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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Containership size and quay crane productivity: empirical evidence from Busan New Port	67
Leveraging machine learning and optimization models for enhanced seaport efficiency	55
The influence of energy efficiency and carbon indicators on ship prices: early evidence from the tanker and bulk carrier sectors	51
The Red Sea crisis and chokepoints to trade and international shipping	43
On improving containership stowage planning from the perspective of an entire voyage	35
Estimating vessel waiting time using queuing models	34
Port-city symbiosis and uneven development: a critical essay on forestry exports and maritime trade from Coronel, Chile	33
Joint scheduling of vessels and vessel service providers for enhancing the efficiency of the port call process	32
Integrating gravity models and network analysis in logistical strategic planning: a case of the India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)	32
The prospects for, and implications of, emissions trading in shipping	30
Information sharing to mitigate delays in port: the case of the Port of Rotterdam	27
Emissions intensity comparisons and consumption-based CO2 accounting of transportation services	24
Container port performance assessment: a nonnegative matrix factorization approach	23
Port cyberattacks from 2011 to 2023: a literature review and discussion of selected cases	23
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?	22
The ‘new normal’, global uncertainty and key challenges in building reliable and resilient supply chains	20
Cyber security risk assessment in autonomous shipping	18
Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications	18
On the positive economic impacts of port infrastructure development and seaborne trade efficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Senegal	17
Examining port selection factors in Sub-Saharan Africa using the modified importance-performance analysis	17
Advances in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in merchant shipping	17
Priority rules for handling containers to improve energy consumption and terminal efficiency	14
Operational and economic advantages of autonomous ships and their perceived impacts on port operations	14
Assessment of investment decisions in bulk shipping through fuzzy real options analysis	14

Assessing the decarbonization roadmap of a RoPax ferry	13
Using big data to estimate the impact of cruise activity on congestion in port cities	13
Economies of scale vs. service quality and environmental concerns: an application to integrated sea-land shipping systems with carbon tax policy insights	13
Creating value through autonomous shipping: an ecosystem perspective	12
Maritime governance after COVID-19: how responses to market developments and environmental challenges lead towards degrowth	11
Port choice using aggregate open data: an application to Colombian port zones	11
The impact of Fit for 55 on Ireland’s maritime transport sector and the macroeconomy	11
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Improving supply chain reliability with blockchain technology	10
CO2 emissions in a global container shipping network and policy implications	9
A systemic risk framework to improve the resilience of port and supply-chain networks to natural hazards	9
The impact of specialization, ownership, competition and regulation on efficiency: a case study of Indian seaports	9
The relationship between technical innovation and financial performance in shipping firms	8
Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports	8
Freight rate volatility and flag-switching decisions	8
The Red Sea Crisis: ramifications for vessel operations, shipping networks, and maritime supply chains	8
Global trends in maritime and port economics: the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	8
Identification of shipping schedule cancellations with AIS data: an application to the Europe-Far East route before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Port city symbiosis: introduction to the special issue	7
A novel hybrid deep-learning framework for medium-term container throughput forecasting: an application to China’s Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai hub ports	7
Assessing the implementation of governance best practices by Latin American ports	7
Developing a smart port architecture and essential elements in the era of Industry 4.0	7
On assessing input congestion in container terminals	6
A connectivity-based approach to evaluating port importance in the global container shipping network	6
Seaport profit analysis and efficient management strategies under stochastic disruptions	6
Maritime governance: piloting maritime transport through the stormy seas of climate change	6
Implications of autonomous shipping for maritime education and training: the cadet’s perspective	6
Shipping ecosystem: concept and policy implications	6
The impact of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative on the carbon intensity of the participating countries	5
Understanding the impact of demand shocks on the container port industry	5
Advances in terminal management: simulation of vehicle traffic in container terminals	5
Profitability prospects for container roll-on/roll-off shipping on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)	5
Process mining ship arrivals in port: the case of the Port of Antwerp	5
How do sustainable port practices influence local communities’ perceptions of ports?	5
Energy transition and city–port symbiosis in biomass import–export regions	4
Loading and unloading trains at the landside of container terminals	4
A hub-location periodic vehicle routing problem in offshore oil and gas logistics	4
Turning followers into leaders: commercial shipping versus navy—a literature review	4
Social license to operate: Factors determining social acceptance among local port community stakeholders	4
Digital twins: digitalization of automated container terminals in seaports	4
Favourable funding conditions: friend or foe of shipping M&As?	4
An evolution of the Global Container Shipping Network: port connectivity and trading community structure (2011–2017)	4
Influencer marketing in B2B services: a holistic approach for the container shipping industry	4
A resilience assessment model for dry bulk shipping supply chains: the case of the Ukraine grain corridor	4