OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cities is 56. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Political and cultural memory in urban space: Public naming practices in Northern Cyprus	485
Determinants of the level of informality amongst female street food vendors in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from two regions in Ghana	398
Unveiling the dynamics and determinants of world city network: Insights from global airline data	197
Do the developers need government assistance? The effect of TIF policy on affordable housing construction budgets	195
Urban planning responses to the tweaking of approved residential subdivisions by developers in urban Ghana: Case of Kodiekrom, Kumasi	180
Nighttime light derived assessment of regional inequality of socioeconomic development across Taiwan Strait since the 21st century	166
Do citizens in Spanish municipalities have the same perception of the solution to depopulation? Influence of population size	152
Young workers, jobs-housing balance, and commute distance: Findings from two high-housing-cost U.S. regions	152
Cork City, Ireland: A blueprint for transformation in second-tier urban centres	151
Does COVID-19 lockdown restriction reduce graduate mobility intentions in China? Learning from high frequency job searching behaviors	143
Pandemic urban citizenship: Cities, migrants, and Covid-19 crisis. Introduction to the special issue	138
Block clubs and crime in Chicago: The transplant hypothesis	135
Relationship between POI configurations and environmental benefits of dockless bike-sharing system: A case study of Shenzhen	133
US cities' permitting or restriction of housing development	129
Editorial Board	127
Editorial Board	123
An investigation into the health related quality of life (HRQoL) of older women living in nursing homes in Iran with particular reference to physical activity	118
How do urban function and development level effect construction level of green infrastructure? A case study of 110 built-up areas of cities in the Yangtze River Economic Zone	112
Parametric, semiparametric and nonparametric models of urban growth	104
Green gentrification and who will benefit from green infrastructure regeneration? A quasi-experimental study in China	101
The theory and praxis of mixed-use development - An integrative literature review	92
Municipal experimentation in times of crises: (Re-)defining Melbourne's innovation district	91
Unveiling citizen-government interactions in urban renewal in China: Spontaneous online opinions, reginal characteristics, and government responsiveness	90
Intra-urban relocation patterns and correlation with built environment factors of population by age groups: A case study of Wuhan	87
Key predictors of greenhouse gas emissions for cities committing to mitigate and adapt to climate change	87

Comparison of the distributions of centrality indices: Using spatial big data to understand urban spatial structure	87
Transmission pattern and city-based network of COVID-19 during sporadic outbreaks	85
Urban quantum leap: A comprehensive review and analysis of quantum technologies for smart cities	82
Use of machine learning in understanding transport dynamics of land use and public transportation in a developing city	79
Does digital inclusive finance affect urban carbon emission intensity: Evidence from 285 cities in China	75
Examining the non-linear association between the built environment around residence and the risk of obesity among children and adolescents at different school stages in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China	74
Effects of meteorology on bike-sharing: Cases of 13 cities using non-linear analyses	71
How does commuting influence time use and domain and life satisfaction? Evidence from dual-earner couples with school-age children in a small Chinese city	70
Understanding Addis Ababa's urban transition and slum clearance through gentrification theory	69
A key to urban economic growth or an unnecessary burden? Opening airports in small and medium-sized cities	68
Joint optimal pricing strategy of shared autonomous vehicles and road congestion pricing: A regional accessibility perspective	68
Measuring urban shrinkage in India using night-light data from DMSP-OLS and VIIRS-NPP satellite sensors	68
Assessing energy efficiency at urban scale through the use of energy performance certificates: An application in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy	68
Exploring the impact of under-reported cases on the COVID-19 spatiotemporal distributions using healthcare workers infection data	67
Do immigrants build regional resilience? An analysis of U.S. regions from 1980 to 2010	66
Exploring the linkage between the neighbourhood environment and mental well-being: Mediating roles of stress, physical activity, and neighbourhood satisfaction	66
After moving back to the nest: The heterogeneous effect of returning to parental home on the employment outcomes by income group	65
Economic impacts of shopping malls: The Accra (Ghana) case study	65
Revealing non-work travel patterns under the influence of multiple actors: An integrated geospatial agent-based approach	65
Spatial concentration of gambling opportunities: An urban scale perspective	64
Reconciling data-driven crime analysis with human-centered algorithms	64
The attraction gradient of urban functions: How does functional mix at multiple scales predict urban vitality	64
Multi-scenario urban growth boundaries and trade-offs among land use functions	63
Railway diplomacy: China's infrastructure investments and Africa's global connectivity	62
From complaints to insights: A geographical analysis of illegal dumping by citizen sensor data	61
Three circuits of capital and urbanization transformation from the perspective of capital in China	61
Public preferences for government supply of public open space: A neo-institutional economic and lifecycle governance perspective	60
Neighborhood planning: A path-dependent perspective on the gap between discourse and practice, the Israeli case	59
Railway-station-area vitality in response to COVID-19: A case study of diverse Japanese cities	59
ICT usage and perceived walkability of older adults: A walk-along study in Singapore	59
Older adults' capability to use community facilities and the associations with neighborhood satisfaction and well-being in high-density urban environments	57
Urban greenery mitigates the negative effect of urban density on older adults' life satisfaction: Evidence from Shanghai, China	56
Local responses to climate change: Navigating mainstreaming and transformative adaptation	56
The effects of overwork on rural-to-urban migrant workers' intention to settle in cities: The evidence from China	56
Developing circular cities in emerging economies: Investigating circular economy initiatives in the urban food system of two Indonesian cities	56
Innovative initiatives to improve access to education in urban slums: A critical review of mobile school education programs	56
Public acceptability of electric vehicle chargepoint installation in neighbourhoods: A psychometric approach to assess resident reaction	56