OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Maritime Policy & Management is 7. 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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)

Article	Citations
A safety compliance model for container terminal operations: the roles of the safety climate, non-compliance cost and safety self-efficacy	92
Addressing some of bill of lading issues using the Internet of Things and blockchain technologies: a digitalized conceptual framework	42
Container liner shipping schedule optimization with shipper selection behavior considered	28
Blockchain adoption in the maritime industry: empirical evidence from the technological-organizational-environmental framework	26
Impact of quarantine policies on port network performance and robustness during pandemics: a simulation-based analysis	24
Shipping company’s choice of shore power or low sulfur fuel oil under different power structures of maritime supply chain	23
The impact of Brexit on supply chain cost and Ro-Ro traffic at Dover	23
A fuzzy evidential reasoning-based approach for assessing the navigation obstruction risk of shipwrecks in the Yangtze river	23
Identify determinants of container ship size investment choice	22
Container terminal automation: assessment of drivers and benefits	22
Statistical arbitrage in the freight options market	19
Quality design for maritime studies programme in the digital era	19
The clustering strategy for stacks allocation in automated container terminals	19
Pathways towards carbon reduction through technology transition in liner shipping	19
Privileged or ordinary carrier: strategic choice in a competitive environment	19
Identification of a task-based implementation path for unmanned autonomous ships	18
The contribution of Vessel Traffic Services to safe coexistence between automated and conventional vessels	18
A novel Index-based quantification approach for port performance measurement: a case from Indian major ports	18
Role of carbon emission linked financial leasing in shipping decarbonization	18
Green finance in bulk shipping	17
The impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on corporate financial performance: an empirical study on shipping	17
A multi-criteria decision support framework for assessing seaport sustainability planning: the case of Piraeus	16
Analysis of safety climate effect on individual safety consciousness creation and safety behaviour improvement in shipping operations	16
Port congestion and the economics of LPG seaborne transportation	16
Identifying port congestion and evaluating its impact on maritime logistics	16

Modeling the interactions among green shipping policies	15
Exploring information demand in the maritime industry: a Google Trends approach	14
Comparative evaluation of VAE-based monitoring statistics for real-time anomaly detection in AIS data	14
Evaluation of factors affecting price in second hand ship market: Turkey application with the SWARA method	14
Protection-level decision in the slot allocation of a carrier: trade-offs between advanced and spot market selling	14
Quantitative risk analysis for operational transfer processes of maritime pilots	13
Ship selection in port state control: status and perspectives	13
Economic and environmental impacts of scrubbers investments in shipping: a multi-sectoral analysis	13
Data-Driven Asset Health Index – an application to evaluate Quay Cranes in container ports	12
Digitalization and new technologies for sustainable business models at the ship–port interface: a bibliometric analysis	12
Economics of maritime business	12
Effects of COVID-19 on passenger shipping activities and emissions: empirical analysis of passenger ships in Danish waters	12
Measuring the dynamic term structure of the FFA market	12
Determinants of digital transformation in container shipping lines: a theory driven approach	11
The determinants of the rate of return on shipping sale-leasebacks*	11
Feasibility and implications of the Northern sea route choice: the role of commodity prices, in-transit inventory, and alternative operational modes for the oil product tanker market	11
Chartering contracts and financial performance of U.S. listed shipping firms	11
A Simulation Based Meta-heuristic Approach for the Inbound Container Housekeeping Problem in the Automated Container Terminals	10
Revenue efficiency and its drivers in the cruise industry	10
Dynamic tugboat scheduling for container ports	10
Integrated scheduling of yard cranes, external trucks, and internal trucks in maritime container terminal operation	10
Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing for assessing maritime transport: a comprehensive literature review	9
Assessment of container terminals competitiveness in the Brazilian market: a cluster analysis	9
Which ports differ in the copycat effectiveness of the hinterland strategy? Based on port-hinterland distance correlation	9
Container terminal competition and cooperation considering emission tax	9
Green port management practices for sustainable port operations: a multi method study of Asian ports	9
Shipping network design–infrastructure investment joint optimization model: a case study of West Africa	8
The U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry’s considerations of coastal hazards resilience - a baseline survey	8
Identifying the characteristics of China’s maritime trading partners on the basis of bilateral shipping connectivity: a cluster analysis	8
Effective analysis of remote ship inspection in Asia-Pacific region and its impact on shipping trade under COVID-19	8
Evaluation of navigation capacity in the Northeast Arctic passage: evidence from multiple factors	8
Articulating intermodal chains through short-sea shipping: a method for assessing the performance of East African ports	8
Impact of Sulphur Emission Control Areas on port state control’s inspection outcome	8
Modelling container ship transport flow: an application to alternative sea routes between Northeast Asia and Northwest Europe	8
A comparative study of the determinants of capital structure in shipping companies: the case of Korea and Greece	8
M&As and determinants of financial multiples in shipping: the European ro-pax and ferry market	8
A review of the literature on the Belt and Road Initiative with factors influencing the transport and logistics	8
When container specialisation makes a difference: an efficiency analysis of the Spanish port authorities	8
Determinants and stressors of seafarers’ job satisfaction: evidence from a global survey	7
Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on capesize and panamax sectors: the method of empirical mode decomposition	7
Competitiveness throughout the seaport-hinterland: a container shipping analysis	7
A deep learning approach for port congestion estimation and prediction	7
Analysis and prediction of ship energy efficiency based on the MRV system	7
Structure, characteristics and connectivity analysis of the Asian-Australasian cruise shipping network	7
Analysis of maritime transportation research capability: authors, affiliations, and nationalities	7
A Bayesian network-based TOPSIS framework to dynamically control the risk of maritime piracy	7
Quantitative modelling of shipping freight rates: developments in the past 20 years	7
Shore power management for green shipping under international river transportation	7
Port activity and technical efficiency: determinants and external factors	7
Logistics strategy simulation of second-ranked ports on the basis of Japan’s port reforms: a case study of Hakata Port	7

Generating certification evidence for the certification of collision avoidance in autonomous surface vessels	7
Potential demand for coastal shipping in Queensland: a behavioural econometric analysis	7
Optimizing container relocation operations by using deep reinforcement learning	7