OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Astronautica is 39. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Decreased human sperm motility and vitality after fast gravity load changes in a parabolic flight	100
Thermite-for-demise (T4D): Experiments and numerical modelling on ball-bearing unit mock-ups containing thermite in an arc-heated wind tunnel	92
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	81
Publisher's note	76
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	75
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	73
Evaluating sensor tasking strategies for object cataloging in GEO	71
‘Sub-orbital activities’ – the application of ‘international law’ in the twilight between air and space law	70
Towards a GNSS-assisted autonomous heterogeneous clock system for very small satellites in the Earth-Moon system	69
Geometric analysis of a constellation with a ground target	67
NASA's BioSentinel deep space CubeSat mission: successes and lessons learned	66
Defining the notion of mining, extraction and collection: A step toward a sustainable use of lunar resources	63
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	61
Trailing formations of lightweight spacecrafts to deflect NEAs by means of laser ablation	60
Simulations of satellites mock-up fragmentation	57
Development and characterization of the ECLIPS space environments simulation facility	56
Guidance for autonomous spacecraft repointing under attitude constraints and actuator limitations	55
Sun direction determination improvement by albedo input estimation combining photodiodes and magnetometer	54
Adaptive control design for active Pogo suppression of large strap-on liquid launch vehicles	51
Lunar highlands simulant — Geotechnical characterization, 3D discrete element modeling, and cone penetration simulations	50
Relative orbit transfer using constant-vector thrust acceleration	49
Self-deployable hinges for monolithic space structures using multi-material additive manufacturing	49
Dynamics of jettison during Earth-to-NRHO transfers	49
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	48
Lunar landing necessary building blocks and good practices for a sustainable development of human lunar activities	47

Optimisation of a hybrid NS–DSMC methodology for continuous–rarefied jet flows	46
PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA) FOR ARTEMIS AND FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAMS	46
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	45
A Geospatial Artificial Intelligence and satellite-based earth observation cognitive system in response to COVID-19	43
The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors	42
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	42
Optimization design and mechanism study of ion thruster performance based on CO2/xenon multi-propellant	42
Spray angle prediction model for a multi-slit type throttleable gas–liquid pintle injector	42
A Martian analog for spatially varying methane microseepage - polygons at Expedition Strip, Axel Heiberg Island	41
Markers of distress among behavioral and physical health evacuees prior to emergency departure from Antarctica	41
Determining the best technique: Methods, challenges, and innovations of performing microgravity CPR	41
Geometric mechanics framework for tethered de-spinning of massive asteroids by small tug using passivity-based control	40
Internal imaging of an extremely small-scale electron cyclotron resonance source revealing the formation of discharge mode transitions and hysteresis	40
Three decades of ethological research in the space field within an interdisciplinary framework	40
The technology platform of the EIVE CubeSat mission for high throughput downlinks at W-band	39
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	39