OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Resources Policy is 94. 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
Role of stock market return and natural resources utilisation on green economic development: Empirical evidence from China	617
Do government resource management policies influence green productivity? New perspectives from fintech and digital resource policy in China	374
Environmental reclamation of limestone mining sites in Italy: Financial evaluation, challenges and proposals for sustainable development	369
Determinants of formalised mineral market outlet choice decision of artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Geita, Tanzania	297
Natural resources revenues, shadow economy and financial institutions depth: The way forward	273
Appraising sustainability and economic growth through Fintech, green finance and natural resource in Asian economies: A CS-ARDL study	242
The impact of resource taxation on resource curse: Evidence from Chinese resource tax policy	239
Unraveling the causal impact: Oil price uncertainty on firms’ productivity in China	234
Infectious diseases and health outcomes’ implications of natural resource curse in Africa	230
Exploring carbon neutrality potential in the petroluem industry: The role of green monetary policies as motivators	230
Patterns of technological capability development in Iran's steel industry: An analysis based on windows of opportunity for technological learning	229
Effects of the Fundão Dam break on the performance of socioeconomic indicators in Mariana municipality, Minas Gerais State	202
The role of Fintech in containing the carbon curse of natural resources: Evidence from resource-rich countries	199
50 years of Resources Policy: A bibliometric analysis	187
Environmental innovation, climate change and knowledge diffusion process: How can spillovers play a role in the goal of sustainable economic performance?	187
Exploring the asymmetric effect of remittance inflows on gold import demand: Evidence from a large gold-consuming and remittance-receiving country	187
A qualitative model of mining company taxpayer behaviour in the Lao PDR	186
Does resource-richness cause resources curse in financial market? A sustainable development overview for RCEP economies	182
Editorial Board	178
The psychology of mineral wealth: Empirical evidence from Kazakhstan	178
Beyond the doom: Sustainable water management practices of small-scale mining operations	176
Does sustainability improve financial performance? An analysis of Latin American oil and gas firms	176
How digital government mediate the influence of fossil fuels on green innovation: Evidence from China's a-share industrial enterprises	173
A fast method to find smooth economic envelopes for block and panel caving mines	169
How do the exploitation of natural resources and fiscal policy affect green growth? Moderating role of ecological governance in G7 countries	169

Natural resource endowment and human development: Contemporary role of governance	165
Innovation, financial risk and natural resources for sustainable development: Fresh evidence from BRICS economies	163
Forecasting the Crude Oil prices for last four decades using deep learning approach	162
Medium- to long-term nickel price forecasting using LSTM and GRU networks	162
Gold, bitcoin, and portfolio diversification: Lessons from the Ukrainian war	160
Nexus between economic recovery, energy consumption, CO2 emission, and total natural resources rent	158
The innovation process in mining: Integrating insights from innovation and change management	151
Bi-level multi-objective distribution strategy integrating the permit trading scheme towards coal production capacity layout optimization: Case study from China	150
The convergence in per capita natural resources in the perspective of resource curse	148
Impact of natural resource management on entrepreneurial activity and SME growth in emerging economies: Does the rule of law matter?	147
Natural resources policy making through finance? The role of green finance on energy resources poverty	146
Digital economy, resource richness, external conflicts, and ecological footprint: Evidence from emerging countries	145
Oil rents, trade environment and financial development: An international evidence	144
Evaluating and ranking the mining damage prevention programs in South Korea: An application of the fuzzy set theory	144
Natural resources a curse or blessing: The story of Latin American and Caribbean economies employing bootstrap quantile method	135
Evaluating the semi-mobile in-pit crusher option through a two-step mathematical model	134
Editorial Board	134
Dynamic and causal effects of oil price uncertainty on U.S. energy production: A Fourier and wavelet-based analysis	134
Multiscale dependence, spillovers, and connectedness between precious metals and currency markets: A hedge and safe-haven analysis	134
Natural resource extraction, energy efficiency moderation, and sustainable development in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries	133
Sustaining the mining industry through the lens of corporate social responsibility: A review research	133
Governing mined landscapes through memory: Afro-centred approaches to post-extractive transitions	132
Can globalization and the green economy hedge natural resources? Functions of population growth and financial development in BRICS countries	129
Macroeconomics, geopolitical risk, and resource commodity price bubbles	128
Green financial regulation and shale gas resources management	127
How do natural resource rents and productive capacity affect carbon emissions? Evidence from developed and developing countries	127
Impact of fintech readiness, natural resources, and business freedom on economic growth in the CAREC region	126
Do Rare Earth Elements (REEs) hedge financial risk? A spillover and portfolio analysis in the context of the energy market	126
The asymmetric effect of green investment, natural resources, and growth on financial inclusion in China	124
Sustainable development or smoke?: The role of natural resources, renewable energy, and agricultural practices in China	123
Dynamic probabilistic risk assessment of emergency response for intelligent coal mining face system, case study: Gas overrun scenario	123
Asymmetric impact of natural resources, fintech, and digital banking on climate change and environmental sustainability in BRICS countries	123
Sustainable finance in natural resource extraction: Navigating green recovery pathways	123
Comparative analysis of two resources-based economies: A study of policy recommendation toward sustainable development	123
‘We don't joke with our money’: Gender-based occupational segregation and women's remuneration negotiations in artisanal and small-scale mining	121
Tracing gendered and classed dimension of formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining efforts in Mozambique	120
Subsample stability, change detection and dynamics of oil and metal markets: A recursive approach	119
Asymmetric volatility spillover between clean energy and nonferrous metal markets under climate risks: Portfolio hedging implications	118
Measuring natural resources rents volatility: Evidence from EGARCH and TGARCH for global data	118
Digitalization of logistics for transition to a resource-efficient and circular economy	117
Exploring the role of Fintech, Green Finance and Natural Resources towards Environmental Sustainability: A study on ASEAN economies	116
Unveiling the symptoms of Dutch disease: A comparative and sustainable analysis of two oil-rich countries	116
Optimizing the utilization of mineral assets and human resources for enhanced social welfare and sustainable development	114
Natural resource abundance, environmental sustainability, and policies and institutions for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa	114
How good is green finance for green innovation? Evidence from the Chinese high-carbon sector	113
Is gold a long-run hedge, diversifier, or safe haven for oil? Empirical evidence based on DCC-MIDAS	112
Sustainable long-term production planning of open pit mines: An integrated framework for concurrent economical and environmental optimization	112
Do exchange rate and inflation rate matter in the cyclicality of oil price and stock returns?	111
Testing the resource curse hypothesis: The dynamic roles of institutional quality, inflation and growth for Dragon	110
The impact of geopolitical risk on strategic emerging minerals prices: Evidence from MODWT-based Granger causality test	109

Resilience assessment of trade network in copper industry chain and the risk resistance capacity of core countries: Based on complex network	109
How does natural resource dependence influence industrial green transformation in China? Appraising underlying mechanisms for sustainable development at regional level	108
Rapid decarbonization in the Chinese electric power sector and air pollution reduction Co-benefits in the Post-COP26 Era	106
Disentangling the geopolitical risk and its effects on commodities. Evidence from a panel of G8 countries	105
Connectedness between gold, copper, fossil fuels, and major stock markets: Implications for portfolio management	105
Do natural resources play a role in economic development? Role of institutional quality, trade openness, and FDI	104
Technological innovation and supply of critical metals: A perspective of industrial chains	104
Bibliometric and systematic analysis of literature on royalties in non-renewable resources	102
Return and volatility connectedness among the BRICS stock and oil markets	101
Corporate social responsibility in complex systems based on sustainable development	100
Green bonds and ESG investments: Catalysts for sustainable finance and green economic growth in resource-abundant economies	100
Time-frequency connectedness among traditional/new energy, green finance, and ESG in pre- and post-Russia-Ukraine war periods	100
Nexus between fintech, green finance and natural resources management: Transition of BRICS nation industries from resource curse to resource blessed sustainable economies	99
Resources melioration and the circular economy: Sustainability potentials for mineral, mining and extraction sector in emerging economies	98
Exploring the risk and economic vulnerability of global energy supply chain interruption in the context of Russo-Ukrainian war	98
Oil extraction, private investment, and sustainable economic development in China	97
Do natural resources influence E-government in developing countries? Effects and transmission channels	97
Evaluating the effect of mineral resources on the accessibility of green power: A global perspective	96
Impact of regional trade integration and energy transition on natural resources footprints in Asian Countries	94
Breaking the climate deadlock: Leveraging the effects of natural resources on climate technologies to achieve COP26 targets	94
Mapping cerium flows in China: A dynamic material flow analysis	94