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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	90
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	87
Publisher's note	85
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	78
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	77
Dynamics of jettison during Earth-to-NRHO transfers	75
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	72
Spray angle prediction model for a multi-slit type throttleable gas–liquid pintle injector	71
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	69
‘Sub-orbital activities’ – the application of ‘international law’ in the twilight between air and space law	62
Towards a GNSS-assisted autonomous heterogeneous clock system for very small satellites in the Earth-Moon system	60
Risk assessment for asteroid impact threat scenarios	58
The effect of three body positions on colour preference: An exploration of microgravity and lunar gravity simulations	58
Numerical study of detonation propagation under the action of supersonic pulsating flow in expanding combustor	57
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	54
Markers of distress among behavioral and physical health evacuees prior to emergency departure from Antarctica	54
A Martian analog for spatially varying methane microseepage - polygons at Expedition Strip, Axel Heiberg Island	53
Three decades of ethological research in the space field within an interdisciplinary framework	51
Preventing inlet unstart in air-breathing hypersonic vehicles using adaptive backstepping control with state constraints	49
Suppression of combustion instability in a scramjet engine using unsteady fuel injection	49
Exploring the potential of fractionated spacecraft for enhanced satellite connectivity: Application to the satellite-to-cell case	48
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	48
Estimation of a Craig–Bampton equivalent model using a hybrid particle swarm optimization for DCLA purposes	46
Defining the notion of mining, extraction and collection: A step toward a sustainable use of lunar resources	46
Nonlinear finite element algorithm for solving fully coupled thermomechanical problems under strong aerothermodynamic environment	44

Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	44
Risk trade-space analysis for safe human expeditions to Mars	44
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	43
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	43
Planning and optimal control of a Venus variable altitude aerobot	42
Research, development and production costs prediction parametric model for future civil hypersonic aircraft	42
Feasibility study for a commercial space station in low earth orbit	42
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	42
Optimization procedure for wings flying in the Martian atmosphere	41
NASA's BioSentinel deep space CubeSat mission: successes and lessons learned	41
A Geospatial Artificial Intelligence and satellite-based earth observation cognitive system in response to COVID-19	41
Self-deployable hinges for monolithic space structures using multi-material additive manufacturing	41
Development and characterization of the ECLIPS space environments simulation facility	40
Application of the finite element method to evaluate the effectiveness of spacecraft protective screens	39