OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Maritime Economics & Logistics 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of Fit for 55 on Ireland’s maritime transport sector and the macroeconomy	59
The state-of-play in maritime economics and logistics research (2017–2023)	48
CO2 emissions in a global container shipping network and policy implications	33
A systemic risk framework to improve the resilience of port and supply-chain networks to natural hazards	27
On improving containership stowage planning from the perspective of an entire voyage	25
A new exploration in Baltic Dry Index forecasting learning: application of a deep ensemble model	25
Leveraging machine learning and optimization models for enhanced seaport efficiency	24
Port city symbiosis: introduction to the special issue	24
A novel hybrid deep-learning framework for medium-term container throughput forecasting: an application to China’s Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai hub ports	21
Port choice using aggregate open data: an application to Colombian port zones	20
Containership size and quay crane productivity: empirical evidence from Busan New Port	20
Smart ports for sustainable shipping: concept and practices revisited through the case study of China’s Tianjin port	20
The Red Sea crisis and chokepoints to trade and international shipping	19
Identification of shipping schedule cancellations with AIS data: an application to the Europe-Far East route before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Levels of automation in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS): a fuzzy logic approach	17
Maritime governance after COVID-19: how responses to market developments and environmental challenges lead towards degrowth	16
Assessing the implementation of governance best practices by Latin American ports	12
Developing a smart port architecture and essential elements in the era of Industry 4.0	11
Autonomous ships: A study of critical success factors	11
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Improving supply chain reliability with blockchain technology	11
A hub-location periodic vehicle routing problem in offshore oil and gas logistics	10
Container terminal automation: revealing distinctive terminal characteristics and operating parameters	10
Yard block assignment, internal truck operations, and berth allocation in container terminals: introducing carbon-footprint minimisation objectives	10
Handling modular containers in a physical internet environment	10
Post-COVID-19 scenarios for the governance of maritime transport and ports	9

Integrating gravity models and network analysis in logistical strategic planning: a case of the India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)	9
On predicting ocean freight rates: a novel hybrid model of combined error evaluation and reinforcement learning	9
Performance improvements in container terminals through the bottleneck mitigation cycle	8
A perfect storm or an imperfect supply chain? The U.S. supply chain crisis	8
A two-stage stochastic optimization model for port infrastructure planning	8
The impact of specialization, ownership, competition and regulation on efficiency: a case study of Indian seaports	8
Port-city symbiosis and uneven development: a critical essay on forestry exports and maritime trade from Coronel, Chile	8
The impact of sectoral guidelines on sustainability reporting in ports: the case of the Spanish ports	8
Shipping ecosystem: concept and policy implications	8
Joint scheduling of vessels and vessel service providers for enhancing the efficiency of the port call process	8
The prospects for, and implications of, emissions trading in shipping	7
Trade and logistics performance: does country size matter?	7
Seaport profit analysis and efficient management strategies under stochastic disruptions	7
A connectivity-based approach to evaluating port importance in the global container shipping network	6
Dynamic volatility spillovers and investor sentiment components across freight-shipping markets	6
Risk management and market structures in seaport–dry port systems	5
Maritime governance: piloting maritime transport through the stormy seas of climate change	5
Dry port location selection using a fuzzy AHP-BWM-PROMETHEE approach	5
Quality assessment of ESG reporting among listed maritime companies	4
Profitability prospects for container roll-on/roll-off shipping on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)	4
How do sustainable port practices influence local communities’ perceptions of ports?	4
Implications of autonomous shipping for maritime education and training: the cadet’s perspective	4
Emissions intensity comparisons and consumption-based CO2 accounting of transportation services	4
Information sharing to mitigate delays in port: the case of the Port of Rotterdam	4
Correction to: Yard block assignment, internal truck operations, and berth allocation in container terminals: introducing carbon-footprint minimisation objectives	4
Environmental performance evaluation in ports: a literature review and future research guidelines	4
Impacts of short-term measures to decarbonize maritime transport on perishable cargoes	3
Understanding the impact of demand shocks on the container port industry	3
Beyond the dikes: an institutional perspective on governing flood resilience at the Port of Rotterdam	3
Optimizing ocean gateways: an empirical study of port privatization and its effects on the performance of the Indian major ports	3
Global trends in maritime and port economics: the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	3
Weather impacts on seaborne trade: a new model to explain port activity in the era of climate change	3
Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports	3
A model for port throughput forecasting using Bayesian estimation	3
A growth theory perspective on the competitive landscape of shipbuilding: a comparative study of Japan, Korea, and China	2
COVID-19 as a catalyst of a new container port hierarchy in Mediterranean Sea and Northern Range	2
Food security under global economic policy uncertainty: fresh insights from the ocean transportation of food	2
Port cyberattacks from 2011 to 2023: a literature review and discussion of selected cases	2
Special issue: ends of eras and new beginnings: twenty-first century challenges for shipping	2
On the quality of ship arrival predictions	2
Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on container carrier performance	2
Seaports in a tense geopolitical environment: key agents or sitting ducks?	2
Long-term analysis of traffic flows in European inland ports: implications for the port–city interface	2
A framework for understanding reliability in container shipping networks	2
Prediction of delivery truck arrivals at container terminals: an ensemble deep learning model	2