OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Astronautica is 37. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	123
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	80
Thermite-for-demise (T4D): Experiments and numerical modelling on ball-bearing unit mock-ups containing thermite in an arc-heated wind tunnel	80
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	70
Approaching and pointing tracking control for tumbling target under motion constraints	70
Numerical and experimental investigations of micro Al particle additive on the performances of HTPB hybrid rocket motors	67
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	67
A summary of previous investigations of the microgravity effects on bacterial virulence, infection and antibiotic resistance	61
Research, development and production costs prediction parametric model for future civil hypersonic aircraft	60
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	60
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	59
Study on controllable set of contingency return trajectories for crewed lunar missions based on interval analysis	57
Guidance for autonomous spacecraft repointing under attitude constraints and actuator limitations	56
The effect of three body positions on colour preference: An exploration of microgravity and lunar gravity simulations	54
Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	53
Performance model of vacuum arc thruster with inductive energy storage circuit	52
Particle Post – Letters from the Universe: A sound installation through cosmic muons	52
AI-based monocular pose estimation for autonomous space refuelling	51
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	49
Markers of distress among behavioral and physical health evacuees prior to emergency departure from Antarctica	49
Operationalizing the definition of “Commercial Space”	46
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	46
Sun direction determination improvement by albedo input estimation combining photodiodes and magnetometer	45
Design and implementation of the integrated thermal control system for Chang’E−5 lunar module	43
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	43

The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	43
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	42
Evaluating sensor tasking strategies for object cataloging in GEO	42
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	41
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	41
The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors	41
IFC - Publication Information	40
Optimization design and mechanism study of ion thruster performance based on CO2/xenon multi-propellant	39
Spray angle prediction model for a multi-slit type throttleable gas–liquid pintle injector	38
Publisher's note	38
Nonlinear finite element algorithm for solving fully coupled thermomechanical problems under strong aerothermodynamic environment	37
Self-deployable hinges for monolithic space structures using multi-material additive manufacturing	37