OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Maritime Economics & Logistics 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Leveraging machine learning and optimization models for enhanced seaport efficiency	60
The influence of energy efficiency and carbon indicators on ship prices: early evidence from the tanker and bulk carrier sectors	55
On improving containership stowage planning from the perspective of an entire voyage	51
Containership size and quay crane productivity: empirical evidence from Busan New Port	39
The Red Sea crisis and chokepoints to trade and international shipping	37
Port-city symbiosis and uneven development: a critical essay on forestry exports and maritime trade from Coronel, Chile	36
Estimating vessel waiting time using queuing models	35
Joint scheduling of vessels and vessel service providers for enhancing the efficiency of the port call process	35
The prospects for, and implications of, emissions trading in shipping	32
Integrating gravity models and network analysis in logistical strategic planning: a case of the India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)	30
Information sharing to mitigate delays in port: the case of the Port of Rotterdam	29
Emissions intensity comparisons and consumption-based CO2 accounting of transportation services	26
Port cyberattacks from 2011 to 2023: a literature review and discussion of selected cases	24
Advances in risk management: optimum investment portfolios in tanker shipping	23
When “port-out – city-in” becomes a strategy: is the port–city interface conflict in Amsterdam an observation or a self-fulfilling prophecy?	21
Cyber security risk assessment in autonomous shipping	20
The ‘new normal’, global uncertainty and key challenges in building reliable and resilient supply chains	20
Container port performance assessment: a nonnegative matrix factorization approach	20
Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications	19
Advances in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in merchant shipping	19
Examining port selection factors in Sub-Saharan Africa using the modified importance-performance analysis	18
Operational and economic advantages of autonomous ships and their perceived impacts on port operations	17
On the positive economic impacts of port infrastructure development and seaborne trade efficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Senegal	17
Priority rules for handling containers to improve energy consumption and terminal efficiency	15
Assessment of investment decisions in bulk shipping through fuzzy real options analysis	15

Economies of scale vs. service quality and environmental concerns: an application to integrated sea-land shipping systems with carbon tax policy insights	14
Assessing the decarbonization roadmap of a RoPax ferry	14
Creating value through autonomous shipping: an ecosystem perspective	14
Using big data to estimate the impact of cruise activity on congestion in port cities	14
Port choice using aggregate open data: an application to Colombian port zones	12
The impact of Fit for 55 on Ireland’s maritime transport sector and the macroeconomy	12
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Improving supply chain reliability with blockchain technology	11
CO2 emissions in a global container shipping network and policy implications	11
The impact of specialization, ownership, competition and regulation on efficiency: a case study of Indian seaports	10
Maritime governance after COVID-19: how responses to market developments and environmental challenges lead towards degrowth	10
Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports	10
A systemic risk framework to improve the resilience of port and supply-chain networks to natural hazards	10
The relationship between technical innovation and financial performance in shipping firms	9
Freight rate volatility and flag-switching decisions	9
Identification of shipping schedule cancellations with AIS data: an application to the Europe-Far East route before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Port city symbiosis: introduction to the special issue	8
Developing a smart port architecture and essential elements in the era of Industry 4.0	8
A novel hybrid deep-learning framework for medium-term container throughput forecasting: an application to China’s Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai hub ports	8
Seaport profit analysis and efficient management strategies under stochastic disruptions	8
Assessing the implementation of governance best practices by Latin American ports	8
The Red Sea Crisis: ramifications for vessel operations, shipping networks, and maritime supply chains	8
Shipping ecosystem: concept and policy implications	7
On assessing input congestion in container terminals	7
Implications of autonomous shipping for maritime education and training: the cadet’s perspective	7
A connectivity-based approach to evaluating port importance in the global container shipping network	7
Maritime governance: piloting maritime transport through the stormy seas of climate change	7
How do sustainable port practices influence local communities’ perceptions of ports?	6
Advances in terminal management: simulation of vehicle traffic in container terminals	6
Understanding the impact of demand shocks on the container port industry	6
The impact of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative on the carbon intensity of the participating countries	6
Profitability prospects for container roll-on/roll-off shipping on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)	6
Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation	5
Process mining ship arrivals in port: the case of the Port of Antwerp	5
Energy transition and city–port symbiosis in biomass import–export regions	5
Social license to operate: Factors determining social acceptance among local port community stakeholders	5
Handling modular containers in a physical internet environment	4
Digital twins: digitalization of automated container terminals in seaports	4
Loading and unloading trains at the landside of container terminals	4
Turning followers into leaders: commercial shipping versus navy—a literature review	4
Smart ports for sustainable shipping: concept and practices revisited through the case study of China’s Tianjin port	4
An evolution of the Global Container Shipping Network: port connectivity and trading community structure (2011–2017)	4
A resilience assessment model for dry bulk shipping supply chains: the case of the Ukraine grain corridor	4
A hub-location periodic vehicle routing problem in offshore oil and gas logistics	4
A two-stage stochastic optimization model for port infrastructure planning	4
Influencer marketing in B2B services: a holistic approach for the container shipping industry	4
Favourable funding conditions: friend or foe of shipping M&As?	4