OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Space Policy is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	20
Brazilian Space Sector: Historical Analysis of the Public Budget	19
Starlink for ASEAN: A Changemaker in the Race Toward Sustainable Development?	13
Ensuring PNT resilience in a time of navigation uncertainty	12
The COST of Joining Legal Forces on a Celestial Body of Law and Beyond: Anticipating Future Clashes between Corpus Juris Spatialis, Lex Mercatoria, Antitrust and Ethics	12
Project and knowledge management at European public space agencies: The need for a three-dimensional project management office	12
Intellectual Property Protection in Outer Space: Conflict in Theory and Application in Practice	11
The Growth of China’s Non-governmental Space Sector in the Context of Government Support for Public-Private Partnerships: An Assessment of Major Legal Challenges	11
Finding space for the European Space Agency	11
Revisiting the role of space in European Security 20 years after. A practitioner's perspective	10
Media use and US Attitudes Toward Government and Private Space Exploration	10
ASEAN regional cooperation in the space sector: Current status, potential gaps, and future perspectives	10
Through the Thorns to Where? The Politics of Alternative Appropriations of Soviet Space Culture in Contemporary Russia	10
The W&T Realpolitik Scenario and Contact With Extraterrestrial Intelligence: A Reply to Wright et al.	10
Sweden's first defence and security space strategy: Aligning with allies	10
A discussion on policies and regulations governing the risks associated with radiation exposure for space tourism flight participants	9
Editorial Board	9
Cyber-attacks on Space Activities: Revisiting the Responsibility Regime of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty	9
Editorial Board	8
Editorial Board	8
A Review of Country Classification Frameworks in the Space Sector: Priorities, Limitations, and Global Considerations	7
Book review	7
Transfer of Space Technologies in Iran: Drivers and Constraints of Success	6
A new paradigm for space education	6
Planning space exploration: Appraising and appreciating a curated collection of NASA's roadmap visualizations	6

Tortoise the Titan: Private Entities as Geoeconomic Tools in Outer Space	6
Does Open Innovation Open Doors for Underrepresented Groups to Contribute to Technology Innovation?: Evidence from a Space Robotics Challenge	5
The potential for conflict in cislunar space: Findings from a tabletop exercise	5
Can a referendum solve problems of shared sovereignty on Mars?	5
The Decision-Making Process of China's Human Spaceflight Program	5
A World without Satellite Data as a Result of a Global Cyber-Attack	5
Developing safety-zone rules: Based on an institutional choice framework	5
Is there a market for micro-launch vehicles?	4
Editorial Board	4
China's branding problem: Image management and the US-China space relationship	4
Editorial Board	4
Heavenly Mandate: Public Opinion and China's Space Activities	4
Review and comparison of three emerging regional space agencies: the African Space Agency, the Arab Space Coordination Group, and the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency	4
The Importance of ALCE's Role as a Political Actor Rather Than a Coordinator of Regional Space Activities	4
Estimating the United States Space Economy Using Input-Output Frameworks	4
Editorial Board	4
Editorial Board	4
Understanding the Economics of Orbital Pollution Through the Lens of Terrestrial Climate Change	3
A holistic framework for classifying countries in the space sector	3
SETI From the Perspective of Intercivilizational Politics	3
Safeguarding European space sovereignty—Recommendations for operational climate services to support resilience	3
Toward Coherence: A Space Sector Public-Private Partnership Typology	3
Exogeoconservation of Mars	3
Operational and regulatory assessment for satellites recycling	3
Artemis Accords: Are Safety Zones Practical for Long Term Commercial Lunar Resource Utilisation?	3
Medium-to long-term strategies in the field of space transportation systems formulated by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency under the Inter-Uni	3
An Improved Cost Analysis of the Apollo Program	3
The Public Acquisition of Space Science Information in the 21st Century	3
Evaluating the Public Value of Improving Early Detection Accuracy of Cumulonimbus Using a Geostationary Satellite in South Korea	3
Security challenges when space merges with cyberspace	3
Centring Environmentalism in Space Governance: Interrogating Dominance and Authority Through a Critical Legal Geography of Outer Space	3
Peaceful Use of Lasers in Space? Potential, Risks, and Norms for Using Lasers in Space	3
Integrating space, sustainability, and regionalism as a framework for cooperative space programmes	2
WITHDRAWN: Introduction	2
Bioethical Issues in Human Modification for Protection against the Effects of Space Radiation	2
To Each According to Their Space-Need: Communes in Outer Space	2
Toward an international legal framework for the protection of outer space heritage	2
India's Space Pursuit and the Changing Matrix of South Asian Security	2
Commercial Lunar Ice Mining: Is There a Role for Royalties?	2
What Should We Do with Our Moon?: Ethics and Policy for Establishing International Multiuse Lunar Land Reserves	2
The Worst Case: Planetary Defense against a Doomsday Impactor	2
Toward a Spacefaring Society: Enhancing Undergraduate General Education and Learning Outcomes with Space Policy Course Themes	2
The Astropreneurial Co-creation of the New Space Economy	2
Reprint of Introduction to the special issue on international space politics	2
SPACECAST 2020 twenty-nine years on: The legacy of a 1994 Air Force white paper seen through contemporary American planetary defense	2
Orbit Bound. Predictors of ‘readiness to space’ and government support	2
History, concepts and challenges of proposing an 18th UN Sustainable Development Goal related to Space	2
Strategic Management and Organization in the Space Sector – Introduction to the Special Issue	1
Normal accident theory and learning from major accidents at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	1
The transformation of India's space policy: From space for development to the pursuit of security and prestige	1

Chinese Commercial Space Launchers: Historical Perspective; Policy Framework	1
U.S. Space Policy and Theories of International Relations: The Case for Analytical Eclecticism	1
Editorial Board	1
To the Moon and Back: Reexamining Presidential Decision-Making and the Apollo Program	1
Teaching social science aspects of space: A transdisciplinary approach	1
Assessing the Particularity and Potentiality of Civil–Military Integration Strategy for Space Activities in China	1
Russia in Outer Space: A Shrinking Space Power in the Era of Global Change	1
Evaluating the benefits of dark and quiet skies in an age of satellite mega-constellations	1
Strengthening Links Between European Union Space and Defence: Adopting a Combined Approach	1
A cosmopolitan approach to international law (CAIL) reflection on the space development experience of Africa	1
Editorial Board	1
Martian diversity: A government for pluralistic communities on Mars	1
Indian Space Force: A Strategic Inevitability	1
Space Community as an Enabler of Cosmopolitan Ideas Through Large Technical Systems	1
European Union space surveillance and tracking: State of affairs in 2025 and strategic vision	1
Leading the Moon to Mars Program: James Bridenstine as NASA administrator 2018–2021	1
Space-based Solar Power as a Catalyst for Space Development	1