OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Astronautica is 38. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	82
Thermite-for-demise (T4D): Experiments and numerical modelling on ball-bearing unit mock-ups containing thermite in an arc-heated wind tunnel	81
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	76
Approaching and pointing tracking control for tumbling target under motion constraints	74
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	70
A summary of previous investigations of the microgravity effects on bacterial virulence, infection and antibiotic resistance	69
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	64
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	63
Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	63
Performance model of vacuum arc thruster with inductive energy storage circuit	62
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	62
Sun direction determination improvement by albedo input estimation combining photodiodes and magnetometer	55
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	54
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	54
Evaluating sensor tasking strategies for object cataloging in GEO	53
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	53
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	52
Criteria for selection of point-ahead angle compensation strategy in intersatellite laser ranging interferometry of TianQin based on research of tilt-to-length coupling noise	51
Influence of flow control on aerodynamic properties of an open cavity in rarefied hypersonic flows	51
Experimental demonstration of a water electrolysis Hall Effect Thruster (WET-HET) operating with a hydrogen cathode	50
Lunar landing necessary building blocks and good practices for a sustainable development of human lunar activities	50
Planning and optimal control of a Venus variable altitude aerobot	49
Collision-free control of a nano satellite in the vicinity of China Space Station using Lorentz augmented composite artificial potential field	45
Extreme low-temperature freezing process and characteristic curve of icy lunar regolith simulant	45
Numerical and experimental investigations of micro Al particle additive on the performances of HTPB hybrid rocket motors	45

Publisher's note	44
Optimization design and mechanism study of ion thruster performance based on CO2/xenon multi-propellant	44
Spray angle prediction model for a multi-slit type throttleable gas–liquid pintle injector	43
Exploring the potential of fractionated spacecraft for enhanced satellite connectivity: Application to the satellite-to-cell case	42
Particle Post – Letters from the Universe: A sound installation through cosmic muons	42
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	41
Guidance for autonomous spacecraft repointing under attitude constraints and actuator limitations	41
Optimisation of a hybrid NS–DSMC methodology for continuous–rarefied jet flows	40
Lunar highlands simulant — Geotechnical characterization, 3D discrete element modeling, and cone penetration simulations	40
The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors	39
Relative orbit transfer using constant-vector thrust acceleration	39
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	38
AI-based monocular pose estimation for autonomous space refuelling	38
Risk assessment for asteroid impact threat scenarios	38