OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Propulsion and Power is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Numerical Simulations of Fuel Shape Change in Paraffin–Oxygen Hybrid Rocket Engines	17
Announcements and Acknowledgements	13
Detailed Performance Studies on a Small Electric-Powered Contra-Rotating Ducted Fan Engine	13
Experimental Characterization of a Hollow Cathode with Iridium–Cerium Alloy	12
Combined Heat Shield and Solar Thermal Propulsion System for an Oberth Maneuver	11
Effect of Co- and Counterswirl Air on Swirl Airblast Atomization	10
Prediction of Burning Characteristics of Dihydroxyglyoxime Composite Propellant	9
Acoustic Waves Generated in Hypergolic Drop Tests of Low- and High-Volatility Fuels	9
Overview of Selected Serpentine Duct Simulations Using Computational Fluid Dynamics	9
Dynamic Regulation Process of the Variable-Geometry Power Turbine	8
Characterizing Hypergolic Propellants Using Impinging Jets and Droplets in Acoustic Levitation	8
Stochastic Emission in Passively Fed Single-Emitter Porous-Media Ionic Liquid Ion Sources	7
Preparation, Ignition, and Combustion of Boron Fuels with CuO as an Additive	7
Driving Mechanisms in Low-Order Modeling of Longitudinal Combustion Instability	7
Direction Control of Rotating Detonation Waves with Helical Combustion Chambers	7
Family of Skeletal Reaction Mechanisms for Methane–Oxygen Combustion in Rocket Propulsion	7
Multi-Element Gaseous Methane–Oxygen Rocket Combustor Optimization for Modern Space-Flight Technology	7
Operation and Power Generation of a Disk-Shaped Pressure Gain Combustor	6
Numerical and Experimental Study of an Aircraft Igniter Plasma Jet Discharge	6
General Burnback Analysis for Anisotropic and Heterogeneous Solid Propellants	5
Effects of Thermal/Chemical Nonequilibrium on a High-Mach Ethylene-Fueled Scramjet	5
Active Flow Control in Compressor Cascades with Steady and Pulsed Jets	5
Advancing Mistuning Identification and Dynamic Modeling of Blisks Through Blade Detuning Tests	5
Loss Mechanisms of Shrouded Stator Cavity Flow in an Axial Compressor	5
Machine-Learning-Based Rotating Detonation Engine Diagnostics: Evaluation for Application in Experimental Facilities	5

Fully Coupled Analysis of Aerothermoelastic Deformation of a Scramjet Inlet	4
Experimental Investigation on Atomization of JP-10 Slurry Jets Containing Boron Nanoparticles	4
Fundamental Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Ne/Xe Plasma Magnetohydrodynamic Electrical Power Generation	4
Impact of Ammonium Perchlorate Content on Electrically Controlled Gel Polymer Electrolyte Monopropellants	4
Contribution of Unsteadiness to Solid Fuel Burning Characteristics in a Scramjet Combustor	4
Surface Structure of Reacting Solid Ramjet Fuels	4
Injection Temperature and Scheme Effects on Neutral Flow Dynamics in Hall Thrusters	4
Crossflow Decane Combustion Using Catalytically Decomposed High-Test Peroxide	4
Thermal–Combustion Coupled Instability in Hybrid Rockets with Fuel Blowing	4
Effect of Fuel Injection Strategy on Generic Scramjet Combustor Operation	4
Multipoint Aerodynamic Optimization of Three-Dimensional Ultra-High-Bypass-Ratio Engine Intakes	4
Experimental Investigation of Throttleable H2O2 and Polypropylene Hybrid Rocket Motor	4
Improved Hybrid Rocket Performance by Additively Manufactured Gel-Infused Solid Fuels	4
Experimental Investigation on Aluminum-Based Water Ramjet for Propelling High-Speed Underwater Vehicles	4
Wave Detection and Tracking Within a Rotating Detonation Engine Through Object Detection	3
Radial Mass Flow Rate Partition on LOx/GCH4 Pintle Injector Configurations	3
Low-Order Autoignition Modeling for Hydrogen Transverse Jets	3
Fuel Regression Characteristics of Axial-Injection End-Burning Hybrid Rockets Using LOX	3
Delayed Detached-Eddy Simulations of Rough-Wall Turbulent Reactive Flows in a Supersonic Combustor	3
Numerical Modeling to Investigate the Aerodynamics of a Boundary-Layer Ingested Transonic Fan	3
Impact of Future Low-Emissions Combustor Technology on Acoustic Scaling Laws	3
Design of an Internal Osculating Waverider Intake	3
Design and Performance of an Electrowetting Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thruster Prototype	3
Numerical Turbulence Modeling in a Transonic Boundary-Layer Ingestion Intake	3
Interaction Behavior of Pulsejet Engines	3
Computational Analysis and Regression Laws for Nozzle Erosion Prediction in Hybrid Rockets	3
Beam Misalignment Effects on Microwave Rocket Propulsion Performance	3
Novel Solid Propellants Enabled Through In Situ Martian Perchlorates	3
Combined Cycle Nuclear System Architecture for Crewed Mars Spacecraft Propulsion and Power	2
Plasma–Wall Interaction Model for Erosion of Materials Under Ion Bombardment	2
Hall Thruster System Using Dry Ice Propellant at the Triple Point	2
Computationally Examining the Effect of Plate Thickness on Hole-Emitter-Type Electrospray Thrusters	2
Parameter Influence on Porous Bleed Performance for Supersonic Turbulent Flows	2
Development of a Liquid-Propellant Rocket Powered by a Rotating Detonation Engine	2
Design Space Exploration of Lithium-Ion Battery Packs for Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft Applications	2
Data-Driven Analysis of Tortuous Gas Turbine Inlet Truncation to Reduce Computational Cost	2
Limit Cycle Oscillating Detonation Wave Behavior Analysis Within a Rotating Detonation Engine	2
Announcements and Acknowledgments	2
Microthrusters’ Combustion Control Using Jellied Propellant Flowing Through an Orifice Plate	2
Variably Premixed Rotating Detonation Engine for Evaluation of Detonation Cycle Dynamics	2
Simplified Plasmadynamics Model of a Coaxial Self-Field Plasma Accelerator	2
Suppression of Azimuthal Combustion Instability Using Perforated Liner Under Symmetry Breaking	2
Stochastic Equilibrium Analysis to Optimize Solid Propellant Combustion Gas Composition	2
Charactering Catalytic Ignition and Combustion for the Ninety-Percent Hydrogen-Peroxide/Paraffin-Based Hybrid Rocket Engine	2
Performance of Water-Augmented Metallized Hybrid Propellant Ram Rocket During Underwater Motion	2
Numerical Analysis of a Novel Casing Treatment in an Axial Flow Fan	2
Evaluating the Effects of Fill Height in a Narrow Detonation Channel	1
Coupling Effect of Multicavity on Flame Stabilization Mode Transitions in Scramjet Combustor	1
Computational Study of Propulsive Performance of Frozen Nano-Aluminum and Water (ALICE) Mixtures	1
Numerical Estimation of Nozzle Throat Heat Flux in Oxygen-Methane Rocket Engines	1

Assessment of Pseudoshock Models Against Experiment in a Low-Aspect-Ratio Isolator	1
Propellant Surface Evolution of a Coaxial Pulsed Plasma Thruster	1
Ejector Recirculation and Entrainment	1
Extinguishing and Combustion Characteristics of Electrically Controllable Solid Propellants Under Elevated Pressures	1
Inlet Guide Vane Stagger Effects on Multistage Compressor Performance and Stall Inception	1
Solid-Fuel Ramjet Regression Rate Measurements Using X-Ray Radiography and Ultrasonic Transducers	1
Lagrangian Simulation Methodology for Large-Eddy Simulations of Prefilming Air-Blast Injectors	1
Conceptual Design of Small-Sized Thruster Using Laser Ignition of High-Energy Monopropellant	1
Improving Base-Drag Corrections for Rotating Detonation Combustor Gross Thrust Measurements	1
Liquid Column Separation Due to Fluid Hammer Occurrence in Propellant Lines	1
Active Energy Management for Enhanced Engine Transient Operations	1
Fuel Injector Requirements to Achieve Supercritical Flow at the Exit	1
Simulated Scramjet Shock Train Control Using an All-Coefficient Adaptive Control Approach	1
Three-Dimensional Kinetic Simulations of Carbon Backsputtering in Vacuum Chambers from Ion Thruster Plumes	1
Investigating the Chemical Stability of Electrospray Plumes During Particle Collisions	1
Computational Study on Fully Coupled Combustor–Turbine Interactions	1
Reducing Preheating Requirements for 1-N-Scale Thruster with Ammonium Dinitramide-H2O2 Monopropellant	1
Effects of Thermal Expansion and Pressure on Far-Field Fluctuations of Heterogeneous Propellants	1
Electrically Controlled Ignition Performance of LiClO₄/PVA/H₂O Propellants	1
Seven-Zone Parametric Optimization Method for Compressor Profile with Controllable Maximum Thickness	1
Methodology for Assessing Retrofitted Hydrogen Combustion and Fuel Cell Aircraft Environmental Impacts	1
Tandem Energy-Analyzer/Mass-Spectrometer Measurements of an Ionic Liquid Ion Source	1
Performance Scaling of Modular Hybrid Propulsion System for Flight Vehicles	1
Observation of Plasma Turbulence in a Hall Thruster Using Microwave Interferometry	1
Processing and Testing Subscale Motors with Central Finocyl Grain Using Wax Mandrel	1
Statistical Characterization of Emitter Fabrication over Electrospray Array Thruster	1
Thrust Performance of Converging Rotating Detonation Engine Compared with Steady Rocket Engine	1
Deflagration to Detonation Transition in Heterogeneous Mixtures Containing Ethanol/Acetone and Oxygen	1
Ignition and Extinction Characteristics of Electrically Controlled Solid Propellants	1
Similarity and Scaling in a Liquid-Fuel Ramjet Combustor	1