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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Political and cultural memory in urban space: Public naming practices in Northern Cyprus	415
Determinants of the level of informality amongst female street food vendors in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from two regions in Ghana	353
Three circuits of capital and urbanization transformation from the perspective of capital in China	178
After moving back to the nest: The heterogeneous effect of returning to parental home on the employment outcomes by income group	161
Do the developers need government assistance? The effect of TIF policy on affordable housing construction budgets	146
Unveiling the dynamics and determinants of world city network: Insights from global airline data	146
Kunz and post-communist geographies of urban poverty in Romania	135
The attraction gradient of urban functions: How does functional mix at multiple scales predict urban vitality	135
Urban planning responses to the tweaking of approved residential subdivisions by developers in urban Ghana: Case of Kodiekrom, Kumasi	134
Cork City, Ireland: A blueprint for transformation in second-tier urban centres	133
Spatial concentration of gambling opportunities: An urban scale perspective	131
Does COVID-19 lockdown restriction reduce graduate mobility intentions in China? Learning from high frequency job searching behaviors	126
Pandemic urban citizenship: Cities, migrants, and Covid-19 crisis. Introduction to the special issue	123
Relationship between POI configurations and environmental benefits of dockless bike-sharing system: A case study of Shenzhen	122
Block clubs and crime in Chicago: The transplant hypothesis	122
US cities' permitting or restriction of housing development	119
Editorial Board	117
Editorial Board	116
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	115
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	111
Neighborhood planning: A path-dependent perspective on the gap between discourse and practice, the Israeli case	109
Effects of meteorology on bike-sharing: Cases of 13 cities using non-linear analyses	104
Times and spaces of crime in the Historic Centre of Porto: Evidence from official data	100
Green gentrification and who will benefit from green infrastructure regeneration? A quasi-experimental study in China	98
Exploring the role of the counties in preventing financial exclusion in population shrinking territories	90

Local responses to climate change: Navigating mainstreaming and transformative adaptation	89
Parametric, semiparametric and nonparametric models of urban growth	85
Transmission pattern and city-based network of COVID-19 during sporadic outbreaks	85
Use of machine learning in understanding transport dynamics of land use and public transportation in a developing city	85
Intra-urban relocation patterns and correlation with built environment factors of population by age groups: A case study of Wuhan	80
Mega-mall, global city and social issues of our times the case of Europacity in Paris	79
Exploring the impact of under-reported cases on the COVID-19 spatiotemporal distributions using healthcare workers infection data	74
How do cities foster autonomous planning practices despite top-down control?	74
Reconciling data-driven crime analysis with human-centered algorithms	73
Joint optimal pricing strategy of shared autonomous vehicles and road congestion pricing: A regional accessibility perspective	71
Do citizens in Spanish municipalities have the same perception of the solution to depopulation? Influence of population size	71
A pathway towards resilient cities: National resilience knowledge networks	69
Municipal experimentation in times of crises: (Re-)defining Melbourne's innovation district	67
Investigating the socio-spatial relations of the built environment using the Space Syntax analysis – A case study of Tirana City	66
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	66
Nighttime light derived assessment of regional inequality of socioeconomic development across Taiwan Strait since the 21st century	63
Urban quantum leap: A comprehensive review and analysis of quantum technologies for smart cities	62
Do immigrants build regional resilience? An analysis of U.S. regions from 1980 to 2010	62
Assessing energy efficiency at urban scale through the use of energy performance certificates: An application in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy	62
Who are the gig workers? Evidence from mapping the residential locations of ride-hailing drivers by a big data approach	62
Urban greenery mitigates the negative effect of urban density on older adults' life satisfaction: Evidence from Shanghai, China	61
Household characteristics or neighborhood conditions? Exploring the determinants of housing spells among U.S. public housing residents	60
The theory and praxis of mixed-use development - An integrative literature review	60
Young workers, jobs-housing balance, and commute distance: Findings from two high-housing-cost U.S. regions	59
Does public space have to be green to improve well-being? An analysis of public space across Greater London and its association to subjective well-being	58
Does compact city shape matter to residents' happiness?	57
Economic impacts of shopping malls: The Accra (Ghana) case study	57
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	57
Pedaling through the cityscape: Unveiling the association of urban environment and cycling volume through street view imagery analysis	56
Measuring emergency medical service (EMS) accessibility with the effect of city dynamics in a 100-year pluvial flood scenario	56
The effect of a multi-school zoning policy on the capitalization of educational resources: A quasi-natural experiment in Beijing	56
A key to urban economic growth or an unnecessary burden? Opening airports in small and medium-sized cities	56
Economic opportunities for creating smart cities in Poland. Does wealth matter?	56
Artificial intelligence and the local government: A five-decade scientometric analysis on the evolution, state-of-the-art, and emerging trends	56
Denser habitats: A longitudinal study of the impacts of residential density on objective and perceived neighbourhood amenity in Brisbane, Australia	56