OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cities is 65. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding the dialectical relationship between governance and governance outcomes in the context of urban (re)development: A critical review	513
Editorial Board	300
Parametric, semiparametric and nonparametric models of urban growth	284
Determinants of the level of informality amongst female street food vendors in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from two regions in Ghana	280
Exploring the role of the counties in preventing financial exclusion in population shrinking territories	211
Green impact of climate resilient city development: New evidence from China	194
The effects of overwork on rural-to-urban migrant workers' intention to settle in cities: The evidence from China	169
Innovative initiatives to improve access to education in urban slums: A critical review of mobile school education programs	139
Denser habitats: A longitudinal study of the impacts of residential density on objective and perceived neighbourhood amenity in Brisbane, Australia	133
Transmission pattern and city-based network of COVID-19 during sporadic outbreaks	125
After moving back to the nest: The heterogeneous effect of returning to parental home on the employment outcomes by income group	119
Public acceptability of electric vehicle chargepoint installation in neighbourhoods: A psychometric approach to assess resident reaction	119
Intra-urban relocation patterns and correlation with built environment factors of population by age groups: A case study of Wuhan	114
Kunz and post-communist geographies of urban poverty in Romania	106
Understanding Addis Ababa's urban transition and slum clearance through gentrification theory	105
Times and spaces of crime in the Historic Centre of Porto: Evidence from official data	104
Neighborhood planning: A path-dependent perspective on the gap between discourse and practice, the Israeli case	103
Political and cultural memory in urban space: Public naming practices in Northern Cyprus	103
The theory and praxis of mixed-use development - An integrative literature review	102
Pedaling through the cityscape: Unveiling the association of urban environment and cycling volume through street view imagery analysis	101
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	101
Exploring the linkage between the neighbourhood environment and mental well-being: Mediating roles of stress, physical activity, and neighbourhood satisfaction	99
Measuring urban shrinkage in India using night-light data from DMSP-OLS and VIIRS-NPP satellite sensors	97
Urban greenery mitigates the negative effect of urban density on older adults' life satisfaction: Evidence from Shanghai, China	92
Revealing the impact patterns of urban morphology on land surface temperature in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China	92

Urban food shopping trends: An analysis of Istanbul's grocery preferences via multi group structural equation model	91
Railway-station-area vitality in response to COVID-19: A case study of diverse Japanese cities	88
Climate and socio-economic drivers of urban tree abundance, richness and composition in Australian cities	87
Pandemic urban citizenship: Cities, migrants, and Covid-19 crisis. Introduction to the special issue	86
Does compact city shape matter to residents' happiness?	86
Unveiling the dynamics and determinants of world city network: Insights from global airline data	86
Barcelona as a case study for the effectiveness of short-term rental market regulations	86
Cork City, Ireland: A blueprint for transformation in second-tier urban centres	81
Darker nights, happier lives? The impact of urban green space night-time accessibility on residents' subjective happiness: A case study of the main urban area of Hangzhou	81
The attraction gradient of urban functions: How does functional mix at multiple scales predict urban vitality	80
Does digital inclusive finance affect urban carbon emission intensity: Evidence from 285 cities in China	80
Artificial intelligence and the local government: A five-decade scientometric analysis on the evolution, state-of-the-art, and emerging trends	79
Who are the gig workers? Evidence from mapping the residential locations of ride-hailing drivers by a big data approach	78
Urban quantum leap: A comprehensive review and analysis of quantum technologies for smart cities	78
Rethinking urban density, vitality and healthy environment in the post-pandemic city: The case of Istanbul	77
Deep learning meets urban design: Assessing streetscape aesthetic and design quality through AI and cluster analysis	76
Unveiling citizen-government interactions in urban renewal in China: Spontaneous online opinions, reginal characteristics, and government responsiveness	75
Local responses to climate change: Navigating mainstreaming and transformative adaptation	75
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	75
Evolution of China's intercity venture capital network: Preferential attachment vs. path dependence	75
Developing circular cities in emerging economies: Investigating circular economy initiatives in the urban food system of two Indonesian cities	74
From complaints to insights: A geographical analysis of illegal dumping by citizen sensor data	74
Older adults' capability to use community facilities and the associations with neighborhood satisfaction and well-being in high-density urban environments	70
A pathway towards resilient cities: National resilience knowledge networks	70
Do citizens in Spanish municipalities have the same perception of the solution to depopulation? Influence of population size	69
ICT usage and perceived walkability of older adults: A walk-along study in Singapore	69
Multi-scenario urban growth boundaries and trade-offs among land use functions	68
US cities' permitting or restriction of housing development	68
Persistence of open-air markets in the food systems of Africa's secondary cities	68
A key to urban economic growth or an unnecessary burden? Opening airports in small and medium-sized cities	68
Effects of meteorology on bike-sharing: Cases of 13 cities using non-linear analyses	68
Comparison of the distributions of centrality indices: Using spatial big data to understand urban spatial structure	68
Block clubs and crime in Chicago: The transplant hypothesis	67
Public preferences for government supply of public open space: A neo-institutional economic and lifecycle governance perspective	67
Revealing non-work travel patterns under the influence of multiple actors: An integrated geospatial agent-based approach	67
City digital twins and the urban laboratory: The practice and politics of ‘sandbox urbanism’	67
The determinants of national city size distributions: A BMA approach	67
Reconciling data-driven crime analysis with human-centered algorithms	66
Joint optimal pricing strategy of shared autonomous vehicles and road congestion pricing: A regional accessibility perspective	65
Decoding the built environment-behavior nexus at residential boundaries: A multi-dimensional analysis of 85 street segments in Dalian	65
Spatial concentration of gambling opportunities: An urban scale perspective	65