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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Leveraging machine learning and optimization models for enhanced seaport efficiency	70
The Red Sea crisis and chokepoints to trade and international shipping	68
On improving containership stowage planning from the perspective of an entire voyage	61
Containership size and quay crane productivity: empirical evidence from Busan New Port	42
The influence of energy efficiency and carbon indicators on ship prices: early evidence from the tanker and bulk carrier sectors	42
Exploring the key enablers of robotic process automation in the maritime industry	40
Estimating vessel waiting time using queuing models	39
Integrating gravity models and network analysis in logistical strategic planning: a case of the India Middle-East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)	37
Joint scheduling of vessels and vessel service providers for enhancing the efficiency of the port call process	37
Port-city symbiosis and uneven development: a critical essay on forestry exports and maritime trade from Coronel, Chile	37
The prospects for, and implications of, emissions trading in shipping	36
Emissions intensity comparisons and consumption-based CO2 accounting of transportation services	33
Information sharing to mitigate delays in port: the case of the Port of Rotterdam	28
Advances in risk management: optimum investment portfolios in tanker shipping	24
Port cyberattacks from 2011 to 2023: a literature review and discussion of selected cases	24
When “port-out – city-in” becomes a strategy: is the port–city interface conflict in Amsterdam an observation or a self-fulfilling prophecy?	23
Container port performance assessment: a nonnegative matrix factorization approach	23
The ‘new normal’, global uncertainty and key challenges in building reliable and resilient supply chains	22
Cyber security risk assessment in autonomous shipping	22
Advances in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in merchant shipping	21
Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications	21
On the positive economic impacts of port infrastructure development and seaborne trade efficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Senegal	19
Examining port selection factors in Sub-Saharan Africa using the modified importance-performance analysis	19
Creating value through autonomous shipping: an ecosystem perspective	18
Operational and economic advantages of autonomous ships and their perceived impacts on port operations	18

Assessing the decarbonization roadmap of a RoPax ferry	17
Economies of scale vs. service quality and environmental concerns: an application to integrated sea-land shipping systems with carbon tax policy insights	17
Priority rules for handling containers to improve energy consumption and terminal efficiency	17
Port choice using aggregate open data: an application to Colombian port zones	15
The impact of Fit for 55 on Ireland’s maritime transport sector and the macroeconomy	14
A systemic risk framework to improve the resilience of port and supply-chain networks to natural hazards	14
CO2 emissions in a global container shipping network and policy implications	13
Maritime governance after COVID-19: how responses to market developments and environmental challenges lead towards degrowth	13
The impact of specialization, ownership, competition and regulation on efficiency: a case study of Indian seaports	12
Evaluation of novel inland waterway transport concepts for moving freight effectively	12
Topics and trends in maritime decarbonization: A structural topic model approach	11
Port centrality and the Composite Connectivity Index: Introducing a new concept in assessing the attractiveness of hub ports	11
Freight rate volatility and flag-switching decisions	10
Historical developments in Maritime Economics: Contributions by NHH Norwegian School of Economics	10
The relationship between technical innovation and financial performance in shipping firms	10
Inside and outside the docks: exploring the costs, benefits, and impacts of port automation in the United States—a port of New York/New Jersey case study	9
The Red Sea Crisis: ramifications for vessel operations, shipping networks, and maritime supply chains	9
Developing a smart port architecture and essential elements in the era of Industry 4.0	9
Assessing the implementation of governance best practices by Latin American ports	8
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
A novel hybrid deep-learning framework for medium-term container throughput forecasting: an application to China’s Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai hub ports	8
Maritime governance: piloting maritime transport through the stormy seas of climate change	8
On assessing input congestion in container terminals	7
Implications of autonomous shipping for maritime education and training: the cadet’s perspective	7
Shipping ecosystem: concept and policy implications	7
Seaport profit analysis and efficient management strategies under stochastic disruptions	6
How do sustainable port practices influence local communities’ perceptions of ports?	6
The impact of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative on the carbon intensity of the participating countries	6
A connectivity-based approach to evaluating port importance in the global container shipping network	6
Stakeholders’ attitudes toward container terminal automation	6
Understanding the impact of demand shocks on the container port industry	6
Profitability prospects for container roll-on/roll-off shipping on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)	6
Advances in terminal management: simulation of vehicle traffic in container terminals	6
Digital twins: digitalization of automated container terminals in seaports	5
Social license to operate: Factors determining social acceptance among local port community stakeholders	5
A resilience assessment model for dry bulk shipping supply chains: the case of the Ukraine grain corridor	5
Process mining ship arrivals in port: the case of the Port of Antwerp	5
An evolution of the Global Container Shipping Network: port connectivity and trading community structure (2011–2017)	5
Energy transition and city–port symbiosis in biomass import–export regions	5
Influencer marketing in B2B services: a holistic approach for the container shipping industry	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
Favourable funding conditions: friend or foe of shipping M&As?	4
Turning followers into leaders: commercial shipping versus navy—a literature review	4