OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Habitat International is 45. 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
Editorial Board	174
Editorial Board	115
A data-driven perspective for sensing urban functional images: Place-based evidence in Hong Kong	111
Exploring spatio-temporal behavior patterns of Chinese urban overtime workers using mobile signaling data: a case study from Beijing	109
The humanization of urban neighborhoods; the case of Al-Falah project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	96
Relationship between land tenure and land use in unplanned settlements in Lusaka, Zambia	94
Assessment of spatial interactions in farmland abandonment: A case study of Gwangyang City, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea	93
Do college graduates serving as village officials help mitigate income inequality within village?	91
‘Secondaryfication’ and land use transitions: Spatio-temporal dynamics and growth trajectories in Ghana's emerging secondary cities	89
State-led versus market-led: How institutional arrangements impact collaborative governance in participatory urban regeneration in China	87
Does poverty alleviation through relocation increase relative deprivation? Evidence from Pingjiang county, China	82
Digital platform, state, and the reinvention of rurality: A neo-endogenous analysis of China’s “CunBA” phenomenon	81
Sister city partnerships and sustainable development in emerging cities: Empirical cases from Ghana and Tanzania	80
Pre-disaster planning and preparedness for urban seismic Resilience: Evaluating critical influential factors for temporary shelter site selection	79
Climate policy uncertainty and housing dynamics: Evidence from China's major cities	79
Urbanisation and housing finance nexus: Evidence from Australia	78
Advancing agricultural diversification within rural regions: The dynamic role of interregional rural-rural migration	77
Foreign direct investment and regional integration: The connectivity role of same-origin greenfield investment in the Yangtze River Delta	75
Dynamic evaluation and obstacle factor diagnosis of rural human settlements quality in the Dabie mountains old revolutionary Base area under the background of rural revitalization	70
Unpacking migrants' social integration: The mediating effect of hierarchical migration in the context of China	68
From the arrival cities to affordable cities in China: Seeing through the practices of rural migrants' participation in Guangzhou's urban village regeneration	68
Does haze aggravate urban sprawl?	67
Capturing public voices: The role of social media in heritage management	67
Are home-based enterprises (HBEs) an economic lifeline or scenic distortion in Nigeria? Evidence from Ikot Epkene, Akwa Ibom State	64
Profiling virtual cross-regional patient mobility in China: patterns and determinants	62

Understanding the relationship between population–land–industry element inputs and function outputs of rural settlement: An efficiency-based perspective	62
Analysing the rising price of new private housing in the UK: A national accounting approach	62
Assessing eco-environmental service quality by integrating monitoring data: A case study of Northeast China	61
Life cycle assessment of municipal solid waste management in Kathmandu city, Nepal – An impact of an incomplete data set	59
Impacts of in situ urbanisation on grain production: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta, China	59
Impacts of global manufacturing transfer on energy intensity, consumption, and transition: An industry linkage perspective	59
The rural human-land relationship transition in Southwest karst mountainous areas based on rural population, agricultural production land, and rural settlement coupling	57
Urban positionality in the regional urban network: Through the lens of alter-based centrality and national-local perspectives	56
Same planet but different worlds! Diverging convergence pattern of urban form typologies across 413 cities with million+ inhabitants and their sustainability trade-offs	54
Exploring changes and influencing factors of farmers’ welfare in different villages under the background of homestead system reform	53
Digitalized rural operation: A new practice for China's rural revitalization	52
Urban planning schemes for developing low-carbon cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council region	52
Unequal periurban mobility: Travel patterns, modal choices and urban core dependence in Latin America	52
Dealing with urban floods within a resilience framework regarding disaster stages	52
Understanding the value of retail accessibility in private housing markets: A study from Turin, Italy	51
‘Displace, Dump and Cage?’: Contested logics of formalization of street trading in Harare and Kumasi	49
Editorial Board	48
Shrinking cities, unshrinkable health: A study on the evolution of street spatial health performance in shrinking cities based on deep learning methods	48
Trust and land Lease: The role of informal institutions in land market in rural China	48
Urban construction-based social risks assessment in hot arid countries with social network analysis	46
Analyzing the impact of land expropriation program on farmers' livelihood in urban fringes of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia	45