OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Propulsion and Power is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Experimental Characterization of a Hollow Cathode with Iridium–Cerium Alloy	24
Announcements and Acknowledgements	20
Correlation for Restart Boundaries of Simplified Two-Dimensional Hypersonic Inlets	16
Effect of Co- and Counterswirl Air on Swirl Airblast Atomization	16
Prediction of Burning Characteristics of Dihydroxyglyoxime Composite Propellant	16
Detailed Performance Studies on a Small Electric-Powered Contra-Rotating Ducted Fan Engine	15
Combined Heat Shield and Solar Thermal Propulsion System for an Oberth Maneuver	14
Numerical Simulations of Fuel Shape Change in Paraffin–Oxygen Hybrid Rocket Engines	14
Direction Control of Rotating Detonation Waves with Helical Combustion Chambers	13
Overview of Selected Serpentine Duct Simulations Using Computational Fluid Dynamics	13
Preparation, Ignition, and Combustion of Boron Fuels with CuO as an Additive	13
Expandable Graphite, a Novel Regression Rate Enhancer in the Solid Fuel Ramjet	13
Characterizing Hypergolic Propellants Using Impinging Jets and Droplets in Acoustic Levitation	12
Simulation of Vacuum Chamber Pressure Distributions with Uncertainty Quantification	11
Dynamic Regulation Process of the Variable-Geometry Power Turbine	10
Acoustic Waves Generated in Hypergolic Drop Tests of Low- and High-Volatility Fuels	10
Driving Mechanisms in Low-Order Modeling of Longitudinal Combustion Instability	9
Data-Driven Wall Pressure Reconstruction and Sparse Sensor Optimization for Supersonic Nozzles	9
Family of Skeletal Reaction Mechanisms for Methane–Oxygen Combustion in Rocket Propulsion	8
General Burnback Analysis for Anisotropic and Heterogeneous Solid Propellants	8
Machine-Learning-Based Rotating Detonation Engine Diagnostics: Evaluation for Application in Experimental Facilities	8
Multi-Element Gaseous Methane–Oxygen Rocket Combustor Optimization for Modern Space-Flight Technology	8
Operation and Power Generation of a Disk-Shaped Pressure Gain Combustor	8
Stochastic Emission in Passively Fed Single-Emitter Porous-Media Ionic Liquid Ion Sources	8
Effects of Thermal/Chemical Nonequilibrium on a High-Mach Ethylene-Fueled Scramjet	8

Surface Structure of Reacting Solid Ramjet Fuels	7
Numerical and Experimental Study of an Aircraft Igniter Plasma Jet Discharge	7
Contribution of Unsteadiness to Solid Fuel Burning Characteristics in a Scramjet Combustor	7
Advancing Mistuning Identification and Dynamic Modeling of Blisks Through Blade Detuning Tests	7
Active Flow Control in Compressor Cascades with Steady and Pulsed Jets	7
Fully Coupled Analysis of Aerothermoelastic Deformation of a Scramjet Inlet	7
Effect of Varying Secondary Swirl Injector Location on Performance of Hybrid Rocket	7
Loss Mechanisms of Shrouded Stator Cavity Flow in an Axial Compressor	7
Experimental Investigation on Atomization of JP-10 Slurry Jets Containing Boron Nanoparticles	6
Pilot Injection Impact on Ignition of F-24/ATJ Blends Under Various Conditions	6
Effects of Evaporation Modeling on Kerosene–Air Oblique Detonation	6
Performance of Novel Electrode Structures for Electrically Controlled Solid Propellant	6
Experimental Investigation on Aluminum-Based Water Ramjet for Propelling High-Speed Underwater Vehicles	6
Uncertainty Quantification of Slab Burner Simulation: Surrogates, Forward Propagation, and Parameter Calibration	6
Multipoint Aerodynamic Optimization of Three-Dimensional Ultra-High-Bypass-Ratio Engine Intakes	6
Improved Hybrid Rocket Performance by Additively Manufactured Gel-Infused Solid Fuels	6
Effect of Fuel Injection Strategy on Generic Scramjet Combustor Operation	6
Experimental Investigation of Throttleable H2O2 and Polypropylene Hybrid Rocket Motor	6
Fundamental Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Ne/Xe Plasma Magnetohydrodynamic Electrical Power Generation	5
Numerical Turbulence Modeling in a Transonic Boundary-Layer Ingestion Intake	5
Computational Analysis and Regression Laws for Nozzle Erosion Prediction in Hybrid Rockets	5
Impact of Ammonium Perchlorate Content on Electrically Controlled Gel Polymer Electrolyte Monopropellants	5
Crossflow Decane Combustion Using Catalytically Decomposed High-Test Peroxide	5
Interaction Behavior of Pulsejet Engines	5
Numerical Modeling to Investigate the Aerodynamics of a Boundary-Layer Ingested Transonic Fan	5
Injection Temperature and Scheme Effects on Neutral Flow Dynamics in Hall Thrusters	5
Wave Detection and Tracking Within a Rotating Detonation Engine Through Object Detection	5
Thermal–Combustion Coupled Instability in Hybrid Rockets with Fuel Blowing	5
Impact of Future Low-Emissions Combustor Technology on Acoustic Scaling Laws	4
Fuel Regression Characteristics of Axial-Injection End-Burning Hybrid Rockets Using LOX	4
Design of an Internal Osculating Waverider Intake	4
Design and Performance of an Electrowetting Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thruster Prototype	4
Beam Misalignment Effects on Microwave Rocket Propulsion Performance	4
Low-Order Autoignition Modeling for Hydrogen Transverse Jets	4
Radial Mass Flow Rate Partition on LOx/GCH4 Pintle Injector Configurations	4
Simplified Plasmadynamics Model of a Coaxial Self-Field Plasma Accelerator	4
Combined Cycle Nuclear System Architecture for Crewed Mars Spacecraft Propulsion and Power	4
Data-Driven Analysis of Tortuous Gas Turbine Inlet Truncation to Reduce Computational Cost	4
Delayed Detached-Eddy Simulations of Rough-Wall Turbulent Reactive Flows in a Supersonic Combustor	4
Novel Solid Propellants Enabled Through In Situ Martian Perchlorates	4
Suppression of Azimuthal Combustion Instability Using Perforated Liner Under Symmetry Breaking	4
Extinguishing and Combustion Characteristics of Electrically Controllable Solid Propellants Under Elevated Pressures	3
Charactering Catalytic Ignition and Combustion for the Ninety-Percent Hydrogen-Peroxide/Paraffin-Based Hybrid Rocket Engine	3
Design Space Exploration of Lithium-Ion Battery Packs for Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft Applications	3
Announcements and Acknowledgments	3
Microthrusters’ Combustion Control Using Jellied Propellant Flowing Through an Orifice Plate	3
Variably Premixed Rotating Detonation Engine for Evaluation of Detonation Cycle Dynamics	3
Stall Inception of Axial Fan with Foam Metal Casing Treatment	3
Processing and Testing Subscale Motors with Central Finocyl Grain Using Wax Mandrel	3
Correction: Comparison of Turbulence and Chemistry Closures in a Solid Fuel Ramjet Combustor	3

Computationally Examining the Effect of Plate Thickness on Hole-Emitter-Type Electrospray Thrusters	3
Plasma–Wall Interaction Model for Erosion of Materials Under Ion Bombardment	3
Stochastic Equilibrium Analysis to Optimize Solid Propellant Combustion Gas Composition	3
Statistical Characterization of Emitter Fabrication over Electrospray Array Thruster	3
Study of Boron Fuel in a Water-Breathing Ramjet	3
Heat Transfer in Rocket Combustion Chambers Firing Plates: Role of Injector Confinement	3
Parameter Influence on Porous Bleed Performance for Supersonic Turbulent Flows	3
Development of a Liquid-Propellant Rocket Powered by a Rotating Detonation Engine	3
Hall Thruster System Using Dry Ice Propellant at the Triple Point	3
Limit Cycle Oscillating Detonation Wave Behavior Analysis Within a Rotating Detonation Engine	3
Performance of Water-Augmented Metallized Hybrid Propellant Ram Rocket During Underwater Motion	3
Development and Evaluation of Reduced Kinetics Models for 1,3-Butadiene–Air Combustion	3
Ejector Recirculation and Entrainment	3
Conceptual Design of Small-Sized Thruster Using Laser Ignition of High-Energy Monopropellant	2
Electrically Controlled Ignition Performance of LiClO₄/PVA/H₂O Propellants	2
Observation of Plasma Turbulence in a Hall Thruster Using Microwave Interferometry	2
Improving Base-Drag Corrections for Rotating Detonation Combustor Gross Thrust Measurements	2
Reducing Preheating Requirements for 1-N-Scale Thruster with Ammonium Dinitramide-H2O2 Monopropellant	2
Numerical Estimation of Nozzle Throat Heat Flux in Oxygen-Methane Rocket Engines	2
Simulated Scramjet Shock Train Control Using an All-Coefficient Adaptive Control Approach	2
Performance Scaling of Modular Hybrid Propulsion System for Flight Vehicles	2
Evaluating the Effects of Fill Height in a Narrow Detonation Channel	2
Numerical Analysis of a Novel Casing Treatment in an Axial Flow Fan	2
Effects of Thermal Expansion and Pressure on Far-Field Fluctuations of Heterogeneous Propellants	2
Lagrangian Simulation Methodology for Large-Eddy Simulations of Prefilming Air-Blast Injectors	2
Three-Dimensional Kinetic Simulations of Carbon Backsputtering in Vacuum Chambers from Ion Thruster Plumes	2
Propellant Surface Evolution of a Coaxial Pulsed Plasma Thruster	2
Ignition and Extinction Characteristics of Electrically Controlled Solid Propellants	2
Thrust Performance of Converging Rotating Detonation Engine Compared with Steady Rocket Engine	2
Seven-Zone Parametric Optimization Method for Compressor Profile with Controllable Maximum Thickness	2
Flame-Spreading Process in Solid Rocket Motor with Fin Slots	2
Coupling Effect of Multicavity on Flame Stabilization Mode Transitions in Scramjet Combustor	2
Investigating the Chemical Stability of Electrospray Plumes During Particle Collisions	2
Computational Study on Fully Coupled Combustor–Turbine Interactions	2
Fuel Injector Requirements to Achieve Supercritical Flow at the Exit	2
Optimized Postprocessing Method for Fatigue Life Evaluation of Reusable Rocket Combustion Chambers	2
Similarity and Scaling in a Liquid-Fuel Ramjet Combustor	2
Inlet Guide Vane Stagger Effects on Multistage Compressor Performance and Stall Inception	2
Methodology for Assessing Retrofitted Hydrogen Combustion and Fuel Cell Aircraft Environmental Impacts	2
Liquid Column Separation Due to Fluid Hammer Occurrence in Propellant Lines	2
Assessment of Pseudoshock Models Against Experiment in a Low-Aspect-Ratio Isolator	2
Deflagration to Detonation Transition in Heterogeneous Mixtures Containing Ethanol/Acetone and Oxygen	2
Solid-Fuel Ramjet Regression Rate Measurements Using X-Ray Radiography and Ultrasonic Transducers	2