OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Drones is 47. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Research on Cooperative Obstacle Avoidance Decision Making of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms in Complex Environments under End-Edge-Cloud Collaboration Model	470
Individualized Indicators and Estimation Methods for Tiger Nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) Tubers Yield Using Light Multispectral UAV and Lightweight CNN Structure	229
A Ground Point Fitting Method for Winter Wheat Height Estimation Using UAV-Based SfM Point Cloud Data	156
Robust Nonlinear Control with Estimation of Disturbances and Parameter Uncertainties for UAVs and Integrated Brushless DC Motors	130
G-YOLO: A Lightweight Infrared Aerial Remote Sensing Target Detection Model for UAVs Based on YOLOv8	127
Modulation Recognition of Low-SNR UAV Radar Signals Based on Bispectral Slices and GA-BP Neural Network	126
On IRS-Assisted Covert Communication with a Friendly UAV	103
Joint Deployment and Coverage Path Planning for Capsule Airports with Multiple Drones	95
Automated Pavement Construction Inspection Using Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)—Hot Mixed Asphalt (HMA) Temperature Segregation	93
Two Low-Complexity Efficient Beamformers for an IRS- and UAV-Aided Directional Modulation Network	92
Go with the Flow: Estimating Wind Using Uncrewed Aircraft	89
Joint Design of Altitude and Channel Statistics Based Energy Beamforming for UAV-Enabled Wireless Energy Transfer	87
Improving Racing Drones Flight Analysis: A Data-Driven Approach Using Motion Capture Systems	86
Drone-Based Monitoring to Remotely Assess a Beach Nourishment Program on Lord Howe Island	86
OTFS-IM Modulation Based on Four-Dimensional Spherical Code in Air-to-Ground Communication	85
VSAI: A Multi-View Dataset for Vehicle Detection in Complex Scenarios Using Aerial Images	83
A Systems Analysis of Energy Usage and Effectiveness of a Counter-Unmanned Aerial System Using a Cyber-Attack Approach	81
Integral Backstepping Sliding Mode Control for Unmanned Autonomous Helicopters Based on Neural Networks	76
Energy-Aware Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Based on the Predictive Energy Consumption Algorithm for Search and Rescue Aerial Robots in Unknown Environments	76
Multi-Conflict-Based Optimal Algorithm for Multi-UAV Cooperative Path Planning	74
A Dynamic Checkpoint Interval Decision Algorithm for Live Migration-Based Drone-Recovery System	71
Wind Tunnel Investigation of the Icing of a Drone Rotor in Forward Flight	68
Revealing Archaeological Sites under Mediterranean Forest Canopy Using LiDAR: El Viandar Castle (husum) in El Hoyo (Belmez-Córdoba, Spain)	67
Multi-Node Joint Jamming Scheme for Secure UAV-Aided NOMA-CDRT Systems: Performance Analysis and Optimization	65
An Evaluation of Sun-Glint Correction Methods for UAV-Derived Secchi Depth Estimations in Inland Water Bodies	61

Path Planning for Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: An Integrated Approach with Theta* and Clothoids	60
Deep Complex-Valued Convolutional Neural Network for Drone Recognition Based on RF Fingerprinting	60
Strapdown Celestial Attitude Estimation from Long Exposure Images for UAV Navigation	59
Speed-First: An Aggressive Gradient-Based Local Planner for Quadrotor Faster Flight	58
LightMAN: A Lightweight Microchained Fabric for Assurance- and Resilience-Oriented Urban Air Mobility Networks	58
Interception of a Single Intruding Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Multiple Missiles Using the Novel EA-MADDPG Training Algorithm	58
Path-Following Control of Small Fixed-Wing UAVs under Wind Disturbance	56
Tiny-Object Detection Based on Optimized YOLO-CSQ for Accurate Drone Detection in Wildfire Scenarios	56
Robust Position Control of VTOL UAVs Using a Linear Quadratic Rate-Varying Integral Tracker: Design and Validation	56
Consensus-Based Formation Control for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems in Complex Environments	55
Special Issue on Intelligent Image Processing and Sensing for Drones	55
UAV Path Planning Using an Adaptive Strategy for the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm	54
A Hierarchical Control Algorithm for a Pursuit–Evasion Game Based on Fuzzy Actor–Critic Learning and Model Predictive Control	53
AoI-Minimal Task Assignment and Trajectory Optimization in Multi-UAV-Assisted Wireless Powered IoT Networks	51
Identification of Salt Marsh Vegetation in the Yellow River Delta Using UAV Multispectral Imagery and Deep Learning	51
Monitoring Maize Leaf Spot Disease Using Multi-Source UAV Imagery	50
Using Ground-Based Passive Reflectors for Improving UAV Landing	50
BCDAIoD: An Efficient Blockchain-Based Cross-Domain Authentication Scheme for Internet of Drones	50
Enhancing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Task Assignment with the Adaptive Sampling-Based Task Rationality Review Algorithm	50
An Integrated Approach for Earth Infrastructure Monitoring Using UAV and ERI: A Systematic Review	50
The Use of Drones in the Spatial Social Sciences	48
A Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Throughput Maximization in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Integrated Sensing and Communication Network	47
Chattering Reduction of Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor UAVs Based on Reinforcement Learning	47
Fuzzy Gain-Scheduling Based Fault Tolerant Visual Servo Control of Quadrotors	47