OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Regional Studies is 29. 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
Transcending borders: conceptualising and empirically grasping individual readiness in cross-border collaboration in the Dutch–German borderland	148
Place leadership through local planning: integrating urban design and economic development	101
Geographical and organised proximities influencing circular economy practices: the closer partners, the better?	88
Regional studies and frugal innovation: a missing link?	63
Identifying Brazilian functional regions: a network approach, 1980–2010	62
Making the Ontario craft beer market	59
Coping with extreme events: on solving decentralised budgetary crises	55
Place-based public investment in regional infrastructure, the locational choice of firms and regional performance: the case of India	53
Studying human agency in regional development	52
Regional innovation impact of universities	50
The financialization of urban development and urban labour productivity: evidence from China	48
EU Cohesion Policy: A multidisciplinary approach	48
Does urban polycentricity contribute to regional economic growth? Empirical evidence from a panel of Chinese urban regions	47
Learning from place-based flood prevention policies: a realist approach	46
Regional artificial intelligence and the geography of environmental technologies: does local AI knowledge help regional green-tech specialization?	45
Cultural proximity and interregional industrial linkages: knowledge diffusion or transaction costs?	43
Generalised morality and contemporary fertility dynamics across European regions	42
Agglomeration externalities, industry life cycle and firm survival: evidence from Chinese manufacturing start-ups	40
Decentralisation and the governance of extreme events	38
Women in innovative start-ups and regional inclusiveness: ‘green’ and socially-responsible companies	38
Environmental sustainability in polycentric urban regions: an urban resilience perspective	38
How much does state aid mitigate employment losses? Local policy effects at a time of economic crisis	36
Spatial inequalities and wellbeing: A multidisciplinary approach	36
Computational social science in regional analysis and the European real estate market	33
Influence of capital allocation on interregional inequality of public services: differentiated evidence of investment by the government and market in China	31

Work, places and industries in the post-COVID-19 economy	30
The regional economic impacts of the railway gauge muddle in Australia	30
Effects of cluster policies on regional inventor networks: evidence from France	29
The role of immigrants, emigrants and locals in the historical formation of European knowledge agglomerations	29