OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Progress in Aerospace Sciences is 22. 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
Strategies towards a more sustainable aviation: A systematic review	60
Advances in Integrated System Health Management for mission-essential and safety-critical aerospace applications	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
Equilibrium and non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers	38
A road map for reliable power electronics for more electric aircraft	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
Recent progresses in lightweight carbon fibre reinforced lattice cylindrical shells	26
Review of acoustic metasurfaces for hypersonic boundary layer stabilization	26
Review of sustainable energy carriers for aviation: Benefits, challenges, and future viability	25
On-board cooperative spacecraft relative navigation fusing GNSS with vision	25
Review of space habitat designs for long term space explorations	25
A review of aircraft auxiliary power unit faults, diagnostics and acoustic measurements	24
An overview of testing methods for aeroengine fan noise	24
Sustainable aircraft design — A review on optimization methods for electric propulsion with derived optimal number of propulsors	23
A review of membrane-wing aeroelasticity	22
Miniaturization perspectives of electrostatic propulsion for small spacecraft platforms	22