OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Astronautica is 34. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Are we visible to advanced alien civilizations?	111
Experimental study on the discharge of a xenon-assisted krypton Hall thruster	107
A summary of previous investigations of the microgravity effects on bacterial virulence, infection and antibiotic resistance	84
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	71
Risk assessment for asteroid impact threat scenarios	71
Experimental study of ion beam interaction with target surface aimed at developing a contactless method for space debris removal by an ion beam	69
Simulation of supersonic jet flow past a blunt body in a laboratory experiment using computer vision	58
Interplay of self-throttling and air throttling on combustion enhancement of the scramjet combustor	58
Development and standalone testing of the Air-breathing Microwave Plasma CAThode (AMPCAT)	57
Quantitative characterization of photonic sail candidates using nanocantilever displacement	56
The Fermi paradox and the Drake equation	55
Fire-explosive safety arrangement for long-term research and industrial bases located on the Moon	54
Experimental investigation of non-equilibrium spectra for nitrogen behind strong shock waves	52
Astro Pi sensor onboard the International Space Station as magnetic field surveyor	51
Editorial Board	50
Improved modeling for design optimization of cusped field thrusters with support of kinetic analysis	50
Design of nonlinear control method for pressure of pintle solid rocket motor	50
Study on the dynamic numerical simulation of flow and combustion in hybrid rocket motors based on a discrete phase model	47
Fully kinetic study of facility pressure effects on RF-source magnetic nozzles	45
Assessing China's commercial satellite communications sector as a potential case of disruptive innovation	45
Perspective of non-catalogued space debris removal and monitoring	43
The effect of the cone rotation in the supersonic gas flow on the velocity propagation of perturbations in the boundary layer	42
Fragments analysis of an hypervelocity impact experiment on a solar array	41
Unlocking higher data volumes from space to Earth: A boost to scientific experiments on board space stations	41
A proposal for the usage of reconnaissance satellites to monitor international human and wildlife trafficking hotspots	40

Editorial for the special section of 71st CyberSpace edition IAC, 2020	40
Geodetic investigations of the mission concept MAGIC to reveal Callisto's internal structure	40
Experimental studies on the unsteady atomization characteristics of a swirl injector	40
Deep learning-based nonlinear model predictive control of the attitude manoeuvre of a barbell electric sail through voltage regulation	38
Legal considerations on a regional security organization for planetary defence	38
Self-deployable hinges for monolithic space structures using multi-material additive manufacturing	38
An efficient method for postbuckling optimization of composite laminated plates with holes under compression and shear loading	36
External visual perturbation impacts muscle activation while walking on incline treadmill	34
Optimal low-thrust lunar orbit transfers with shadowing effect using a multiple-arc formulation	34
Medical guidelines for suborbital commercial human spaceflight: A review	34
Interoperable data exchange for safe and efficient launch and re-entry operations in an international environment	34
GNSS receiver for Q-Sat and its analysis of precise orbit determination	34