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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Disruptions and resilience in global container shipping and ports: the COVID-19 pandemic versus the 2008–2009 financial crisis	194
Port management and governance in a post-COVID-19 era: quo vadis?	70
Global trends in maritime and port economics: the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	52
Managing supply chain uncertainty by building flexibility in container port capacity: a logistics triad perspective and the COVID-19 case	26
Influence and transparency at the IMO: the name of the game	25
Developing a smart port architecture and essential elements in the era of Industry 4.0	24
Potential for, and drivers of, private voluntary initiatives for the decarbonisation of short sea shipping: evidence from a Swedish ferry line	19
A perfect storm or an imperfect supply chain? The U.S. supply chain crisis	18
Cyber security risk assessment in autonomous shipping	15
Implications of autonomous shipping for maritime education and training: the cadet’s perspective	14
An integrated method for berth allocation and quay crane assignment to allow for reassignment of vessels to other terminals	14
Forecasting container freight rates for major trade routes: a comparison of artificial neural networks and conventional models	14
Advances in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in merchant shipping	14
A systemic risk framework to improve the resilience of port and supply-chain networks to natural hazards	14
Operational and economic advantages of autonomous ships and their perceived impacts on port operations	13
Can maritime big data be applied to shipping industry analysis? Focussing on commodities and vessel sizes of dry bulk carriers	13
Literature review and comparative analysis of inland waterways transport: “Container on Barge”	13
Economies of scale in cruise shipping	13
Financial determinants of credit risk in the logistics and shipping industries	13
Post-COVID-19 scenarios for the governance of maritime transport and ports	12
Reducing pollutant emissions from vessel maneuvering in port areas	12
A heuristic and a benchmark for the stowage planning problem	12
Strategic alliances in container shipping: A review of the literature and future research agenda	12
Revisiting traffic forecasting by port authorities in the context of port planning and development	11
Quantifying tax subsidies to shipping	11

Reconfiguring maritime networks due to the Belt and Road Initiative: impact on bilateral trade flows	10
A model for port throughput forecasting using Bayesian estimation	10
Creating value through autonomous shipping: an ecosystem perspective	10
Can digital ecosystems mitigate risks in sea transport operations? Estimating benefits for supply chain stakeholders	10
Capacity management by global shipping alliances: findings from a game experiment	9
Yard block assignment, internal truck operations, and berth allocation in container terminals: introducing carbon-footprint minimisation objectives	8
Maritime governance after COVID-19: how responses to market developments and environmental challenges lead towards degrowth	8
COVID-19 as a catalyst of a new container port hierarchy in Mediterranean Sea and Northern Range	7
On the quality of ship arrival predictions	7
Financial risk assessment in shipping: a holistic machine learning based methodology	6
Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports	6
Levels of automation in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS): a fuzzy logic approach	6
Alternative approaches to measuring concentration in liner shipping	6
Barriers to intermodal freight diversion: a total logistics cost approach	6
Impacts of short-term measures to decarbonize maritime transport on perishable cargoes	6
Autonomous ships: A study of critical success factors	6
A robust ranking of maritime connectivity: revisiting UNCTAD’s liner shipping connectivity index (LSCI)	5
The attractiveness of seaport-based transport corridors: an integrated approach based on scenario planning and gravity models	5
Container terminal automation: revealing distinctive terminal characteristics and operating parameters	5
Using big data to estimate the impact of cruise activity on congestion in port cities	5
Information sharing to mitigate delays in port: the case of the Port of Rotterdam	5
Dry port location selection using a fuzzy AHP-BWM-PROMETHEE approach	5
Seaports as green hydrogen hubs: advances, opportunities and challenges in Europe	5
The impact of specialization, ownership, competition and regulation on efficiency: a case study of Indian seaports	5
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Improving supply chain reliability with blockchain technology	5
An option contract model for leasing containers in the shipping industry	4
Assessment of investment decisions in bulk shipping through fuzzy real options analysis	4
Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications	4
Data analytics and throughput forecasting in port management systems against disruptions: a case study of Busan Port	4
Risk management and market structures in seaport–dry port systems	4
A comprehensive review of data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology in port efficiency evaluation	4
Process mining ship arrivals in port: the case of the Port of Antwerp	3
Port-city symbiosis and uneven development: a critical essay on forestry exports and maritime trade from Coronel, Chile	3
Brand strategies of container shipping lines following mergers and acquisitions: carriers’ visual identity options	3
The prospects for, and implications of, emissions trading in shipping	3
Beyond the dikes: an institutional perspective on governing flood resilience at the Port of Rotterdam	3
Container shipping: a systematic literature review of themes and factors that influence the establishment of direct connections between countries	2
Sustainable shipping: a cross-disciplinary view	2
When “port-out – city-in” becomes a strategy: is the port–city interface conflict in Amsterdam an observation or a self-fulfilling prophecy?	2
Estimating waterway freight demand at Three Gorges ship lock on Yangtze River by backpropagation neural network modeling	2
Smart operations planning in container terminals: integrating algorithms with our practical knowledge base	2
A constraint programming approach to capacity planning in container vessels	2
Energy transition and city–port symbiosis in biomass import–export regions	2
Long-term analysis of traffic flows in European inland ports: implications for the port–city interface	2
How do sustainable port practices influence local communities’ perceptions of ports?	2
Identification of shipping schedule cancellations with AIS data: an application to the Europe-Far East route before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Improving port supply chain through blockchain-based bills of lading: a quantitative approach and a case study	2
Utilizing information sources to reduce relocation of inbound containers	2
A methodology for short-sea-shipping service design within intermodal transport chains	2
Trade and logistics performance: does country size matter?	2

The state-of-play in maritime economics and logistics research (2017–2023)