OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Propulsion and Power is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Crossflow Decane Combustion Using Catalytically Decomposed High-Test Peroxide	17
Phenomenological Aerodynamic Analysis of an Ejector Exposed to Large Inlet Pulsations	12
Chamber Length Limits of a Continuously Variable Geometry Rotating Detonation Combustor	11
Shock-Stationary Application of Pseudoshock Models During High-Amplitude Combustion-Driven Unsteadiness	9
Thrust Vectoring of Double Divergent Nozzle Using Secondary Fluid Injection	9
Improved Hybrid Rocket Performance by Additively Manufactured Gel-Infused Solid Fuels	9
Announcements and Acknowledgements	8
Computationally Examining the Effect of Plate Thickness on Hole-Emitter-Type Electrospray Thrusters	8
Similarity and Scaling in a Liquid-Fuel Ramjet Combustor	8
Novel Testing of a Water-Breathing Naval Ramjet at Underwater Cruise Conditions	7
Detailed Performance Studies on a Small Electric-Powered Contra-Rotating Ducted Fan Engine	7
Numerical Simulations of Fuel Shape Change in Paraffin–Oxygen Hybrid Rocket Engines	7
Experimental Characterization of a Hollow Cathode with Iridium–Cerium Alloy	7
Combined Heat Shield and Solar Thermal Propulsion System for an Oberth Maneuver	7
Effects of Groove Structure on Spray Characteristics of a Throttleable Pintle Injector	6
Analysis of Transition to Thermo-Acoustic Instability in Swirl Combustor Using Variational Auto-Encoders	6
Multiphase Effects on Solid Rocket Nozzle Performance	5
Scramjet Engine Flowpath That Improves Specific Impulse Using JP-7 Fuel	5
Transitional Delayed Detached-Eddy Simulation for a Compressor Cascade: A Critical Assessment	5
Investigation on Suppression of Hard-Start Phenomena in a Hypergolic Bipropellant Engine	5
Increasing Burning Rate and Motor Thrust by Expandable Graphite Additives	5
Performance Comparison of Paraffin/Ethanol Fuel Blends in a Laboratory-Scale Hybrid Rocket Motor	4
Charactering Catalytic Ignition and Combustion for the Ninety-Percent Hydrogen-Peroxide/Paraffin-Based Hybrid Rocket Engine	4
Dynamic Machine Learning Global Optimization Algorithm and Its Application to Aerodynamics	4
Three-Dimensional Kinetic Simulations of Carbon Backsputtering in Vacuum Chambers from Ion Thruster Plumes	4

Prediction of Burning Characteristics of Dihydroxyglyoxime Composite Propellant	4
Improving Base-Drag Corrections for Rotating Detonation Combustor Gross Thrust Measurements	4
Regression and Flame Structure in Cavity Flameholding Solid-Fuel Ramjet Fuel Grains	4
Fuel Injector Requirements to Achieve Supercritical Flow at the Exit	4
Effect of Co- and Counterswirl Air on Swirl Airblast Atomization	4
Fundamental Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Ne/Xe Plasma Magnetohydrodynamic Electrical Power Generation	4
Transient, Multiscale, Heterogeneous Model of Hydrogen Peroxide Decomposition for 3D-Printed Catalysts	4
Observation of Plasma Turbulence in a Hall Thruster Using Microwave Interferometry	4
Fuel Temperature Effects on Combustion Stability of a High-Pressure Liquid-Fueled Swirl Flame	3
Development of a Liquid-Propellant Rocket Powered by a Rotating Detonation Engine	3
Flame Dynamics in an Optically Accessible Solid Fuel Ramjet Combustor	3
Computational Analysis and Regression Laws for Nozzle Erosion Prediction in Hybrid Rockets	3
Direction Control of Rotating Detonation Waves with Helical Combustion Chambers	3
Active Energy Management for Enhanced Engine Transient Operations	3
Propellant Surface Evolution of a Coaxial Pulsed Plasma Thruster	3
Experimental Investigation on Aluminum-Based Water Ramjet for Propelling High-Speed Underwater Vehicles	3
Tandem Energy-Analyzer/Mass-Spectrometer Measurements of an Ionic Liquid Ion Source	3
Thermal–Combustion Coupled Instability in Hybrid Rockets with Fuel Blowing	3
Numerical Turbulence Modeling in a Transonic Boundary-Layer Ingestion Intake	3
Impact of Ammonium Perchlorate Content on Electrically Controlled Gel Polymer Electrolyte Monopropellants	3
Hall Thruster System Using Dry Ice Propellant at the Triple Point	3
Interaction Behavior of Pulsejet Engines	3
Microthrusters’ Combustion Control Using Jellied Propellant Flowing Through an Orifice Plate	3
Computational Study of Propulsive Performance of Frozen Nano-Aluminum and Water (ALICE) Mixtures	3