OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Astronautica is 38. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	94
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	89
Publisher's note	86
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	81
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	78
Dynamics of jettison during Earth-to-NRHO transfers	76
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	75
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	73
‘Sub-orbital activities’ – the application of ‘international law’ in the twilight between air and space law	72
Towards a GNSS-assisted autonomous heterogeneous clock system for very small satellites in the Earth-Moon system	63
Risk assessment for asteroid impact threat scenarios	61
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	58
A Martian analog for spatially varying methane microseepage - polygons at Expedition Strip, Axel Heiberg Island	58
Markers of distress among behavioral and physical health evacuees prior to emergency departure from Antarctica	58
Three decades of ethological research in the space field within an interdisciplinary framework	57
Suppression of combustion instability in a scramjet engine using unsteady fuel injection	55
Preventing inlet unstart in air-breathing hypersonic vehicles using adaptive backstepping control with state constraints	54
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	52
Exploring the potential of fractionated spacecraft for enhanced satellite connectivity: Application to the satellite-to-cell case	52
Estimation of a Craig–Bampton equivalent model using a hybrid particle swarm optimization for DCLA purposes	51
Defining the notion of mining, extraction and collection: A step toward a sustainable use of lunar resources	50
Risk trade-space analysis for safe human expeditions to Mars	49
Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	48
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	48
Research, development and production costs prediction parametric model for future civil hypersonic aircraft	46

Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	46
Application of the finite element method to evaluate the effectiveness of spacecraft protective screens	45
NASA's BioSentinel deep space CubeSat mission: successes and lessons learned	45
Guidance for autonomous spacecraft repointing under attitude constraints and actuator limitations	44
A summary of previous investigations of the microgravity effects on bacterial virulence, infection and antibiotic resistance	44
Design and implementation of the integrated thermal control system for Chang’E−5 lunar module	43
Optimization design and mechanism study of ion thruster performance based on CO2/xenon multi-propellant	43
Projections of Earth’s technosphere: Luminosity and mass as limits to growth	42
Reinforcement learning-based control of the charge management system in inertial sensors	42
The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors	42
Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) for Artemis and future space exploration programs	41
Generation and stability analysis of long-term bounded spacecraft cluster orbits using Lagrangian Coherent Structures	41
The technology platform of the EIVE CubeSat mission for high throughput downlinks at W-band	40
Optimal low-thrust lunar orbit transfers with shadowing effect using a multiple-arc formulation	38
Determining the best technique: Methods, challenges, and innovations of performing microgravity CPR	38
Internal imaging of an extremely small-scale electron cyclotron resonance source revealing the formation of discharge mode transitions and hysteresis	38
Numerical and experimental investigations of micro Al particle additive on the performances of HTPB hybrid rocket motors	38
Geometric mechanics framework for tethered de-spinning of massive asteroids by small tug using passivity-based control	38