OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Drones is 55. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
An Integrated Approach for Earth Infrastructure Monitoring Using UAV and ERI: A Systematic Review	637
Path-Following Control of Small Fixed-Wing UAVs under Wind Disturbance	320
Wind Tunnel Investigation of the Icing of a Drone Rotor in Forward Flight	256
AoI-Minimal Task Assignment and Trajectory Optimization in Multi-UAV-Assisted Wireless Powered IoT Networks	209
Multi-Node Joint Jamming Scheme for Secure UAV-Aided NOMA-CDRT Systems: Performance Analysis and Optimization	201
Lightweight Obstacle Avoidance for Fixed-Wing UAVs Using Entropy-Aware PPO	187
Fuzzy Gain-Scheduling Based Fault Tolerant Visual Servo Control of Quadrotors	156
Accuracy Assessment of a UAV Direct Georeferencing Method and Impact of the Configuration of Ground Control Points	147
UAV-Aided Wireless Energy Transfer for Sustaining Internet of Everything in 6G	117
Two Low-Complexity Efficient Beamformers for an IRS- and UAV-Aided Directional Modulation Network	115
VSAI: A Multi-View Dataset for Vehicle Detection in Complex Scenarios Using Aerial Images	114
Dynamic Estimation of Formation Wake Flow Fields Based on On-Board Sensing	111
Development of a Closed-Loop PLM Application for Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring of UAVs	109
Joint Deployment and Coverage Path Planning for Capsule Airports with Multiple Drones	106
Path Planning for Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: An Integrated Approach with Theta* and Clothoids	106
Research on Modeling and Fault-Tolerant Control of Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft	105
On IRS-Assisted Covert Communication with a Friendly UAV	100
Drone-Based Monitoring to Remotely Assess a Beach Nourishment Program on Lord Howe Island	98
An Evaluation of Sun-Glint Correction Methods for UAV-Derived Secchi Depth Estimations in Inland Water Bodies	98
Go with the Flow: Estimating Wind Using Uncrewed Aircraft	97
Individualized Indicators and Estimation Methods for Tiger Nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) Tubers Yield Using Light Multispectral UAV and Lightweight CNN Structure	94
OTFS-IM Modulation Based on Four-Dimensional Spherical Code in Air-to-Ground Communication	93
Modulation Recognition of Low-SNR UAV Radar Signals Based on Bispectral Slices and GA-BP Neural Network	93
A Computational Model for Simulating the Performance of UAS-Based Construction Safety Inspection through a System Approach	88
Interception of a Single Intruding Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Multiple Missiles Using the Novel EA-MADDPG Training Algorithm	87

Special Issue on Intelligent Image Processing and Sensing for Drones	86
Robust Nonlinear Control with Estimation of Disturbances and Parameter Uncertainties for UAVs and Integrated Brushless DC Motors	86
A Capacity-Constrained Weighted Clustering Algorithm for UAV Self-Organizing Networks Under Interference	85
Cooperative Drone and Water Supply Truck Scheduling for Wildfire Fighting Using Deep Reinforcement Learning	84
An Efficient and Low-Delay SFC Recovery Method in the Space–Air–Ground Integrated Aviation Information Network with Integrated UAVs	82
Drone State Estimation Based on Frame-to-Frame Template Matching with Optimal Windows	76
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	75
A Hierarchical Control Algorithm for a Pursuit–Evasion Game Based on Fuzzy Actor–Critic Learning and Model Predictive Control	73
Integral Backstepping Sliding Mode Control for Unmanned Autonomous Helicopters Based on Neural Networks	73
Fault Tolerant Control of Drone Interceptors Using Command Filtered Backstepping and Fault Weighting Dynamic Control Allocation	69
Speed-First: An Aggressive Gradient-Based Local Planner for Quadrotor Faster Flight	69
Multi-Conflict-Based Optimal Algorithm for Multi-UAV Cooperative Path Planning	69
Improving Racing Drones Flight Analysis: A Data-Driven Approach Using Motion Capture Systems	68
Strapdown Celestial Attitude Estimation from Long Exposure Images for UAV Navigation	68
Joint Design of Altitude and Channel Statistics Based Energy Beamforming for UAV-Enabled Wireless Energy Transfer	67
A Dynamic Checkpoint Interval Decision Algorithm for Live Migration-Based Drone-Recovery System	67
Enhancing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Task Assignment with the Adaptive Sampling-Based Task Rationality Review Algorithm	66
Autonomous UAV-Based System for Scalable Tactile Paving Inspection	66
Modelling, Design, and Control of a Central Motor Driving Reconfigurable Quadcopter	66
Research on Cooperative Obstacle Avoidance Decision Making of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms in Complex Environments under End-Edge-Cloud Collaboration Model	64
A Systems Analysis of Energy Usage and Effectiveness of a Counter-Unmanned Aerial System Using a Cyber-Attack Approach	62
Chattering Reduction of Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor UAVs Based on Reinforcement Learning	62
Missing Plant Detection in Vineyards Using UAV Angled RGB Imagery Acquired in Dormant Period	62
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	60
LSTM-H: A Hybrid Deep Learning Model for Accurate Livestock Movement Prediction in UAV-Based Monitoring Systems	60
Identification of Salt Marsh Vegetation in the Yellow River Delta Using UAV Multispectral Imagery and Deep Learning	60
Automated Pavement Construction Inspection Using Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)—Hot Mixed Asphalt (HMA) Temperature Segregation	58
A Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Throughput Maximization in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Integrated Sensing and Communication Network	56
G-YOLO: A Lightweight Infrared Aerial Remote Sensing Target Detection Model for UAVs Based on YOLOv8	56
Collaborative Vehicle-Mounted Multi-UAV Routing and Scheduling Optimization for Remote Sensing Observations	56
Robust Position Control of VTOL UAVs Using a Linear Quadratic Rate-Varying Integral Tracker: Design and Validation	55
LightMAN: A Lightweight Microchained Fabric for Assurance- and Resilience-Oriented Urban Air Mobility Networks	55
Monitoring Maize Leaf Spot Disease Using Multi-Source UAV Imagery	55