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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	91
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	90
Thermite-for-demise (T4D): Experiments and numerical modelling on ball-bearing unit mock-ups containing thermite in an arc-heated wind tunnel	84
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	78
Optimization procedure for wings flying in the Martian atmosphere	77
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	72
Publisher's note	72
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	69
Spray angle prediction model for a multi-slit type throttleable gas–liquid pintle injector	68
Planning and optimal control of a Venus variable altitude aerobot	68
‘Sub-orbital activities’ – the application of ‘international law’ in the twilight between air and space law	63
Towards a GNSS-assisted autonomous heterogeneous clock system for very small satellites in the Earth-Moon system	62
Risk trade-space analysis for safe human expeditions to Mars	61
Numerical study of detonation propagation under the action of supersonic pulsating flow in expanding combustor	61
Feasibility study for a commercial space station in low earth orbit	60
Geometric analysis of a constellation with a ground target	59
Design and implementation of the integrated thermal control system for Chang’E−5 lunar module	58
Numerical and experimental investigations of micro Al particle additive on the performances of HTPB hybrid rocket motors	55
Application of the finite element method to evaluate the effectiveness of spacecraft protective screens	54
A Geospatial Artificial Intelligence and satellite-based earth observation cognitive system in response to COVID-19	53
Relative orbit transfer using constant-vector thrust acceleration	50
Projections of Earth’s technosphere: Luminosity and mass as limits to growth	49
Geometric mechanics framework for tethered de-spinning of massive asteroids by small tug using passivity-based control	49
Generation and stability analysis of long-term bounded spacecraft cluster orbits using Lagrangian Coherent Structures	48
NASA's BioSentinel deep space CubeSat mission: successes and lessons learned	48

Dynamics of jettison during Earth-to-NRHO transfers	48
PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA) FOR ARTEMIS AND FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAMS	45
Internal imaging of an extremely small-scale electron cyclotron resonance source revealing the formation of discharge mode transitions and hysteresis	45
Three decades of ethological research in the space field within an interdisciplinary framework	44
Defining the notion of mining, extraction and collection: A step toward a sustainable use of lunar resources	42
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	42
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	42
The effect of three body positions on colour preference: An exploration of microgravity and lunar gravity simulations	42
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	41
Risk assessment for asteroid impact threat scenarios	41
Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	40
Guidance for autonomous spacecraft repointing under attitude constraints and actuator limitations	40
Trailing formations of lightweight spacecrafts to deflect NEAs by means of laser ablation	40
Development and characterization of the ECLIPS space environments simulation facility	40
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	39
Optimal low-thrust lunar orbit transfers with shadowing effect using a multiple-arc formulation	39
Self-deployable hinges for monolithic space structures using multi-material additive manufacturing	39
Sun direction determination improvement by albedo input estimation combining photodiodes and magnetometer	39
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