OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Maritime Economics & Logistics is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Containership size and quay crane productivity: empirical evidence from Busan New Port	132
On improving containership stowage planning from the perspective of an entire voyage	65
The influence of energy efficiency and carbon indicators on ship prices: early evidence from the tanker and bulk carrier sectors	57
Leveraging machine learning and optimization models for enhanced seaport efficiency	47
Technological forecasting of port digitalization using patent analysis	37
The Red Sea crisis and chokepoints to trade and international shipping	37
Exploring the key enablers of robotic process automation in the maritime industry	28
Estimating vessel waiting time using queuing models	28
Joint scheduling of vessels and vessel service providers for enhancing the efficiency of the port call process	24
Integrating gravity models and network analysis in logistical strategic planning: a case of the India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)	23
The prospects for, and implications of, emissions trading in shipping	22
Port-city symbiosis and uneven development: a critical essay on forestry exports and maritime trade from Coronel, Chile	22
Emissions intensity comparisons and consumption-based CO2 accounting of transportation services	19
Advances in risk management: optimum investment portfolios in tanker shipping	19
Port cyberattacks from 2011 to 2023: a literature review and discussion of selected cases	19
Prioritizing critical success factors for Port digital transformation: A CFPR-Based analysis from Vietnam	18
The ‘new normal’, global uncertainty and key challenges in building reliable and resilient supply chains	18
Chartering game under carbon intensity indicator regulation	17
Container port performance assessment: a nonnegative matrix factorization approach	16
Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications	16
Examining port selection factors in Sub-Saharan Africa using the modified importance-performance analysis	15
A digital twin approach to enhancing the reliability of inland waterway transport via water-level forecasting and port call coordination	14
On the positive economic impacts of port infrastructure development and seaborne trade efficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Senegal	14
Priority rules for handling containers to improve energy consumption and terminal efficiency	13
Assessing the decarbonization roadmap of a RoPax ferry	13

Economies of scale vs. service quality and environmental concerns: an application to integrated sea-land shipping systems with carbon tax policy insights	13
The impact of Fit for 55 on Ireland’s maritime transport sector and the macroeconomy	12
CO2 emissions in a global container shipping network and policy implications	11
Shipping connectivity and bilateral trade in low and middle income regions: evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean	11
Evaluation of novel inland waterway transport concepts for moving freight effectively	11
Mediterranean container port reconfiguration under geopolitical disruption: an AIS-based multi-scale analysis	10
Maritime container transportation efficiency through robotic process automation: a digital transformation perspective	10
Advanced machine learning approaches for bankruptcy prediction in the shipping industry: a comparative analysis across time horizons	10
Maritime ringside: Trump’s overseas port policies amid US–China rivalry	9
Topics and trends in maritime decarbonization: A structural topic model approach	9
Shock propagation and port-congestion hysteresis in maritime disruptions: evidence from COVID-19, the Suez blockage, and the Red Sea crisis	9
Long-term prediction of liquefied natural gas spot freight rates	8
The relationship between technical innovation and financial performance in shipping firms	8
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	8
Impact of weather conditions on port efficiency: evidence from Tangshan Port	8
The Red Sea Crisis: ramifications for vessel operations, shipping networks, and maritime supply chains	8
Historical developments in Maritime Economics: Contributions by NHH Norwegian School of Economics	8
Port city symbiosis: introduction to the special issue	7
Identification of shipping schedule cancellations with AIS data: an application to the Europe-Far East route before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
A novel hybrid deep-learning framework for medium-term container throughput forecasting: an application to China’s Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai hub ports	7
Using association rules to map vessel behaviour patterns and port relationships	7
Seaport profit analysis and efficient management strategies under stochastic disruptions	6
On assessing input congestion in container terminals	5
A connectivity-based approach to evaluating port importance in the global container shipping network	5
Profitability prospects for container roll-on/roll-off shipping on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)	5
Key drivers of the shipping sector: comparing time-series econometrics and machine learning artificial intelligence for forecasting freight rates and steel scrap prices	5
Link prediction of the global container shipping network using multi-index coupled learning based on random forest classifier	5
Shipping ecosystem: concept and policy implications	5
Advances in terminal management: simulation of vehicle traffic in container terminals	4
Special issue: applications of new technologies in maritime transport, ports and global supply chains	4
Social license to operate: Factors determining social acceptance among local port community stakeholders	4
Volatility in shipping markets: a multi-perspective analysis using time series and deep learning models	4
Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation	4
The impact of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative on the carbon intensity of the participating countries	4
Favourable funding conditions: friend or foe of shipping M&As?	3
Handling modular containers in a physical internet environment	3
An evolution of the Global Container Shipping Network: port connectivity and trading community structure (2011–2017)	3
Digital twins: digitalization of automated container terminals in seaports	3
Influencer marketing in B2B services: a holistic approach for the container shipping industry	3
A hub-location periodic vehicle routing problem in offshore oil and gas logistics	3
A resilience assessment model for dry bulk shipping supply chains: the case of the Ukraine grain corridor	3