OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Space Policy is 1. 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
Project and knowledge management at European public space agencies: The need for a three-dimensional project management office	25
Brazilian Space Sector: Historical Analysis of the Public Budget	20
Starlink for ASEAN: A Changemaker in the Race Toward Sustainable Development?	19
Spaceport environmental policy in the new space era	19
Ensuring PNT resilience in a time of navigation uncertainty	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
Intellectual Property Protection in Outer Space: Conflict in Theory and Application in Practice	17
ASEAN regional cooperation in the space sector: Current status, potential gaps, and future perspectives	17
Revisiting the role of space in European Security 20 years after. A practitioner's perspective	17
Media use and US Attitudes Toward Government and Private Space Exploration	16
Sweden's first defence and security space strategy: Aligning with allies	15
A discussion on policies and regulations governing the risks associated with radiation exposure for space tourism flight participants	15
Cyber-attacks on Space Activities: Revisiting the Responsibility Regime of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty	15
Who speaks for extraterrestrial ecosystems?: Why ET should have standing	14
Editorial Board	13
Through the Thorns to Where? The Politics of Alternative Appropriations of Soviet Space Culture in Contemporary Russia	13
Editorial Board	13
Book review	12
Editorial Board	11
A Review of Country Classification Frameworks in the Space Sector: Priorities, Limitations, and Global Considerations	10
Space policy and industrial development in middle powers: Malaysia and Turkey in comparative perspective	10
Transfer of Space Technologies in Iran: Drivers and Constraints of Success	9
Tortoise the Titan: Private Entities as Geoeconomic Tools in Outer Space	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
A new paradigm for space education	8
Can a referendum solve problems of shared sovereignty on Mars?	8
Improving the safety zone mechanism: Shifting the focus from safety zones to safety obligations	7
Editorial Board	7
Developing safety-zone rules: Based on an institutional choice framework	7
The Decision-Making Process of China's Human Spaceflight Program	7
The potential for conflict in cislunar space: Findings from a tabletop exercise	6
Crisis in space: Assessing Japan's legal gaps in space emergency response	6
Editorial Board	6
Does Open Innovation Open Doors for Underrepresented Groups to Contribute to Technology Innovation?: Evidence from a Space Robotics Challenge	6
Editorial Board	6
Heavenly Mandate: Public Opinion and China's Space Activities	6
Editorial Board	6
Estimating the United States Space Economy Using Input-Output Frameworks	6
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
Centralizing Korea's space governance: Institutional impacts and strategic implications one year after launching KASA	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
Editorial Board	5
Examining the meaning of sustainability on the Moon	5
A holistic framework for classifying countries in the space sector	5
Is there a market for micro-launch vehicles?	5
The Importance of ALCE's Role as a Political Actor Rather Than a Coordinator of Regional Space Activities	5
Operational and regulatory assessment for satellites recycling	5
China's branding problem: Image management and the US-China space relationship	5
Toward Coherence: A Space Sector Public-Private Partnership Typology	4
Security challenges when space merges with cyberspace	4
Centring Environmentalism in Space Governance: Interrogating Dominance and Authority Through a Critical Legal Geography of Outer Space	4
Artemis Accords: Are Safety Zones Practical for Long Term Commercial Lunar Resource Utilisation?	4
Evaluating the Public Value of Improving Early Detection Accuracy of Cumulonimbus Using a Geostationary Satellite in South Korea	4
An Improved Cost Analysis of the Apollo Program	4
Peaceful Use of Lasers in Space? Potential, Risks, and Norms for Using Lasers in Space	4
SETI From the Perspective of Intercivilizational Politics	4
Safeguarding European space sovereignty—Recommendations for operational climate services to support resilience	4
Exogeoconservation of Mars	4
Editorial Board	3
Towards sustainability in Space food packaging	3
Governing space traffic: bureaucracy, politics, and orbital debris	3
WITHDRAWN: Introduction	3
Reprint of Introduction to the special issue on international space politics	3
The Public Acquisition of Space Science Information in the 21st Century	3
Integrating space, sustainability, and regionalism as a framework for cooperative space programmes	3
The EU's dual policy dilemma: Orbital sustainability and digital autonomy policies intertwined	3
Commercial Lunar Ice Mining: Is There a Role for Royalties?	3
Toward a Spacefaring Society: Enhancing Undergraduate General Education and Learning Outcomes with Space Policy Course Themes	3
Indian space policy 2023: An evaluation	3
Toward an international legal framework for the protection of outer space heritage	3
Gender and other forms of intersecting inequality in space: The case of the Australian space sector	3
The Astropreneurial Co-creation of the New Space Economy	3
India's Space Pursuit and the Changing Matrix of South Asian Security	3

Space Community as an Enabler of Cosmopolitan Ideas Through Large Technical Systems	2
Editorial Board	2
SPACECAST 2020 twenty-nine years on: The legacy of a 1994 Air Force white paper seen through contemporary American planetary defense	2
To Each According to Their Space-Need: Communes in Outer Space	2
European Union space surveillance and tracking: State of affairs in 2025 and strategic vision	2
History, concepts and challenges of proposing an 18th UN Sustainable Development Goal related to Space	2
Orbit Bound. Predictors of ‘readiness to space’ and government support	2
Russia in Outer Space: A Shrinking Space Power in the Era of Global Change	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
Bioethical Issues in Human Modification for Protection against the Effects of Space Radiation	2
Assessing the Particularity and Potentiality of Civil–Military Integration Strategy for Space Activities in China	1
Evaluating the benefits of dark and quiet skies in an age of satellite mega-constellations	1
To the Moon and Back: Reexamining Presidential Decision-Making and the Apollo Program	1
Indian Space Force: A Strategic Inevitability	1
Strategic Management and Organization in the Space Sector – Introduction to the Special Issue	1
Blockchain applications and the relational normativity of international space law	1
Toward the stars: Technological, ethical, and sociopolitical dimensions of interstellar exploration	1
The future of space Security: Toward NATO's evolving functional areas in the era of hybrid warfare	1
Teaching social science aspects of space: A transdisciplinary approach	1
Identifying risks for success in space tourism: A proactive approach for Türkiye	1
Leading the Moon to Mars Program: James Bridenstine as NASA administrator 2018–2021	1
U.S. Space Policy and Theories of International Relations: The Case for Analytical Eclecticism	1
The Worst Case: Planetary Defense against a Doomsday Impactor	1
A cosmopolitan approach to international law (CAIL) reflection on the space development experience of Africa	1
China's space data commercialization in light of government support for the digital economy: legal challenges and solutions	1
WITHDRAWN: Navigating uncertainty and policy alignment: Assessing BRIN’s role in Indonesia’s space program	1
A New Wave of “Space Nationalism” in the United States: Why Are Evangelicals Good With It?	1
Everybody's Business to Know About Space: Cross-Disciplinarity and the Challenges of the New Space Age	1
Editorial Board	1
A U.S. Perspective on Deterrence and Geopolitics in Space	1
Strengthening Links Between European Union Space and Defence: Adopting a Combined Approach	1
Chinese Commercial Space Launchers: Historical Perspective; Policy Framework	1
Martian diversity: A government for pluralistic communities on Mars	1
The transformation of India's space policy: From space for development to the pursuit of security and prestige	1
Editorial Board	1
Japan in the New Lunar Space Race	1
Beyond new space: Changing organizational forms, collaborative innovation and public and semi-public domains	1
The International Lunar Research Station: China's New Era of Space Cooperation and Its New Role in the Space Legal Order	1
The Prospect of Quantum Technologies in Space for Defence and Security	1
Normal accident theory and learning from major accidents at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	1
Editorial Board	1