OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Space Policy is 2. 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
Brazilian Space Sector: Historical Analysis of the Public Budget	26
Spaceport environmental policy in the new space era	24
Starlink for ASEAN: A Changemaker in the Race Toward Sustainable Development?	23
Latin American participation in the space sector: A public policy perspective (2012–2022)	22
Project and knowledge management at European public space agencies: The need for a three-dimensional project management office	21
Media use and US Attitudes Toward Government and Private Space Exploration	20
Ensuring PNT resilience in a time of navigation uncertainty	20
Revisiting the role of space in European Security 20 years after. A practitioner's perspective	19
Intellectual Property Protection in Outer Space: Conflict in Theory and Application in Practice	19
The W&T Realpolitik Scenario and Contact With Extraterrestrial Intelligence: A Reply to Wright et al.	18
Finding space for the European Space Agency	18
ASEAN regional cooperation in the space sector: Current status, potential gaps, and future perspectives	16
Who speaks for extraterrestrial ecosystems?: Why ET should have standing	15
Through the Thorns to Where? The Politics of Alternative Appropriations of Soviet Space Culture in Contemporary Russia	14
Cyber-attacks on Space Activities: Revisiting the Responsibility Regime of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty	14
Sweden's first defence and security space strategy: Aligning with allies	14
Editorial Board	13
A discussion on policies and regulations governing the risks associated with radiation exposure for space tourism flight participants	12
Editorial Board	11
Editorial Board	10
Space policy and industrial development in middle powers: Malaysia and Turkey in comparative perspective	10
Editorial Board	10
The hidden constraints on America’s space economy: Fixing the frictions in U.S. commercial space partnerships	10
A new paradigm for space education	9
A Review of Country Classification Frameworks in the Space Sector: Priorities, Limitations, and Global Considerations	9

Transfer of Space Technologies in Iran: Drivers and Constraints of Success	9
Israel’s public policy on space debris management: Between technological capacity and political will	8
Planning space exploration: Appraising and appreciating a curated collection of NASA's roadmap visualizations	8
Does Open Innovation Open Doors for Underrepresented Groups to Contribute to Technology Innovation?: Evidence from a Space Robotics Challenge	8
Can a referendum solve problems of shared sovereignty on Mars?	8
Editorial Board	7
The potential for conflict in cislunar space: Findings from a tabletop exercise	7
Improving the safety zone mechanism: Shifting the focus from safety zones to safety obligations	7
The Decision-Making Process of China's Human Spaceflight Program	7
Developing safety-zone rules: Based on an institutional choice framework	6
Operational and regulatory assessment for satellites recycling	6
Crisis in space: Assessing Japan's legal gaps in space emergency response	6
Centralizing Korea's space governance: Institutional impacts and strategic implications one year after launching KASA	6
Editorial Board	6
Editorial Board	6
The Importance of ALCE's Role as a Political Actor Rather Than a Coordinator of Regional Space Activities	6
Editorial Board	6
Is there a market for micro-launch vehicles?	5
A holistic framework for classifying countries in the space sector	5
Medium-to long-term strategies in the field of space transportation systems formulated by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency under the Inter-Uni	5
Safeguarding European space sovereignty—Recommendations for operational climate services to support resilience	5
SETI From the Perspective of Intercivilizational Politics	5
Examining the meaning of sustainability on the Moon	5
Review and comparison of three emerging regional space agencies: the African Space Agency, the Arab Space Coordination Group, and the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency	5
Centring Environmentalism in Space Governance: Interrogating Dominance and Authority Through a Critical Legal Geography of Outer Space	5
Security challenges when space merges with cyberspace	5
China's branding problem: Image management and the US-China space relationship	5
Evaluating the Public Value of Improving Early Detection Accuracy of Cumulonimbus Using a Geostationary Satellite in South Korea	5
Toward Coherence: A Space Sector Public-Private Partnership Typology	5
Artemis Accords: Are Safety Zones Practical for Long Term Commercial Lunar Resource Utilisation?	5
Peaceful Use of Lasers in Space? Potential, Risks, and Norms for Using Lasers in Space	4
The EU's dual policy dilemma: Orbital sustainability and digital autonomy policies intertwined	4
Toward an international legal framework for the protection of outer space heritage	4
Indian space policy 2023: An evaluation	4
Exogeoconservation of Mars	4
Integrating space, sustainability, and regionalism as a framework for cooperative space programmes	4
Recommendations for remaining competitive in the face of pandemics and climate change for the European space sector	4
Editorial Board	4
The Public Acquisition of Space Science Information in the 21st Century	4
Governing space traffic: bureaucracy, politics, and orbital debris	4
Towards sustainability in Space food packaging	4
Gender and other forms of intersecting inequality in space: The case of the Australian space sector	3
History, concepts and challenges of proposing an 18th UN Sustainable Development Goal related to Space	3
India's Space Pursuit and the Changing Matrix of South Asian Security	3
The Astropreneurial Co-creation of the New Space Economy	3
SPACECAST 2020 twenty-nine years on: The legacy of a 1994 Air Force white paper seen through contemporary American planetary defense	3
Toward a Spacefaring Society: Enhancing Undergraduate General Education and Learning Outcomes with Space Policy Course Themes	3
WITHDRAWN: Introduction	3
Reprint of Introduction to the special issue on international space politics	3
To Each According to Their Space-Need: Communes in Outer Space	3

Commercial Lunar Ice Mining: Is There a Role for Royalties?	3
Editorial Board	2
Orbit Bound. Predictors of ‘readiness to space’ and government support	2
Strengthening Links Between European Union Space and Defence: Adopting a Combined Approach	2
Exploration, exploitation, and expansion: A three-wave framework for unpacking the shift in U.S. space politics from directing a national space program to orchestrating an ecosystem	2
Strategic Management and Organization in the Space Sector – Introduction to the Special Issue	2
Martian diversity: A government for pluralistic communities on Mars	2
European Union space surveillance and tracking: State of affairs in 2025 and strategic vision	2
Russia in Outer Space: A Shrinking Space Power in the Era of Global Change	2
The Worst Case: Planetary Defense against a Doomsday Impactor	2
A cosmopolitan approach to international law (CAIL) reflection on the space development experience of Africa	2
Evaluating the benefits of dark and quiet skies in an age of satellite mega-constellations	2
U.S. Space Policy and Theories of International Relations: The Case for Analytical Eclecticism	2
Bioethical Issues in Human Modification for Protection against the Effects of Space Radiation	2
To the Moon and Back: Reexamining Presidential Decision-Making and the Apollo Program	2
The transformation of India's space policy: From space for development to the pursuit of security and prestige	2
China's space data commercialization in light of government support for the digital economy: legal challenges and solutions	2
Leading the Moon to Mars Program: James Bridenstine as NASA administrator 2018–2021	2
Chinese Commercial Space Launchers: Historical Perspective; Policy Framework	2