OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Geography is 36. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The obesogenity of restaurant food: Mapping the nutritional foodscape of Franklin County, Ohio using food review images	94
Editorial Board	87
Demystifying hospital size distribution: A geographical approach	82
Editorial Board	75
Income estimation based on human mobility patterns and machine learning models	74
National shared responsibility mechanism for carbon reduction: Addressing resource imbalances from interprovincial flows of virtual water-energy-carbon	66
Examining the directionality of mobility patterns in activity spaces: Introducing the ‘mobility snowflake’ visual analytic and measurement framework	64
Can delivery riders act as informal guardians in crime prevention?	62
Editorial Board	62
Urban growth and shrinkage with Chinese characteristics: Evidence from Shandong Province, China	58
Traffic safety in relation to multidimensional street network and land use features: A nonlinear analysis with population heterogeneity	58
An urban-rural divide? Preferences for autonomous vehicles in small and med-sized metropolitan areas	55
Analyzing adverse effects of subway extension on housing prices in affluent urban neighborhoods	52
Effects of climate change on paddy expansion and potential adaption strategies for sustainable agriculture development across Northeast China	52
National ecological conservation versus local development: The triggering effects of forest transition on urban shrinkage	50
Optimizing ecological security patterns in a megacity by enhancing urban-rural connectivity: Insights from Wuhan, China	48
Heterogeneous effects of neighborhood renewal on mental well-being: A capability approach to analyzing complex causal pathways	48
Driving spatial network connections in rural settlements: The role of e-commerce	46
Spatial spillover effects of urban decline in Southeast Michigan	43
Driving uneven development: The emerging geography of India's electric vehicle transition	43
Crime at train stations: The role of passenger presence	42
Uncovering travel communities among older and younger adults using smart card data	42
Analyzing multiscale associations and couplings between integrated development and eco-environmental systems: A case study of the central plains urban agglomeration, China	42
Identifying shrinking cities from a physical city perspective and influencing factors: A case study of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle in China	42
New ways of working and residing: Towards temporary arrangements in large city regions in Germany	42

Divergent distributions of physicians and healthcare beds in China: Changing patterns, driving forces, and policy implications	41
Exploring vulnerability amplification in regional health inequality: COVID-19 case study in Czechia	40
Investigating socio-spatial differentiation for metro travelers using smart card data: Older people vs. others	40
The geographic disparity of agglomeration economies: Evidence from industrial activities in China's emerging greater bay area	39
Multi-scalar assessment of ecosystem-services supply and demand for establishing ecological management zoning	39
Non-linear impact of the built environment on metro commuter flows before and after the COVID-19 outbreak: A case study in Guangzhou	38
Geospatial analysis of diarrhoea determinants among children under five in Pakistan using Multiscale Geographically Weighted Regression (MGWR)	38
Understanding regional value chain evolution in peripheral areas through governance interactions – An institutional layering approach	38
Analyzing the effectiveness of China's national protected areas at resisting cropland expansion pressure	37
Associations between COVID-19 risk, multiple environmental exposures, and housing conditions: A study using individual-level GPS-based real-time sensing data	37
Exploring spatiotemporal dynamics, seasonality, and time-of-day trends of PM2.5 pollution with a low-cost sensor network: Insights from classic and spatially explicit Markov chains	36
Access and cost of primary educational services in plateau areas: A case study in Tibet, China	36
Blue-space availability, environmental quality and amenity use across contrasting socioeconomic contexts	36
Identification of priority areas for public-access automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in metropolitan areas: A case study in Hangzhou, China	36
Evolving food and beverage landscapes: A multidisciplinary inquiry into technological innovation, policy, and industry structure	36