OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Drones is 61. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Two Low-Complexity Efficient Beamformers for an IRS- and UAV-Aided Directional Modulation Network	803
PAIR: A Hybrid A* with PPO Path Planner for Multi-UAV Navigation in 2-D Dynamic Urban MEC Environments	374
A Computational Model for Simulating the Performance of UAS-Based Construction Safety Inspection through a System Approach	355
Modulation Recognition of Low-SNR UAV Radar Signals Based on Bispectral Slices and GA-BP Neural Network	277
A Dynamic Checkpoint Interval Decision Algorithm for Live Migration-Based Drone-Recovery System	276
Individualized Indicators and Estimation Methods for Tiger Nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) Tubers Yield Using Light Multispectral UAV and Lightweight CNN Structure	261
On IRS-Assisted Covert Communication with a Friendly UAV	207
Joint Deployment and Coverage Path Planning for Capsule Airports with Multiple Drones	195
Cooperative Drone and Water Supply Truck Scheduling for Wildfire Fighting Using Deep Reinforcement Learning	185
A Tunnel Crack Detection Method Based on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Equipped with a High-Speed Camera and Crack Recognition Algorithm Using Improved Multi-Scale Retinex and Prewitt–Otsu	148
Drone State Estimation Based on Frame-to-Frame Template Matching with Optimal Windows	139
A Capacity-Constrained Weighted Clustering Algorithm for UAV Self-Organizing Networks Under Interference	137
A Hierarchical Control Algorithm for a Pursuit–Evasion Game Based on Fuzzy Actor–Critic Learning and Model Predictive Control	132
Joint Design of Altitude and Channel Statistics Based Energy Beamforming for UAV-Enabled Wireless Energy Transfer	129
Fault Tolerant Control of Drone Interceptors Using Command Filtered Backstepping and Fault Weighting Dynamic Control Allocation	129
Strapdown Celestial Attitude Estimation from Long Exposure Images for UAV Navigation	128
A Systems Analysis of Energy Usage and Effectiveness of a Counter-Unmanned Aerial System Using a Cyber-Attack Approach	125
Hybrid Geometric Computed Torque Control of a Quadrotor with an Attached 2-DOF Robotic Arm	121
Fuzzy Gain-Scheduling Based Fault Tolerant Visual Servo Control of Quadrotors	120
AoI-Minimal Task Assignment and Trajectory Optimization in Multi-UAV-Assisted Wireless Powered IoT Networks	116
Multi-Node Joint Jamming Scheme for Secure UAV-Aided NOMA-CDRT Systems: Performance Analysis and Optimization	113
Development of a Closed-Loop PLM Application for Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring of UAVs	111
Dynamic Estimation of Formation Wake Flow Fields Based on On-Board Sensing	108
An Evaluation of Sun-Glint Correction Methods for UAV-Derived Secchi Depth Estimations in Inland Water Bodies	104
Automated Pavement Construction Inspection Using Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)—Hot Mixed Asphalt (HMA) Temperature Segregation	102

UAV-Aided Wireless Energy Transfer for Sustaining Internet of Everything in 6G	99
BCDAIoD: An Efficient Blockchain-Based Cross-Domain Authentication Scheme for Internet of Drones	99
OTFS-IM Modulation Based on Four-Dimensional Spherical Code in Air-to-Ground Communication	98
Autonomous UAV-Based System for Scalable Tactile Paving Inspection	98
Speed-First: An Aggressive Gradient-Based Local Planner for Quadrotor Faster Flight	98
Optimization of Multi-User Secure Communication Rate Under Swarm Warden Detection in ISAC Networks	90
A Ground Point Fitting Method for Winter Wheat Height Estimation Using UAV-Based SfM Point Cloud Data	87
Research on Cooperative Obstacle Avoidance Decision Making of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms in Complex Environments under End-Edge-Cloud Collaboration Model	87
Consensus-Based Formation Control for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems in Complex Environments	86
Tiny-Object Detection Based on Optimized YOLO-CSQ for Accurate Drone Detection in Wildfire Scenarios	83
Research on Integrated Decision-Control Cooperative Target Assignment for Cross-Domain Unmanned Systems Based on a Bi-Level Optimization Framework	79
Detection of Missing Insulators in High-Voltage Transmission Lines Using UAV Images	79
Integral Backstepping Sliding Mode Control for Unmanned Autonomous Helicopters Based on Neural Networks	79
Pasture Productivity Assessment under Mob Grazing and Fertility Management Using Satellite and UAS Imagery	79
Automated Rice Phenology Stage Mapping Using UAV Images and Deep Learning	77
VSAI: A Multi-View Dataset for Vehicle Detection in Complex Scenarios Using Aerial Images	77
Identification of Salt Marsh Vegetation in the Yellow River Delta Using UAV Multispectral Imagery and Deep Learning	75
Robust Attitude Tracking for Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Improved Active Disturbance Rejection Control with Parameter Optimization	73
Improving Racing Drones Flight Analysis: A Data-Driven Approach Using Motion Capture Systems	72
Real-Time Monitoring of Parameters and Diagnostics of the Technical Condition of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s (UAV) Units Based on Deep BiGRU-CNN Models	72
Securing UAV Swarms with Vision Transformers: A Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning Framework for Cross-Modal Intrusion Detection	70
Path-Following Control of Small Fixed-Wing UAVs under Wind Disturbance	69
Mission-Driven UAV Path Selection: Post Hoc Cost Evaluation of Deterministic and Sampling Approaches	68
Special Issue on Intelligent Image Processing and Sensing for Drones	68
LightMAN: A Lightweight Microchained Fabric for Assurance- and Resilience-Oriented Urban Air Mobility Networks	67
An Efficient and Low-Delay SFC Recovery Method in the Space–Air–Ground Integrated Aviation Information Network with Integrated UAVs	67
A Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Throughput Maximization in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Integrated Sensing and Communication Network	67
Robust Nonlinear Control with Estimation of Disturbances and Parameter Uncertainties for UAVs and Integrated Brushless DC Motors	67
Wind Tunnel Investigation of the Icing of a Drone Rotor in Forward Flight	66
An Integrated Approach for Earth Infrastructure Monitoring Using UAV and ERI: A Systematic Review	66
First Attempts to Control Forest Pests Using Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Spraying Systems (UASSs) in Forest Ecosystems	66
Deep Complex-Valued Convolutional Neural Network for Drone Recognition Based on RF Fingerprinting	65
Correction: Case, R.P.; Hupy, J.P. Methods for GIS-Driven Airspace Management: Integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), and Crewed Aircraft in the NAS. Drones 2026, 1	63
LSTM-H: A Hybrid Deep Learning Model for Accurate Livestock Movement Prediction in UAV-Based Monitoring Systems	62
Chattering Reduction of Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor UAVs Based on Reinforcement Learning	61
G-YOLO: A Lightweight Infrared Aerial Remote Sensing Target Detection Model for UAVs Based on YOLOv8	61
Multi-Conflict-Based Optimal Algorithm for Multi-UAV Cooperative Path Planning	61