OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Progress in Aerospace Sciences 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Designing airspace for urban air mobility: A review of concepts and approaches	186
Research progress on active thermal protection for hypersonic vehicles	146
Review of combustion stabilization for hypersonic airbreathing propulsion	123
Machine learning in aerodynamic shape optimization	111
Review of advanced guidance and control algorithms for space/aerospace vehicles	108
Data-driven modeling for unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity	102
A review of turbulent skin-friction drag reduction by near-wall transverse forcing	90
Turbulent boundary layer trailing-edge noise: Theory, computation, experiment, and application	88
Recent developments in the aeroelasticity of morphing aircraft	85
Aircraft thermal management: Practices, technology, system architectures, future challenges, and opportunities	79
Guided waves for structural health monitoring in composites: A review and implementation strategies	68
Advances in Integrated System Health Management for mission-essential and safety-critical aerospace applications	60
Strategies towards a more sustainable aviation: A systematic review	60
A review of avian-inspired morphing for UAV flight control	57
Recent advancements in sustainable aviation fuels	56
Hydrogen-powered aircraft: Fundamental concepts, key technologies, and environmental impacts	53
Unconventional aircraft for civil aviation: A review of concepts and design methodologies	51
Review of contact and contactless active space debris removal approaches	49
A comprehensive review of Electric Solar Wind Sail concept and its applications	46
A review of gas-surface interaction models for orbital aerodynamics applications	44
Review of using small UAV based meteorological measurements for road weather management	43
Research status and future development of crashworthiness of civil aircraft fuselage structures: An overview	43
A review of installation effects of ultra-high bypass ratio engines	42
Fault-tolerant spacecraft attitude control: A critical assessment	41
Aircraft trajectory prediction and synchronization for air traffic management applications	40

Review on planetary regolith-sampling technology	39
A road map for reliable power electronics for more electric aircraft	38
Equilibrium and non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers	38
On ultrasound propagation in composite laminates: advances in numerical simulation	37
Development and progress in aeroacoustic noise reduction on turbofan aeroengines	35
Recent advances in contact dynamics and post-capture control for combined spacecraft	33
Public perception of advanced aviation technologies: A review and roadmap to acceptance	32
AGILE Paradigm: The next generation collaborative MDO for the development of aeronautical systems	30
Advances in spacecraft micro-vibration suppression methods	29
Research and advancements in hybrid airships—A review	27
Review of acoustic metasurfaces for hypersonic boundary layer stabilization	26
Recent progresses in lightweight carbon fibre reinforced lattice cylindrical shells	26
On-board cooperative spacecraft relative navigation fusing GNSS with vision	25
Review of space habitat designs for long term space explorations	25
Review of sustainable energy carriers for aviation: Benefits, challenges, and future viability	25
An overview of testing methods for aeroengine fan noise	24
A review of aircraft auxiliary power unit faults, diagnostics and acoustic measurements	24
Sustainable aircraft design — A review on optimization methods for electric propulsion with derived optimal number of propulsors	23
Miniaturization perspectives of electrostatic propulsion for small spacecraft platforms	22
A review of membrane-wing aeroelasticity	22
Review of hybrid-electric aircraft technologies and designs: Critical analysis and novel solutions	21
Recent developments in the aero-optical effects of high-speed optical apertures: From transonic to high-supersonic flows	20
Orbital debris removal using micropatterned dry adhesives: Review and recent advances	20
Non-intrusive flow diagnostics for unsteady inlet flow distortion measurements in novel aircraft architectures	20
Review of control surface freeplay	19
A review of mathematical modelling techniques for advanced rotorcraft configurations	19
Combustor technology of high temperature rise for aero engine	18
Classification of actuation mechanism designs with structural block diagrams for flapping-wing drones: A comprehensive review	18
Review of hybrid aquatic-aerial vehicle (HAAV): Classifications, current status, applications, challenges and technology perspectives	18
Challenges, prospects and potential future orientation of hydrogen aviation and the airport hydrogen supply network: A state-of-art review	18
Review of rotating wing dynamic stall: Experiments and flow control	17
Enhancing optimization capabilities using the AGILE collaborative MDO framework with application to wing and nacelle design	16
Network-based analysis of fluid flows: Progress and outlook	16
Recent development of intake devices for atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion system	16
Multi-rotor wake propagation and flow development modeling: A review	16
Review of technology trends in new space missions using a patent analytics approach	16
Recent progress, challenges and outlook for multidisciplinary structural optimization of aircraft and aerial vehicles	15
A review of the bird impact process and validation of the SPH impact model for aircraft structures	15
Multidisciplinary aircraft integration within a collaborative and distributed design framework using the AGILE paradigm	14
Review on the design of an aircraft crashworthy passenger seat	14
Review of unsteady aerodynamics of supersonic parachutes	14
Thermal management challenges in hybrid-electric propulsion aircraft	14
A holistic review of the current state of research on aircraft design concepts and consideration for advanced air mobility applications	14
Thin-walled deployable composite structures: A review	13
Modelling load transfer in single-lap adhesively bonded and hybrid (bolted / bonded) joints	12
An overview of gravity effects on flow boiling instabilities	11
Technical progress in landing mechanisms for exploring small solar system bodies	11
A review of the shock-dominated flow in a hypersonic inlet/isolator	11
Research and development of aerospace vehicles with air breathing electric propulsion: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow	11
About the combination of high and low frequency methods for impact detection on aerospace components	10

Additive manufacturing in the new space economy: Current achievements and future perspectives	10
On low-velocity impact behaviour of composite laminates: Damage investigation and influence of matrix and temperature	10
Review of the hybrid gas - electric aircraft propulsion systems versus alternative systems	10
Artificial Intelligence for Trusted Autonomous Satellite Operations	10
The carbon dioxide challenge facing U.S. aviation and paths to achieve net zero emissions by 2050	9
Algorithms and applications of intelligent swarm cooperative control: A comprehensive survey	9
A perspective on the urgency for green aviation	8
Knowledge architecture supporting the next generation of MDO in the AGILE paradigm	8
Flight dynamics of unconventional configurations	8
An open thinking for a vision on sustainable green aviation	8
Advancements and prospects of boundary layer ingestion propulsion concepts	8
Sub-scale flight test model design: Developments, challenges and opportunities	7
Cooperative motion planning and control for aerial-ground autonomous systems: Methods and applications	7
Collaborative Architecture supporting the next generation of MDAO within the AGILE paradigm	7
A systematic review of design for additive manufacturing of aerospace lattice structures: Current trends and future directions	7