Two-player zero-sum game based neural critic tracking control for UAUV with unknown disturbance via backstepping method	81