OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 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
Analysis of Sound Fluctuations in Shallow Water in High Sea States	161
Seal-Inspired Underwater Glider With a Rigid-Flexible Composite Hull	141
CEWformer: A Transformer-Based Collaborative Network for Simultaneous Underwater Image Enhancement and Watermarking	92
Table of Contents	72
Three-Dimensional Geomorphometric Modeling of the Arctic Ocean Submarine Topography: A Low-Resolution Desktop Application	66
A Novel Tracker of Adaptive Directional Ridge Separation and Prediction for Detecting Whistles	59
Reconstructing Internal Tides Field Based on Sampling by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles	55
Broadband Off-Grid DOA Estimation Using Block Sparse Bayesian Learning for Nonuniform Noise Variance	48
Turbid Underwater Image Enhancement Based on Parameter-Tuned Stochastic Resonance	45
Time Evolution of Bistatic Acoustic Scattering: Mechanism Loci Identification for Broadside Cylinder Near a Flat Interface	42
End-to-End Plankton Database Collection System	40
Editorial Farewell From Your Outgoing EiC	39
2022 Index IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering Vol. 47	37
Method for Remote Sensing Oil Spill Applications Over Thermal and Polarimetric Imagery	31
Multipath Data Fusion With Recursive ML-PDA and Generative ML-PMHT for VLO Targets in Underwater Environment	31
Residual Learning With Multifactor Extreme Learning Machines for Waveheight Prediction	30
Angular MIMO for Underwater Wireless Optical Communications: Link Modeling and Tracking	30
Convolutional Neural Networks and Transformers-Based Techniques for Underwater Marine Debris Classification: A Comparative Study	29
2023 Index IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering Vol. 48	29
Multifrequency Phased-Arrays With Dynamic Range Ratio Control for Coastal Monitoring	29
Corrections to “Coherence-Induced Bias Reduction in Synthetic Aperture Sonar Along-Track Micronavigation” [Jan 22 162-178]	27
Unsupervised Domain Transfer for Task Automation in Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Intervention Operations	26
Estimation of Synthetic Aperture Resolution by Measuring Point Scatterer Responses	25
New Insight Into Internal Waves for Maritime Applications: A Novel Optical Method With Ocean Experimental Results	24
Seabed Characterization Experiment: Analysis of Broadband Data	24

Autonomous Underwater Environment Perceiving and Modeling: An Experimental Campaign With FeelHippo AUV for Forward Looking Sonar-Based Automatic Target Recognition and Data Association	24
Robust Chinese Remainder Theorem–Based Synthetic Aperture Sonar Motion Estimation	23
Riding Stress Wave: Underwater Communications Through Pipeline Networks	22
Cross-Track Seabed Imaging and Buried Object Detection With a Multibeam Sonar	21
Spatial Coherence of Speckle for Repeat-Pass Synthetic Aperture Sonar Micronavigation	21
A Robust Sidescan Sonar Bottom-Tracking Method Based on an Adaptive Threshold	21
2024 Index IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering Vol. 49	21
Experimental Investigation of a Bidirectional Impulse Turbine for Oscillating Flows at Various Resistive Loads	21
Development of a Real-Time Latching Control Algorithm Based on Wave Force Prediction	20
Target Detection and Segmentation in Circular-Scan Synthetic Aperture Sonar Images Using Semisupervised Convolutional Encoder–Decoders	20
Seabed Classification From Multispectral Multibeam Data	19
3-D Adaptive AUV Sampling for Classification of Water Masses	18
Passive Acoustic Signal Processing at Low Frequency With a 3-D Acoustic Vector Sensor Hosted on a Buoyancy Glider	18
Experimental Demonstration of an Autonomous Distributed-Consensus Network for Underwater Passive-Acoustic Detection	18
Estimating the Motion Parameters of Sound Sources Using a Network of Compact Arrays	18
The Effects of Cross-Sectional Geometry on Wave-Induced Loads for Underwater Vehicles	17
Fast Detection of Small Targets in High-Resolution Maritime Radars by Feature Normalization and Fusion	17
Exploiting Spatial–Temporal Joint Sparsity for Underwater Acoustic Multiple-Input–Multiple-Output Communications	16
A Kriged Compressive Sensing Approach to Reconstruct Acoustic Fields From Measurements Collected by Underwater Vehicles	16
Terrain-Aided Navigation With Coarse Maps—Toward an Arctic Crossing With an AUV	16
Evaluation of Sampling Methods for Robotic Sediment Sampling Systems	16
A Fully-Autonomous Framework of Unmanned Surface Vehicles in Maritime Environments Using Gaussian Process Motion Planning	16
Improving the Link Availability of an Underwater Wireless Optical Communication System Using Chirped Pulse Compression Technique	16
A CNN for Range and Seabed Estimation on Normalized and Extracted Time-Series Impulses	15
Simplified Drag Modeling for the Dynamics of an Underwater Manipulator	15
Real-Time Outlier Detection Applied to a Doppler Velocity Log Sensor Based on Hybrid Autoencoder and Recurrent Neural Network	15
Semantic Segmentation in Underwater Ship Inspections: Benchmark and Data Set	14
Hybrid Seabed Parameterization to Investigate Geoacoustic Gradients at the New England Mud Patch	14
Multitask Sparse Bayesian Channel Estimation for Turbo Equalization in Underwater Acoustic Communications	14
Frequency-Domain Decision Feedback Equalization for Single-Carrier Transmissions in Fast Time-Varying Underwater Acoustic Channels	14
Multiheterogeneous AUV Swarm Technology Exemplified by the MAUS Project: Cooperation, Mission Planning and Hybrid Communication	14
The Oceanographic Sensitivity of the Acoustic Channel in Shallow Water	14
Optimization Design Method of the Umbilical Cable Global Configuration Based on Representative Fatigue Conditions	14
A Dense Subframe-Based SLAM Framework With Side-Scan Sonar	14
Joint Channel Estimation and Decoding for Underwater Acoustic Communication With a Short Pilot Sequence	14
Real-Valued Sparse Bayesian Learning for Off-Grid Direction-of-Arrival (DOA) Estimation in Ocean Acoustics	14
Binocular Underwater Measurement With Multicolor Structured Light	13
ADRC-Based Underwater Navigation Control and Parameter Tuning of an Amphibious Multirotor Vehicle	13
Interference-Constrained Scheduling of a Cognitive Multihop Underwater Acoustic Network	13
A Robust Graph-Based Bathymetric Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Approach for AUVs	13
Joint Equalization and Self-Interference Cancellation for Underwater Acoustic In-Band Full-Duplex Communication	13
CGF-Unet: Semantic Segmentation of Sidescan Sonar Based on Unet Combined With Global Features	12
Compressive Sensing of Cyclic Bispectrum	12
Robust and Flexible Maritime ISAR Tracking Algorithm for Multiple Maneuvering Extended Vessels in Heavy-Tailed Clutter Using Skewed Multiple Model MB-Sub-RMM-TBD Filter	12
Development and Motion Mechanism of a Novel Underwater Exploration Robot for Stratum Drilling	12
Conventional Beamforming Algorithm Based on Polarization Filtering for an Acoustic Vector-Sensor Linear Array Mounted Near a Baffle	12
NWSP: A Novel Indicator for Ocean–Land Interface Extraction Using Bathymetric LiDAR	12
Reinforcement Learning Based Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Alignment for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles	11
Diver-Robot Communication Glove Using Sensor-Based Gesture Recognition	11
Information-Driven Path Planning for Hybrid Aerial Underwater Vehicles	11

Bayesian Iterative Channel Estimation and Turbo Equalization for Multiple-Input–Multiple-Output Underwater Acoustic Communications	11
A Two-Stage Underwater Enhancement Network Based on Structure Decomposition and Characteristics of Underwater Imaging	11
Optimization of Flight Parameters for Petrel-L Underwater Glider	11
Optimal Path Planning of Autonomous Marine Vehicles in Stochastic Dynamic Ocean Flows Using a GPU-Accelerated Algorithm	11
Acoustic Assessment of Polymetallic Nodule Abundance Using Sidescan Sonar and Altimeter	10
Generation Mechanism of Acoustic Doppler Velocity Measurement Bias	10
Table of Contents	10
A CFAR Detection Approach for Identifying Gas Bubble Seeps With Multibeam Echo Sounders	10
DAPNet: Dual Attention Probabilistic Network for Underwater Image Enhancement	10
Adaptive Neural Output Feedback Tracking Control of Underactuated Ships Against Uncertainties in Kinematics and System Matrices	10
Evaluation of UKF-Based Fusion Strategies for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Multisensor Navigation	10
Sonar Point Cloud Processing to Identify Sea Turtles by Pattern Analysis	9
UVC-Based Biofouling Suppression for Long-Term Deployment of Underwater Cameras	9
Active Bayesian Deep Learning With Vector Sensor for Passive Sonar Sensing of the Ocean	9
Hybrid Modeling Based Semantic Segmentation of Forward-Looking Sonar Images	9
Generalized Optimal Control for Autonomous Mine Countermeasures Missions	9
Expansion of Field of View for Near-Field Fast Beamforming in 3-D Acoustic Imaging Based on the Optimized Subregion Approach	9
A Shared Control Framework With Constrained Optimization and Guiding Force Feedback for Teleoperation of Underwater Electric Manipulator	9
Variable Buoyancy or Propeller-Based Systems for Hovering Capable Vehicles: An Energetic Comparison	9
Processing Continuous Active Sonar Transmissions to Achieve an Arbitrarily Fast Update Rate With Full Instantaneous Bandwidth	8
A New Miniaturized Acoustic Transmitter for Marine Animal Tracking	8
Modeling of a Marine Hydrokinetic Cycloturbine Vehicle	8
Call for papers: Special Issue on IEEE MetroSea 2023	8
Digital In-Line Holography for Large-Volume Analysis of Vertical Motion of Microscale Marine Plankton and Other Particles	8
Validation of Targets in Sonar Imagery Using Multispectral Analysis	8
Table of Contents	8
Table of Contents	8
Call for papers: Special Issue on Sensors, Actuators, and Energy Harvesting for Sustainable Ocean Observing Systems	8
Measurement of Tidal Currents Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle	8
The Same Reflective Characteristics for Different Effective Geoacoustic Parameters in Different Models	8
Low-Complexity Uncertainty-Set-Based Robust Adaptive Beamforming for Passive Sonar	8
Excellence in Review 2020	8
A Physics-Based Inversion of Multibeam Sonar Data for Seafloor Characterization	8
A Strategy for Sizing and Optimizing the Energy System on Long-Range AUVs	7
Underwater Acoustic Signal Classification Based on Sparse Time–Frequency Representation and Deep Learning	7
A Maneuvering Model for an Underwater Vehicle Near a Free Surface—Part II: Incorporation of the Free-Surface Memory	7
Deep Semisupervised Semantic Segmentation in Multifrequency Echosounder Data	7
Multitask Cooperative Formation Control of Autonomous Surface Vehicles With Interception of Moving Objects	7
An Efficient and Robust Underwater Image Compression Scheme Based on Autoencoder	7
Compounding Approaches for Wind Prediction From Underwater Noise by Supervised Learning	7
Collaborating Underwater Vehicles Conducting Large-Scale Geospatial Tasks	7
Monitoring Tidal Currents and Macroturbulence in a High-Flow Tidal Channel Using a Kilometer-Scale Acoustic Travel-Time Instrument	7
Forward Speed Prediction of a Free-Running Wave-Propelled Boat	7
The Effects of Vertical Correlation Characteristics on Vertical Array Gain Performance in Deep Water	7
Demonstration of Underwater Channel State Information Acquisition in Grand Passage, Nova Scotia	7
A Comparison of Two Methods for Simulating Spatial Coherence-Based Motion Estimation	7
On the Use of Tiny Convolutional Neural Networks for Human-Expert-Level Classification Performance in Sonar Imagery	7
Adaptive Sampling of Surface Fronts in the Arctic Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle	7
Reconstructing High-Frequency Radar Derived Ocean Surface-Current Fields Using Spatio-Temporal Kriging	7
Object Modeling From Underwater Forward-Scan Sonar Imagery With Sea-Surface Multipath	7
Editorial Presenting Abstracts of Accepted/Published JOE Papers at MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conferences	7
Spatial Diversity and Geoacoustic Inversion Using Distributed Sources and Receivers	7
Follow-the-Leader Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Surface Vessels: Design and Experiments	7
Estimating AUV Motion Using a Dual-Sided Synthetic Aperture Sonar	7
Autonomous Ship Collision Avoidance in Restricted Waterways Considering Maritime Navigation Rules	7
Experimental Study of Acoustic Channel Reciprocity in the Shallow Ocean	7