OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Space Science Reviews is 23. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Mars 2020 Mission Overview	242
The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests	156
The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description	131
Coronal Heating by MHD Waves	129
Radio Properties of Tidal Disruption Events	99
Optical-Ultraviolet Tidal Disruption Events	97
Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation	94
Relative Atomic Solar System Abundances, Mass Fractions, and Atomic Masses of the Elements and Their Isotopes, Composition of the Solar Photosphere, and Compositions of the Major Chondritic Meteorite	94
The Non-carbonaceous–Carbonaceous Meteorite Dichotomy	93
Star Clusters Near and Far	83
Quasi-Periodic Pulsations in Solar and Stellar Flares: A Review of Underpinning Physical Mechanisms and Their Predicted Observational Signatures	82
The Ingenuity Helicopter on the Perseverance Rover	80
Decoding the Pre-Eruptive Magnetic Field Configurations of Coronal Mass Ejections	79
BepiColombo - Mission Overview and Science Goals	77
The Mars 2020 Engineering Cameras and Microphone on the Perseverance Rover: A Next-Generation Imaging System for Mars Exploration	77
The Molecular Cloud Lifecycle	75
Kink Oscillations of Coronal Loops	75
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mast Camera Zoom (Mastcam-Z) Multispectral, Stereoscopic Imaging Investigation	74
The MarSCoDe Instrument Suite on the Mars Rover of China’s Tianwen-1 Mission	72
Investigating Mercury’s Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission	71
China’s Mars Exploration Mission and Science Investigation	67
The Physics of Star Cluster Formation and Evolution	65
The Sampling and Caching Subsystem (SCS) for the Scientific Exploration of Jezero Crater by the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover	64
Slow-Mode Magnetoacoustic Waves in Coronal Loops	61
Photogeologic Map of the Perseverance Rover Field Site in Jezero Crater Constructed by the Mars 2020 Science Team	61

Lunar Seismology: A Data and Instrumentation Review	60
Dust-to-Gas and Refractory-to-Ice Mass Ratios of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta Observations	60
PIXL: Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry	59
Atmospheric Dynamics of Hot Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs	58
Towards Precision Measurements of Accreting Black Holes Using X-Ray Reflection Spectroscopy	58
The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A Suite of Environmental Sensors for the Mars 2020 Mission	57
Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE)	56
High-Energy Particles and Radiation in Star-Forming Regions	56
X-Ray Properties of TDEs	53
Magnetohydrodynamic Fast Sausage Waves in the Solar Corona	51
A Review of Possible Planetary Atmospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 System	48
Rossby Waves in Astrophysics	47
Formation and Evolution of Disks Around Young Stellar Objects	47
SIMBIO-SYS: Scientific Cameras and Spectrometer for the BepiColombo Mission	47
Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury’s Surface and Composition	46
Radar Imager for Mars’ Subsurface Experiment—RIMFAX	46
The BepiColombo Planetary Magnetometer MPO-MAG: What Can We Learn from the Hermean Magnetic Field?	45
Parker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle Minimum	45
The Importance of Phobos Sample Return for Understanding the Mars-Moon System	45
Physical Processes in Star Formation	44
The ELFIN Mission	44
SuperCam Calibration Targets: Design and Development	44
Ice-Ocean Exchange Processes in the Jovian and Saturnian Satellites	43
Overview of the Chang’e-4 Mission: Opening the Frontier of Scientific Exploration of the Lunar Far Side	43
Comparison of the Deep Atmospheric Dynamics of Jupiter and Saturn in Light of the Juno and Cassini Gravity Measurements	42
On the Origin and Evolution of the Material in 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko	42
Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Open Coronal Structures	40
High Resolution Imaging Camera (HiRIC) on China’s First Mars Exploration Tianwen-1 Mission	40
From Diffuse Gas to Dense Molecular Cloud Cores	39
Formation of the First Stars and Black Holes	38
Studying the Composition and Mineralogy of the Hermean Surface with the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo Mission: An Update	37
On the Habitability and Future Exploration of Ocean Worlds	37
Hydrogen Dominated Atmospheres on Terrestrial Mass Planets: Evidence, Origin and Evolution	37
The BepiColombo Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer: Science Goals, Instrument Performance and Operations	36
Multi-model Meteorological and Aeolian Predictions for Mars 2020 and the Jezero Crater Region	35
The Navigation and Terrain Cameras on the Tianwen-1 Mars Rover	35
Dayside Transient Phenomena and Their Impact on the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere	35
Pre-flight Calibration and Near-Earth Commissioning Results of the Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment (MPPE) Onboard MMO (Mio)	33
Loss and Fractionation of Noble Gas Isotopes and Moderately Volatile Elements from Planetary Embryos and Early Venus, Earth and Mars	33
Zooming in on Individual Star Formation: Low- and High-Mass Stars	33
Current Sheets, Plasmoids and Flux Ropes in the Heliosphere	32
Do Intrinsic Magnetic Fields Protect Planetary Atmospheres from Stellar Winds?	32
The Diverse Planetary Ingassing/Outgassing Paths Produced over Billions of Years of Magmatic Activity	32
Pre-Flight Calibration of the Mars 2020 Rover Mastcam Zoom (Mastcam-Z) Multispectral, Stereoscopic Imager	31
Is the Faint Young Sun Problem for Earth Solved?	30
The Emirates Mars Mission	29
Meteorological Predictions for Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site at Jezero Crater	29
Landing Site Selection and Overview of China’s Lunar Landing Missions	29
Mio—First Comprehensive Exploration of Mercury’s Space Environment: Mission Overview	28
Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation	28

The NC-CC Isotope Dichotomy: Implications for the Chemical and Isotopic Evolution of the Early Solar System	27
Radiometric Calibration Targets for the Mastcam-Z Camera on the Mars 2020 Rover Mission	27
Outstanding Challenges of Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrievals	27
The Origin of the Stellar Mass Distribution and Multiplicity	27
Correction to: X-Ray Properties of TDEs	26
Formation of an Accretion Flow	26
The Mars Orbiter Subsurface Investigation Radar (MOSIR) on China’s Tianwen-1 Mission	25
Understanding the Origins of Problem Geomagnetic Storms Associated with “Stealth” Coronal Mass Ejections	25
BepiColombo Science Investigations During Cruise and Flybys at the Earth, Venus and Mercury	25
The MAVEN Radio Occultation Science Experiment (ROSE)	25
Distinguishing Tidal Disruption Events from Impostors	25
SERENA: Particle Instrument Suite for Determining the Sun-Mercury Interaction from BepiColombo	25
Mission Overview and Scientific Contributions from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover After Eight Years of Surface Operations	25
Radiative Emission Mechanisms	25
Geodesy, Geophysics and Fundamental Physics Investigations of the BepiColombo Mission	25
The Location of Magnetic Reconnection at Earth’s Magnetopause	24
Theory of Cosmic Ray Transport in the Heliosphere	24
Current Sheets, Plasmoids and Flux Ropes in the Heliosphere	24
Setting the Stage: Planet Formation and Volatile Delivery	24
The Structure of the Large-Scale Heliosphere as Seen by Current Models	23
The Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) Experiment on Chang’E 4	23
Sulfur Ice Astrochemistry: A Review of Laboratory Studies	23
The Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescope (REPT) Investigation: Design, Operational Properties, and Science Highlights	23
Design and Validation of the Scientific Data Products for China’s Tianwen-1 Mission	23