OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Progress in Aerospace Sciences is 7. 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
Analytical and numerical solutions to classical rotor designs	262
Recent progresses in lightweight carbon fibre reinforced lattice cylindrical shells	243
Review of the hybrid gas - electric aircraft propulsion systems versus alternative systems	217
3D printing modules for self-assembling space systems	176
Advancements and prospects of boundary layer ingestion propulsion concepts	156
A comprehensive review on Cislunar expansion and space domain awareness	152
Improved instrumental techniques, including isotopic analysis, applicable to the characterization of unusual materials with potential relevance to aerospace forensics	126
Editorial Board	125
The prospects for green aviation by 2050	118
Artificial Intelligence for Trusted Autonomous Satellite Operations	109
Editorial Board	108
Editorial Board	106
Ammonia versus kerosene contrails: A review	87
Regulatory pathways to certifiable condition based maintenance solutions in aviation: A comprehensive review	87
Compressible vortex loops and their interactions	85
On the need for rigorous scientific research on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)	84
Non-intrusive flow diagnostics for unsteady inlet flow distortion measurements in novel aircraft architectures	82
Thin-walled deployable composite structures: A review	74
Supersonic transport optimization concepts	72
Orbital debris removal using micropatterned dry adhesives: Review and recent advances	68
A systematic review of boundary layer ingestion (BLI) fan: Current Status and future perspectives	68
The new science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena (UAP)	66
Friction damping for turbomachinery: A comprehensive review of modelling, design strategies, and testing capabilities	65
Recent progress on high-order discontinuous schemes for simulations of multiphase and multicomponent flows	65
An open thinking for a vision on sustainable green aviation	63

A Scientometric Investigation of Artificial Intelligence for Fluid Mechanics: Emerging Topics and Active Groups	60
Editorial Board	60
Advancing aviation sustainability by 2050: Scaling renewable energy systems for hydrogen production and E-fuel integration	59
Editorial Board	59
Recent progress of efficient low-boom design and optimization methods	57
Crashworthiness design and evaluation of civil aircraft structures	56
Review of contact and contactless active space debris removal approaches	53
Review on the crashworthiness design and evaluation of fuselage structure for occupant survivability	51
Research and development of aerospace vehicles with air breathing electric propulsion: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow	49
Research progress of the flow and combustion organization for the high-Mach-number scramjet: From Mach 8 to 12	46
Advances in Integrated System Health Management for mission-essential and safety-critical aerospace applications	44
Algorithms and applications of intelligent swarm cooperative control: A comprehensive survey	44
Review of unsteady aerodynamic problems and control strategies for the blade tip flow of axial compressors	44
A review of the bird impact process and validation of the SPH impact model for aircraft structures	41
A review of Russian computer modeling and validation in aerospace applications	41
Editorial Board	41
Fault-tolerant spacecraft attitude control: A critical assessment	40
Development and progress in aeroacoustic noise reduction on turbofan aeroengines	37
A perspective on the urgency for green aviation	37
Thermal management challenges in hybrid-electric propulsion aircraft	37
On-board cooperative spacecraft relative navigation fusing GNSS with vision	37
A systematic review of design for additive manufacturing of aerospace lattice structures: Current trends and future directions	36
Editorial Board	35
Review of data-driven computational guidance for unmanned aerospace vehicles	34
Impact induced dynamic response and failure behavior of aircraft structures	32
Estimates of radiative energy values in ground-level observations of an unidentified aerial phenomenon: New physical data	31
Research progress in aero-optical effects of supersonic turbulent shear layers	29
A review of three-dimensional shock wave–boundary-layer interactions	29
A review of parameterization methods for airfoil design	29
Standing oblique detonation for hypersonic propulsion: A review	29
Plasma-enabled additive manufacturing in space: Perspectives, innovative material processing technologies, and emerging challenges	28
Towards drop-in sustainable aviation fuels in aero engine combustors: Fuel effects on combustion performance	28
Editorial Board	28
Time-marching schemes for spatially high order accurate discretizations of the Euler and Navier–Stokes equations	26
Review of path planning in prospective multi-target active debris removal missions in low earth orbits	25
Additive manufacturing in the new space economy: Current achievements and future perspectives	25
Review on the design of an aircraft crashworthy passenger seat	24
Editorial Board	24
Editorial Board	22
A holistic review of the current state of research on aircraft design concepts and consideration for advanced air mobility applications	22
Editorial Board	22
Flight dynamics of unconventional configurations	20
About the combination of high and low frequency methods for impact detection on aerospace components	19
The carbon dioxide challenge facing U.S. aviation and paths to achieve net zero emissions by 2050	18
Editorial Board	17
Unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena (UAP) status and outlook	17
Retro-propulsion in rocket systems: Recent advancements and challenges for the prediction of aerodynamic characteristics and thermal loads	17
Discontinuous Galerkin methods for hypersonic flows	17
On the importance of studying asteroids: A comprehensive review	16
Model validation hierarchies for connecting system design to modeling and simulation capabilities	16

Thermal protection and drag reduction induced by flow control devices in supersonic/hypersonic flows: A review	15
Machine learning in flight parameter-based structural load prediction: A review and framework proposal	15
Machine learning in aerodynamic shape optimization	15
Advances in exit simulations of airdrop configurations	14
Editorial Board	14
Editorial Board	14
A comprehensive review of extended reality and its application in aerospace engineering	14
Progress in pyroshock simulation for qualification tests: A systematic literature review	13
A definition, conceptual framework, and pathway towards sustainable aviation	13
Editorial Board	12
Recent advancements in sustainable aviation fuels	12
Review of hybrid aquatic-aerial vehicle (HAAV): Classifications, current status, applications, challenges and technology perspectives	11
Review of using small UAV based meteorological measurements for road weather management	11
On pathways to green aviation	11
Advances in low-altitude airspace management for uncrewed aircraft and advanced air mobility	10
Combustor technology of high temperature rise for aero engine	10
Progress in inverse finite element method for aerospace structural health monitoring applications	9
Responsive tolerant control: An approach to extend adaptability of launch vehicles	9
Designing high aspect ratio wings: A review of concepts and approaches	9
A review of satellite-based atomic oxygen sensing methods	7