OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Habitat International is 35. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Multifunctional rural development in China: Pattern, process and mechanism	111
Achieving resilience through smart cities? Evidence from China	103
Measurement of urban-rural integration level and its spatial differentiation in China in the new century	95
High-quality development in China: Measurement system, spatial pattern, and improvement paths	95
Urbanization and urban land use efficiency: Evidence from regional and Addis Ababa satellite cities, Ethiopia	93
Examining energy saving behaviors in student dormitories using an expanded theory of planned behavior	77
Quality evaluation and division of regional types of rural human settlements in China	74
Does regional economic integration promote urban land use efficiency? Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta, China	74
Impacts of changing urban land-use structure on sustainable city growth in China: A population-density dynamics perspective	72
How does rural homestead influence the hukou transfer intention of rural-urban migrants in China?	72
Theorizing land use transitions: A human geography perspective	72
Monitoring global land-use efficiency in the context of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	71
Building in or out? Examining urban expansion patterns and land use efficiency across the global sample of 466 cities with million+ inhabitants	63
What makes better village economic development in traditional agricultural areas of China? Evidence from 338 villages	61
A critical review of the smart city in relation to citizen adoption towards sustainable smart living	59
Modes and practices of rural vitalisation promoted by land consolidation in a rapidly urbanising China: A perspective of multifunctionality	54
Unraveling the impact of TOD on housing rental prices and implications on spatial planning: A comparative analysis of five Chinese megacities	48
How to Address “Population Decline and Land Expansion (PDLE)" of rural residential areas in the process of Urbanization:A comparative regional analysis of human-land interaction in Shandong Province	48
Addressing the macroeconomic and hedonic determinants of housing prices in Beijing Metropolitan Area, China	46
Land use efficiency of functional urban areas: Global pattern and evolution of development trajectories	45
Spatial reconstruction of rural settlements based on livability and population flow	44
Poverty alleviation through labor transfer in rural China: Evidence from Hualong County	42
Towards the evaluation of rural livability in China: Theoretical framework and empirical case study	41
Residents’ behavioral intention to participate in neighborhood micro-renewal based on an extended theory of planned behavior: A case study in Shanghai, China	40
Inclusive public open space for all: Spatial justice with health considerations	40

Evaluating trends, profits, and risks of global cities in recent urban expansion for advancing sustainable development	40
The amenity mix of urban neighborhoods	40
The spatial-temporal dynamics of daily intercity mobility in the Yangtze River Delta: An analysis using big data	40
Does rural residential land expansion pattern lead to different impacts on eco-environment? A case study of loess hilly and gully region, China	39
Assessing impacts of the water poverty index components on the human development index in Iran	39
Developing counterurbanisation: Making sense of rural mobility and governance in Japan	37
Barriers to circular economy adoption and concomitant implementation strategies in building construction and demolition waste management: A PRISMA and interpretive structural modeling approach	37
Does participation in poverty alleviation programmes increase subjective well-being? Results from a survey of rural residents in Shanxi, China	37
Compact or disperse? Evolution patterns and coupling of urban land expansion and population distribution evolution of major cities in China, 1998–2018	36
Contradictory or aligned? The nexus between authenticity in heritage conservation and heritage tourism, and its impact on satisfaction	36