OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Astronautica is 39. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	84
Thermite-for-demise (T4D): Experiments and numerical modelling on ball-bearing unit mock-ups containing thermite in an arc-heated wind tunnel	83
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	81
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	77
A summary of previous investigations of the microgravity effects on bacterial virulence, infection and antibiotic resistance	71
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	69
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	68
Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	66
Performance model of vacuum arc thruster with inductive energy storage circuit	66
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	65
Sun direction determination improvement by albedo input estimation combining photodiodes and magnetometer	56
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	55
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	55
Criteria for selection of point-ahead angle compensation strategy in intersatellite laser ranging interferometry of TianQin based on research of tilt-to-length coupling noise	54
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	54
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	54
Evaluating sensor tasking strategies for object cataloging in GEO	54
Influence of flow control on aerodynamic properties of an open cavity in rarefied hypersonic flows	53
Planning and optimal control of a Venus variable altitude aerobot	52
Collision-free control of a nano satellite in the vicinity of China Space Station using Lorentz augmented composite artificial potential field	51
Extreme low-temperature freezing process and characteristic curve of icy lunar regolith simulant	51
Publisher's note	47
Particle Post – Letters from the Universe: A sound installation through cosmic muons	47
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	46
Relative orbit transfer using constant-vector thrust acceleration	46

Guidance for autonomous spacecraft repointing under attitude constraints and actuator limitations	46
Lunar highlands simulant — Geotechnical characterization, 3D discrete element modeling, and cone penetration simulations	46
The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors	45
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	45
Risk trade-space analysis for safe human expeditions to Mars	44
Development and characterization of the ECLIPS space environments simulation facility	43
Nonlinear finite element algorithm for solving fully coupled thermomechanical problems under strong aerothermodynamic environment	42
Research, development and production costs prediction parametric model for future civil hypersonic aircraft	42
Geometric analysis of a constellation with a ground target	42
Dual-bell nozzle with fluidic control of transition for space launchers	41
The effect of three body positions on colour preference: An exploration of microgravity and lunar gravity simulations	41
Self-deployable hinges for monolithic space structures using multi-material additive manufacturing	41
Optimal low-thrust lunar orbit transfers with shadowing effect using a multiple-arc formulation	40
‘Sub-orbital activities’ – the application of ‘international law’ in the twilight between air and space law	39
Numerical study of detonation propagation under the action of supersonic pulsating flow in expanding combustor	39