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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	108
Publisher's note	98
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	87
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	86
Dynamics of jettison during Earth-to-NRHO transfers	82
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	81
Towards a GNSS-assisted autonomous heterogeneous clock system for very small satellites in the Earth-Moon system	80
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	79
A Martian analog for spatially varying methane microseepage - polygons at Expedition Strip, Axel Heiberg Island	74
Preventing inlet unstart in air-breathing hypersonic vehicles using adaptive backstepping control with state constraints	66
Exploring the potential of fractionated spacecraft for enhanced satellite connectivity: Application to the satellite-to-cell case	63
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	63
Estimation of a Craig–Bampton equivalent model using a hybrid particle swarm optimization for DCLA purposes	62
Defining the notion of mining, extraction and collection: A step toward a sustainable use of lunar resources	59
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	58
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	58
Research, development and production costs prediction parametric model for future civil hypersonic aircraft	55
Optimization design and mechanism study of ion thruster performance based on CO2/xenon multi-propellant	53
The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors	52
Reinforcement learning-based control of the charge management system in inertial sensors	50
Evaluating sensor tasking strategies for object cataloging in GEO	50
Computational and experimental study of an ion injector of a weakly divergent ion beam for implementing a method for removing space debris objects by an ion beam	50
Relative orbit transfer using constant-vector thrust acceleration	48
Ablation model of non-equilibrium porous media coupled with aerothermodynamic environment within boundary layer	46
Mathematical modeling of nonequilibrium combustion processes in a liquid rocket engine	46

Development of a deployable Synthetic Aperture Radar antenna for a nanosatellite conceptual design	45
Collision-free control of a nano satellite in the vicinity of China Space Station using Lorentz augmented composite artificial potential field	45
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	44
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	43
KPLO's conjunction mitigation in lunar orbit: Operational results and strategic insights from international collaboration	42
Optimal low-thrust lunar orbit transfers with shadowing effect using a multiple-arc formulation	41
The technology platform of the EIVE CubeSat mission for high throughput downlinks at W-band	41
Effect of ignition source geometry on the development of ultra-lean hydrogen-air flames initiated by a hot surface	40
Numerical and experimental investigations of micro Al particle additive on the performances of HTPB hybrid rocket motors	40
Determining the best technique: Methods, challenges, and innovations of performing microgravity CPR	40
Thermite-for-demise (T4D): Experiments and numerical modelling on ball-bearing unit mock-ups containing thermite in an arc-heated wind tunnel	40
Risk trade-space analysis for safe human expeditions to Mars	39
Investigation of a tangential injection scheme for the kerosene-air rotating detonation combustor	39
Numerical study of detonation propagation under the action of supersonic pulsating flow in expanding combustor	39
Approaching and pointing tracking control for tumbling target under motion constraints	39