OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Habitat International is 44. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	162
Relationship between land tenure and land use in unplanned settlements in Lusaka, Zambia	102
Editorial Board	101
Foreign direct investment and regional integration: The connectivity role of same-origin greenfield investment in the Yangtze River Delta	93
A data-driven perspective for sensing urban functional images: Place-based evidence in Hong Kong	92
Advancing agricultural diversification within rural regions: The dynamic role of interregional rural-rural migration	91
Exploring spatio-temporal behavior patterns of Chinese urban overtime workers using mobile signaling data: a case study from Beijing	90
State-led versus market-led: How institutional arrangements impact collaborative governance in participatory urban regeneration in China	85
City-to-city learning processes in the development of sustainable urban food systems: Insights from South American cities	85
From the arrival cities to affordable cities in China: Seeing through the practices of rural migrants' participation in Guangzhou's urban village regeneration	80
The humanization of urban neighborhoods; the case of Al-Falah project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	77
Sister city partnerships and sustainable development in emerging cities: Empirical cases from Ghana and Tanzania	76
Climate policy uncertainty and housing dynamics: Evidence from China's major cities	76
Unpacking migrants' social integration: The mediating effect of hierarchical migration in the context of China	76
Urbanisation and housing finance nexus: Evidence from Australia	74
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
Do college graduates serving as village officials help mitigate income inequality within village?	69
Does poverty alleviation through relocation increase relative deprivation? Evidence from Pingjiang county, China	69
Assessment of spatial interactions in farmland abandonment: A case study of Gwangyang City, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea	68
Pre-disaster planning and preparedness for urban seismic Resilience: Evaluating critical influential factors for temporary shelter site selection	67
Capturing public voices: The role of social media in heritage management	65
Urban positionality in the regional urban network: Through the lens of alter-based centrality and national-local perspectives	63
Exploring changes and influencing factors of farmers’ welfare in different villages under the background of homestead system reform	62
Does haze aggravate urban sprawl?	61
Impacts of global manufacturing transfer on energy intensity, consumption, and transition: An industry linkage perspective	61

Are home-based enterprises (HBEs) an economic lifeline or scenic distortion in Nigeria? Evidence from Ikot Epkene, Akwa Ibom State	59
Assessing eco-environmental service quality by integrating monitoring data: A case study of Northeast China	58
Analysing the rising price of new private housing in the UK: A national accounting approach	58
Profiling virtual cross-regional patient mobility in China: patterns and determinants	57
Digitalized rural operation: A new practice for China's rural revitalization	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
Life cycle assessment of municipal solid waste management in Kathmandu city, Nepal – An impact of an incomplete data set	54
Dealing with urban floods within a resilience framework regarding disaster stages	53
Impacts of in situ urbanisation on grain production: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta, China	52
The rural human-land relationship transition in Southwest karst mountainous areas based on rural population, agricultural production land, and rural settlement coupling	50
Understanding the relationship between population–land–industry element inputs and function outputs of rural settlement: An efficiency-based perspective	50
Urban planning schemes for developing low-carbon cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council region	49
Unequal periurban mobility: Travel patterns, modal choices and urban core dependence in Latin America	47
Editorial Board	46
Externality impacts of “Not in My Backyard” facilities on property values: Evidence from the Hangzhou waste sorting and reduction complex projects	46
Understanding the value of retail accessibility in private housing markets: A study from Turin, Italy	46
Health service disparity, push-pull effect, and elderly migration in ageing China	45
A novel model for simulating urban expansion under compactness scenarios on a regional scale	45
Optimizing the rural comprehensive land consolidation in China based on the multiple roles of the rural collective organization	44