OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Astronautica is 37. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	120
Thermite-for-demise (T4D): Experiments and numerical modelling on ball-bearing unit mock-ups containing thermite in an arc-heated wind tunnel	83
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	78
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	78
Approaching and pointing tracking control for tumbling target under motion constraints	70
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	69
A summary of previous investigations of the microgravity effects on bacterial virulence, infection and antibiotic resistance	66
Numerical and experimental investigations of micro Al particle additive on the performances of HTPB hybrid rocket motors	66
Defining the notion of mining, extraction and collection: A step toward a sustainable use of lunar resources	60
Research, development and production costs prediction parametric model for future civil hypersonic aircraft	59
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	58
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	58
Study on controllable set of contingency return trajectories for crewed lunar missions based on interval analysis	56
Guidance for autonomous spacecraft repointing under attitude constraints and actuator limitations	55
The effect of three body positions on colour preference: An exploration of microgravity and lunar gravity simulations	52
Particle Post – Letters from the Universe: A sound installation through cosmic muons	51
Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	51
Performance model of vacuum arc thruster with inductive energy storage circuit	50
AI-based monocular pose estimation for autonomous space refuelling	50
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	49
A Geospatial Artificial Intelligence and satellite-based earth observation cognitive system in response to COVID-19	49
Markers of distress among behavioral and physical health evacuees prior to emergency departure from Antarctica	45
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	43
Operationalizing the definition of “Commercial Space”	43
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	42

Design and implementation of the integrated thermal control system for Chang’E−5 lunar module	42
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	42
Sun direction determination improvement by albedo input estimation combining photodiodes and magnetometer	42
Evaluating sensor tasking strategies for object cataloging in GEO	41
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	41
The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors	40
Medical guidelines for suborbital commercial human spaceflight: A review	40
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	40
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	39
A joint mind consideration of the Drake equation in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence	38
Optimal low-thrust lunar orbit transfers with shadowing effect using a multiple-arc formulation	37
IFC - Publication Information	37