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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	90
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	87
Publisher's note	85
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	78
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	77
Dynamics of jettison during Earth-to-NRHO transfers	75
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	72
Spray angle prediction model for a multi-slit type throttleable gas–liquid pintle injector	71
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	69
‘Sub-orbital activities’ – the application of ‘international law’ in the twilight between air and space law	62
Towards a GNSS-assisted autonomous heterogeneous clock system for very small satellites in the Earth-Moon system	60
The effect of three body positions on colour preference: An exploration of microgravity and lunar gravity simulations	58
Risk assessment for asteroid impact threat scenarios	58
Numerical study of detonation propagation under the action of supersonic pulsating flow in expanding combustor	57
Markers of distress among behavioral and physical health evacuees prior to emergency departure from Antarctica	54
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	54
A Martian analog for spatially varying methane microseepage - polygons at Expedition Strip, Axel Heiberg Island	53
Three decades of ethological research in the space field within an interdisciplinary framework	51
Preventing inlet unstart in air-breathing hypersonic vehicles using adaptive backstepping control with state constraints	49
Suppression of combustion instability in a scramjet engine using unsteady fuel injection	49
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	48
Exploring the potential of fractionated spacecraft for enhanced satellite connectivity: Application to the satellite-to-cell case	48
Defining the notion of mining, extraction and collection: A step toward a sustainable use of lunar resources	46
Estimation of a Craig–Bampton equivalent model using a hybrid particle swarm optimization for DCLA purposes	46
Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	44

Risk trade-space analysis for safe human expeditions to Mars	44
Nonlinear finite element algorithm for solving fully coupled thermomechanical problems under strong aerothermodynamic environment	44
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	43
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	43
Planning and optimal control of a Venus variable altitude aerobot	42
Research, development and production costs prediction parametric model for future civil hypersonic aircraft	42
Feasibility study for a commercial space station in low earth orbit	42
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	42
Optimization procedure for wings flying in the Martian atmosphere	41
NASA's BioSentinel deep space CubeSat mission: successes and lessons learned	41
A Geospatial Artificial Intelligence and satellite-based earth observation cognitive system in response to COVID-19	41
Self-deployable hinges for monolithic space structures using multi-material additive manufacturing	41
Development and characterization of the ECLIPS space environments simulation facility	40
Application of the finite element method to evaluate the effectiveness of spacecraft protective screens	39