OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Maritime Economics & Logistics is 4. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Leveraging machine learning and optimization models for enhanced seaport efficiency	65
On improving containership stowage planning from the perspective of an entire voyage	58
Containership size and quay crane productivity: empirical evidence from Busan New Port	54
The Red Sea crisis and chokepoints to trade and international shipping	40
The influence of energy efficiency and carbon indicators on ship prices: early evidence from the tanker and bulk carrier sectors	39
Port-city symbiosis and uneven development: a critical essay on forestry exports and maritime trade from Coronel, Chile	37
Exploring the key enablers of robotic process automation in the maritime industry	37
Estimating vessel waiting time using queuing models	37
Integrating gravity models and network analysis in logistical strategic planning: a case of the India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)	33
The prospects for, and implications of, emissions trading in shipping	33
Joint scheduling of vessels and vessel service providers for enhancing the efficiency of the port call process	31
Information sharing to mitigate delays in port: the case of the Port of Rotterdam	29
Port cyberattacks from 2011 to 2023: a literature review and discussion of selected cases	24
Emissions intensity comparisons and consumption-based CO2 accounting of transportation services	23
Advances in risk management: optimum investment portfolios in tanker shipping	22
When “port-out – city-in” becomes a strategy: is the port–city interface conflict in Amsterdam an observation or a self-fulfilling prophecy?	21
The ‘new normal’, global uncertainty and key challenges in building reliable and resilient supply chains	21
Container port performance assessment: a nonnegative matrix factorization approach	21
Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications	20
Cyber security risk assessment in autonomous shipping	19
Advances in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in merchant shipping	18
Examining port selection factors in Sub-Saharan Africa using the modified importance-performance analysis	18
Operational and economic advantages of autonomous ships and their perceived impacts on port operations	17
Assessment of investment decisions in bulk shipping through fuzzy real options analysis	16
On the positive economic impacts of port infrastructure development and seaborne trade efficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Senegal	16

Priority rules for handling containers to improve energy consumption and terminal efficiency	15
Creating value through autonomous shipping: an ecosystem perspective	14
Assessing the decarbonization roadmap of a RoPax ferry	14
Economies of scale vs. service quality and environmental concerns: an application to integrated sea-land shipping systems with carbon tax policy insights	14
The impact of Fit for 55 on Ireland’s maritime transport sector and the macroeconomy	13
CO2 emissions in a global container shipping network and policy implications	12
Maritime governance after COVID-19: how responses to market developments and environmental challenges lead towards degrowth	11
Port choice using aggregate open data: an application to Colombian port zones	11
A systemic risk framework to improve the resilience of port and supply-chain networks to natural hazards	11
The impact of specialization, ownership, competition and regulation on efficiency: a case study of Indian seaports	10
Evaluation of novel inland waterway transport concepts for moving freight effectively	10
Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports	10
Topics and trends in maritime decarbonization: A structural topic model approach	10
The Red Sea Crisis: ramifications for vessel operations, shipping networks, and maritime supply chains	9
The relationship between technical innovation and financial performance in shipping firms	9
Freight rate volatility and flag-switching decisions	9
Identification of shipping schedule cancellations with AIS data: an application to the Europe-Far East route before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Port city symbiosis: introduction to the special issue	8
A novel hybrid deep-learning framework for medium-term container throughput forecasting: an application to China’s Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai hub ports	8
Seaport profit analysis and efficient management strategies under stochastic disruptions	7
Assessing the implementation of governance best practices by Latin American ports	7
Maritime governance: piloting maritime transport through the stormy seas of climate change	7
Developing a smart port architecture and essential elements in the era of Industry 4.0	7
Shipping ecosystem: concept and policy implications	7
Profitability prospects for container roll-on/roll-off shipping on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)	6
On assessing input congestion in container terminals	6
A connectivity-based approach to evaluating port importance in the global container shipping network	6
Understanding the impact of demand shocks on the container port industry	6
Implications of autonomous shipping for maritime education and training: the cadet’s perspective	6
How do sustainable port practices influence local communities’ perceptions of ports?	5
Advances in terminal management: simulation of vehicle traffic in container terminals	5
Social license to operate: Factors determining social acceptance among local port community stakeholders	5
The impact of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative on the carbon intensity of the participating countries	5
Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation	5
Process mining ship arrivals in port: the case of the Port of Antwerp	5
Energy transition and city–port symbiosis in biomass import–export regions	5
Influencer marketing in B2B services: a holistic approach for the container shipping industry	4
Turning followers into leaders: commercial shipping versus navy—a literature review	4
Loading and unloading trains at the landside of container terminals	4
Favourable funding conditions: friend or foe of shipping M&As?	4
A resilience assessment model for dry bulk shipping supply chains: the case of the Ukraine grain corridor	4
An evolution of the Global Container Shipping Network: port connectivity and trading community structure (2011–2017)	4
Digital twins: digitalization of automated container terminals in seaports	4
A hub-location periodic vehicle routing problem in offshore oil and gas logistics	4