OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Space Policy is 4. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	22
Ensuring PNT resilience in a time of navigation uncertainty	21
Starlink for ASEAN: A Changemaker in the Race Toward Sustainable Development?	14
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	14
Brazilian Space Sector: Historical Analysis of the Public Budget	14
Project and knowledge management at European public space agencies: The need for a three-dimensional project management office	14
ASEAN regional cooperation in the space sector: Current status, potential gaps, and future perspectives	13
Finding space for the European Space Agency	13
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	12
The W&T Realpolitik Scenario and Contact With Extraterrestrial Intelligence: A Reply to Wright et al.	12
Revisiting the role of space in European Security 20 years after. A practitioner's perspective	12
Media use and US Attitudes Toward Government and Private Space Exploration	12
Intellectual Property Protection in Outer Space: Conflict in Theory and Application in Practice	12
Cyber-attacks on Space Activities: Revisiting the Responsibility Regime of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty	11
A discussion on policies and regulations governing the risks associated with radiation exposure for space tourism flight participants	11
Editorial Board	11
Through the Thorns to Where? The Politics of Alternative Appropriations of Soviet Space Culture in Contemporary Russia	11
Who speaks for extraterrestrial ecosystems?: Why ET should have standing	11
Sweden's first defence and security space strategy: Aligning with allies	11
Editorial Board	10
A Review of Country Classification Frameworks in the Space Sector: Priorities, Limitations, and Global Considerations	10
Tortoise the Titan: Private Entities as Geoeconomic Tools in Outer Space	10
Book review	9
Space policy and industrial development in middle powers: Malaysia and Turkey in comparative perspective	8
Editorial Board	8

Transfer of Space Technologies in Iran: Drivers and Constraints of Success	7
Planning space exploration: Appraising and appreciating a curated collection of NASA's roadmap visualizations	7
Does Open Innovation Open Doors for Underrepresented Groups to Contribute to Technology Innovation?: Evidence from a Space Robotics Challenge	6
Israel’s public policy on space debris management: Between technological capacity and political will	6
The Decision-Making Process of China's Human Spaceflight Program	6
A new paradigm for space education	6
Developing safety-zone rules: Based on an institutional choice framework	6
A World without Satellite Data as a Result of a Global Cyber-Attack	5
Can a referendum solve problems of shared sovereignty on Mars?	5
Editorial Board	5
The potential for conflict in cislunar space: Findings from a tabletop exercise	5
Editorial Board	5
Crisis in space: Assessing Japan's legal gaps in space emergency response	5
China's branding problem: Image management and the US-China space relationship	5
Editorial Board	5
Editorial Board	5
Heavenly Mandate: Public Opinion and China's Space Activities	5
Estimating the United States Space Economy Using Input-Output Frameworks	5
Editorial Board	4
SETI From the Perspective of Intercivilizational Politics	4
Artemis Accords: Are Safety Zones Practical for Long Term Commercial Lunar Resource Utilisation?	4
Is there a market for micro-launch vehicles?	4
Operational and regulatory assessment for satellites recycling	4
Centring Environmentalism in Space Governance: Interrogating Dominance and Authority Through a Critical Legal Geography of Outer Space	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
Safeguarding European space sovereignty—Recommendations for operational climate services to support resilience	4
A holistic framework for classifying countries in the space sector	4