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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Containership size and quay crane productivity: empirical evidence from Busan New Port	80
The influence of energy efficiency and carbon indicators on ship prices: early evidence from the tanker and bulk carrier sectors	74
On improving containership stowage planning from the perspective of an entire voyage	69
Leveraging machine learning and optimization models for enhanced seaport efficiency	49
The Red Sea crisis and chokepoints to trade and international shipping	43
Exploring the key enablers of robotic process automation in the maritime industry	43
Estimating vessel waiting time using queuing models	42
Port-city symbiosis and uneven development: a critical essay on forestry exports and maritime trade from Coronel, Chile	41
Integrating gravity models and network analysis in logistical strategic planning: a case of the India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)	39
The prospects for, and implications of, emissions trading in shipping	38
Joint scheduling of vessels and vessel service providers for enhancing the efficiency of the port call process	38
Emissions intensity comparisons and consumption-based CO2 accounting of transportation services	36
Port cyberattacks from 2011 to 2023: a literature review and discussion of selected cases	30
Container port performance assessment: a nonnegative matrix factorization approach	28
Advances in risk management: optimum investment portfolios in tanker shipping	26
The ‘new normal’, global uncertainty and key challenges in building reliable and resilient supply chains	25
Advances in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in merchant shipping	24
When “port-out – city-in” becomes a strategy: is the port–city interface conflict in Amsterdam an observation or a self-fulfilling prophecy?	24
Prioritizing critical success factors for Port digital transformation: A CFPR-Based analysis from Vietnam	24
Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications	22
Cyber security risk assessment in autonomous shipping	22
Examining port selection factors in Sub-Saharan Africa using the modified importance-performance analysis	20
Operational and economic advantages of autonomous ships and their perceived impacts on port operations	19
Economies of scale vs. service quality and environmental concerns: an application to integrated sea-land shipping systems with carbon tax policy insights	19
On the positive economic impacts of port infrastructure development and seaborne trade efficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Senegal	19

Creating value through autonomous shipping: an ecosystem perspective	18
Assessing the decarbonization roadmap of a RoPax ferry	18
Priority rules for handling containers to improve energy consumption and terminal efficiency	17
Port choice using aggregate open data: an application to Colombian port zones	15
Evaluation of novel inland waterway transport concepts for moving freight effectively	14
Maritime governance after COVID-19: how responses to market developments and environmental challenges lead towards degrowth	14
A systemic risk framework to improve the resilience of port and supply-chain networks to natural hazards	14
CO2 emissions in a global container shipping network and policy implications	14
The impact of Fit for 55 on Ireland’s maritime transport sector and the macroeconomy	14
Topics and trends in maritime decarbonization: A structural topic model approach	13
Historical developments in Maritime Economics: Contributions by NHH Norwegian School of Economics	12
Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports	12
Freight rate volatility and flag-switching decisions	11
Inside and outside the docks: exploring the costs, benefits, and impacts of port automation in the United States—a port of New York/New Jersey case study	11
The relationship between technical innovation and financial performance in shipping firms	11
A novel hybrid deep-learning framework for medium-term container throughput forecasting: an application to China’s Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai hub ports	9
Developing a smart port architecture and essential elements in the era of Industry 4.0	9
The Red Sea Crisis: ramifications for vessel operations, shipping networks, and maritime supply chains	9
Port city symbiosis: introduction to the special issue	8
On assessing input congestion in container terminals	8
Identification of shipping schedule cancellations with AIS data: an application to the Europe-Far East route before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Shipping ecosystem: concept and policy implications	8
A connectivity-based approach to evaluating port importance in the global container shipping network	8
Assessing the implementation of governance best practices by Latin American ports	8
Using association rules to map vessel behaviour patterns and port relationships	8
Maritime governance: piloting maritime transport through the stormy seas of climate change	8
Key drivers of the shipping sector: comparing time-series econometrics and machine learning artificial intelligence for forecasting freight rates and steel scrap prices	7
Understanding the impact of demand shocks on the container port industry	7
Implications of autonomous shipping for maritime education and training: the cadet’s perspective	7
Seaport profit analysis and efficient management strategies under stochastic disruptions	7
Profitability prospects for container roll-on/roll-off shipping on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)	7
Energy transition and city–port symbiosis in biomass import–export regions	6
How do sustainable port practices influence local communities’ perceptions of ports?	6
Advances in terminal management: simulation of vehicle traffic in container terminals	6
An evolution of the Global Container Shipping Network: port connectivity and trading community structure (2011–2017)	6
The impact of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative on the carbon intensity of the participating countries	6
A resilience assessment model for dry bulk shipping supply chains: the case of the Ukraine grain corridor	5
Digital twins: digitalization of automated container terminals in seaports	5
Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation	5
Process mining ship arrivals in port: the case of the Port of Antwerp	5
Favourable funding conditions: friend or foe of shipping M&As?	5
Social license to operate: Factors determining social acceptance among local port community stakeholders	5
Turning followers into leaders: commercial shipping versus navy—a literature review	5
A hub-location periodic vehicle routing problem in offshore oil and gas logistics	4
Loading and unloading trains at the landside of container terminals	4
Smart ports for sustainable shipping: concept and practices revisited through the case study of China’s Tianjin port	4
Influencer marketing in B2B services: a holistic approach for the container shipping industry	4
Publisher Correction: Optimizing ocean gateways: an empirical study of port privatization and its effects on the performance of the Indian major ports	4
Handling modular containers in a physical internet environment	4
Dry port location selection using a fuzzy AHP-BWM-PROMETHEE approach	4