OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Futures is 30. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Tomorrow let’s all be pangolins! Western affirmation of a relational ontology in thinking and acting for a multi-species future	168
Editorial Board	135
Editorial: Reflections on post-normal science and ethics	134
Editorial Board	107
Embracing transgender into the future: The contributions of successfully transitioned transgender individuals to gender diverse societies	86
After flight. Visions from London Heathrow	86
The nexus between large-scale innovation projects and relational infrastructures: A longitudinal approach to anticipatory practices in the infrastructuring of Yachay, the City of Knowledge of Ecuador	77
A greener future cannot be bought: On the paradoxes of practising contemporary consumption-driven sustainability	66
Discourse in the future of work: How do business organizations and labor unions view automation?	62
Narratives of sustainability in digital media: An observatory for digital narratives	56
Too much hope in us? A qualitative inquiry into the deficit of ecological reflexivity in UN sustainability discourses	51
Climate-resilient and regenerative futures for Latin America and the Caribbean	49
How universities study the future: A critical view	48
Prefigurative pedagogies: Learning to build alternative futures in student housing co-operatives	44
‘Will the world never be the same?’ Everyday imaginaries of post-corona futures	44
Delphi-based future scenarios: A bibliometric analysis of climate change case studies	41
The shining: Illuminating philosophy and futures studies	41
Co-experiential futuring: Where speculative design and arts meet futures studies	38
Between continuous presents and disruptive futures: Identifying the ideological backbones of global environmental scenarios	36
Leveraging value-based pathways for Indigenous food security through participatory scenario planning: A case study from St. Paul Island, Alaska, USA	35
Future proofing expertise: AI as a power-up, not a takeover	34
The future vision(s) of AI health in the Nordics: Comparing the national AI strategies	34
Foresight for post-growth research: Integrating horizon scanning and scenario building for a sustainable future	34
How does research and development (R&D) strategy shift by adopting imaginary future generations? – Insights from future design practice in a water engineering company	33
Hoping for community in a technologically decelerated world - A critical utopian approach	32

Policy design and decision criteria for sustainable water supply from the perspective of “imaginary future generations” - A deliberation experiment with policymakers in a municipality, Japan	32
Editorial Board	32
Profits over people: The dangers of privatizing space colonization	32
Editorial Board	32
Sustainability and futures, moving beyond "The Natural" and "The Artificial"	30
Implementing catchment-wide flood risk management plans: futures and justice conflicts	30