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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Heating patterns and temperature distribution of projectile surface in lunar regolith penetration	108
Publisher's note	98
CerAMfacturing of a ceramic aerospike engine	87
A reference implementation for knowledge assisted robot development for planetary and orbital robotics	86
Dynamics of jettison during Earth-to-NRHO transfers	82
The use of detailed kinetics for modeling aerospace propulsion devices	81
Towards a GNSS-assisted autonomous heterogeneous clock system for very small satellites in the Earth-Moon system	80
TWO-STAGE ‘slingshot amplifier’ can detect subtle gravitational deviations	79
A Martian analog for spatially varying methane microseepage - polygons at Expedition Strip, Axel Heiberg Island	74
Preventing inlet unstart in air-breathing hypersonic vehicles using adaptive backstepping control with state constraints	66
Shock-tube study of high-temperature ignition of propane-air mixtures at elevated pressures	63
Exploring the potential of fractionated spacecraft for enhanced satellite connectivity: Application to the satellite-to-cell case	63
Estimation of a Craig–Bampton equivalent model using a hybrid particle swarm optimization for DCLA purposes	62
Defining the notion of mining, extraction and collection: A step toward a sustainable use of lunar resources	59
A deep neural network framework with Analytic Continuation for predicting hypervelocity fragment flyout from satellite explosions	58
Influence of wall curvature on evolution of converged flow generated by crossing shock wave/boundary layer interaction: An experimental study	58
Research, development and production costs prediction parametric model for future civil hypersonic aircraft	55
Optimization design and mechanism study of ion thruster performance based on CO2/xenon multi-propellant	53
The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors	52
Computational and experimental study of an ion injector of a weakly divergent ion beam for implementing a method for removing space debris objects by an ion beam	50
Reinforcement learning-based control of the charge management system in inertial sensors	50
Evaluating sensor tasking strategies for object cataloging in GEO	50
Relative orbit transfer using constant-vector thrust acceleration	48
Mathematical modeling of nonequilibrium combustion processes in a liquid rocket engine	46
Ablation model of non-equilibrium porous media coupled with aerothermodynamic environment within boundary layer	46

Collision-free control of a nano satellite in the vicinity of China Space Station using Lorentz augmented composite artificial potential field	45
Development of a deployable Synthetic Aperture Radar antenna for a nanosatellite conceptual design	45
Cost estimation for launch vehicle families considering uncertain market scenarios	44
Assessing black soldier fly pupation and survival in lunar regolith simulant: Implications for sustainable controlled habitats on the Moon	43
KPLO's conjunction mitigation in lunar orbit: Operational results and strategic insights from international collaboration	42
Optimal low-thrust lunar orbit transfers with shadowing effect using a multiple-arc formulation	41
The technology platform of the EIVE CubeSat mission for high throughput downlinks at W-band	41
Effect of ignition source geometry on the development of ultra-lean hydrogen-air flames initiated by a hot surface	40
Numerical and experimental investigations of micro Al particle additive on the performances of HTPB hybrid rocket motors	40
Determining the best technique: Methods, challenges, and innovations of performing microgravity CPR	40
Thermite-for-demise (T4D): Experiments and numerical modelling on ball-bearing unit mock-ups containing thermite in an arc-heated wind tunnel	40
Approaching and pointing tracking control for tumbling target under motion constraints	39
Risk trade-space analysis for safe human expeditions to Mars	39
Investigation of a tangential injection scheme for the kerosene-air rotating detonation combustor	39
Numerical study of detonation propagation under the action of supersonic pulsating flow in expanding combustor	39