OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Disasters is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of workplace exclusion on the humanitarian response to the refugee crisis in Lebanon	43
Covid‐19's impact on China's economy: a prediction model based on railway transportation statistics	33
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Introduction. The Covid‐19 pandemic: global dimensions, local responses	29
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Counter‐terrorism and humanitarian action: UK INGO responses since 2015	26
Recovering the status quo: tipping points and earthquake aftermaths in colonial India	24
Evidence of policy learning in emergency declarations as communication tools in Australia	21
Strengthening the role of science and technology in disaster risk reduction: the Chilean strategy	18
International humanitarian narratives of disasters, crises, and Indigeneity	16
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Social capital and food security in post‐conflict rural Lira District, northern Uganda	14
Approaches to ‘vulnerability’ in eight European disaster management systems	13
Governance and the design of post‐disaster policies: a comparative analysis from Latin America and the Caribbean	13
Interorganisational emergency management coordination challenges in a resource‐scarce environment: a case study of El Salvador post COVID‐19	12
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Prioritising earthquake retrofitting in Wellington, New Zealand	12
Checks and balances: a business‐oriented lens on disaster management and warnings	12
‘No‐one knows how to care for LGBT community like LGBT do’¹: LGBTQIA+ experiences of COVID‐19 in the United Kingdom and Brazil	11
NGO–academia research co‐production in humanitarian settings: opportunities and challenges	11
The mental health of aid workers: risk and protective factors in relation to job context, working conditions, and demographics	11
Disasters and ‘conditions of possibility’: rethinking causation through an analysis of earthquakes in Nepal	11
The emergence of post‐Westphalian health governance during the Covid‐19 pandemic: the European Health Union	11
Multi‐scalar and multi‐dimensional conceptions of social capital and mental health impacts after disaster: the case of Hurricane Harvey	10

Disaster preparedness and community helping behaviour in the wake of the 2020 Oregon wildfires	10
The role of Nature‐based Solutions in disaster resilience in coastal Jamaica: current and potential applications for ‘building back better’	9
‘Building back better’ is neoliberal post‐disaster reconstruction	9
Gender‐based violence before, during, and after cyclones: slow violence and layered disasters	9
‘Building back better’ in the Caribbean: an introduction	9
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Five levels of famine prevention: towards a framework for the twenty‐first century and beyond	8
Humanitarianism as a tool of statecraft: contested authority, sovereign violence, and humanity in the Syrian civil war	8
UNHCR and LGBTI refugees in Kenya: the limits of ‘protection’	8
Possibilities and limitations of anticipatory action in complex crises: acting in advance of flooding in South Sudan	8
Change in cyclone disaster vulnerability and response in coastal Bangladesh	8
Interplay between sanctions, donor conditionality, and food insecurity in complex emergencies: the case of Syria	8
How to care for carers: Psychosocial care for local staff of aid agencies	7
Public discourse narratives: from ‘Secret Aid Worker’ discontent to shifting power in humanitarian systems	7
The barriers to uptake of disaster risk management science in urban planning: A political economy analysis	7
Correction to “Local news sentiment towards FEMA recovery efforts after Hurricane Florence in North Carolina”	7
Solidarity in disaster scholarship	6
The warming city: the increasing risk of summer fires in Delhi	6
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Armenia and Türkiye between conflict and cooperation: explaining (with) disaster diplomacy	6
Disaster solidarity and survivor ethics: a case study of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico	6
Coordinating non‐established disaster relief groups: a case study of Hurricane Irma in Florida, United States	6
Post‐tropical cyclone Fiona and Atlantic Canada: Media framing of hazard risk in the Anthropocene	6
The sound of silence? Listening to localisation at the World Humanitarian Summit	6
Contesting the crisis narrative: epidemic accounts in Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
Disasters and corruption: public expectations and tolerance—evidence from Mexico	5
Decolonising disasters	5
Negotiating humanitarian space with criminal armed groups in urban Latin America	5
A ‘te ao Māori’ disaster risk reduction framework	5
Rumour spread and control during the West African Ebola epidemic in Liberia	5
Queer and present danger: understanding the disparate impacts of disasters on LGBTQ+ communities	5
Localisation in the balance: Syrian medical‐humanitarian NGOs' strategic engagement with the local and international	5
Humanitarians' ethics: the role of face‐to‐face experiences in humanitarian aid workers' motivation	5
ODI@60: reflections and observations on five decades of disaster studies	5
Do we really want to know? The journey to implement empirical research recommendations in the ICRC's responses in Myanmar and Lebanon	5
Reflections on implementing the Sendai Framework in the Asia‐Pacific: beyond adding disability inclusion to disaster risk reduction	5
Conflict, COVID‐19, and crisis response: shifting from ‘pivoting’ to preparedness	5
The significance of local government in disaster management for international migrants: the case of Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture	5
The ‘conflict paradox’: humanitarian access, localisation, and (dis)empowerment in Myanmar, Somalia, and Somaliland	4
Investigating the conditions of vulnerability experienced by migrant workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Kerala, India	4
Mental models for inclusive, socially‐just disaster planning: a multi‐community study in Saint Martin after Hurricane Irma	4
Crisis interpreting and Deaf community understanding during the COVID‐19 pandemic: results from a South Korea‐based survey	4
Food systems in protracted crises: examining indigenous food sovereignty amid de‐development in Kashmir	4
Paranirvar mānis (dependent people)? Rethinking humanitarian dependency syndrome: a Bourdieusian perspective	4
Tibetan Buddhist belief and disaster resilience: a qualitative exploration of the Yushu area, China	4
Music and the politics of famine: everyday discourses and shame for suffering	4
Conceptualising disaster social capital: what it is, why it matters, and how it can be enhanced	4
Measuring community disaster resilience for sustainable climate change adaptation: Lessons from time‐series findings in rural Cambodia	4
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Diasporas as a linchpin in local and international humanitarian action: a case study of the Chinese in Aceh following the 2004 tsunami	3

Humanitarian (in)security: risk management in complex settings	3
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Hurricanes, reconstruction, and resistance: thinking through vulnerability in the Caribbean	3
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Motivated to vote? The effect of flooding on political participation	3
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Local news sentiment towards FEMA recovery efforts after Hurricane Florence in North Carolina	3
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A minority group's response to a severe climatic event: a case study of rural Indo‐Fijians after Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016	3
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Editorial	3
Connecting efficiency and responsiveness in China: public sentiments and stakeholder perspectives towards COVID‐19 crisis governance	3
A positive yet complicated case of gender‐based violence coordination: a qualitative study of Lebanon's protracted humanitarian emergency, 2012–22	3
Official sources, news outlets, or search engines? Rumour validation on social media during Hurricanes Harvey and Irma	3
Talking about volcanoes: institutional narratives, the nature of risk, and Mount Mayon in the Philippines	2
Resilience in care organisations: challenges in maintaining support for vulnerable people in Europe during the Covid‐19 pandemic	2
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Understanding the impacts of floods on learning quality, school facilities, and educational recovery in Indonesia	2
A retrospective of deaths related to migration along the southeasternmost land borders of Europe: an update encompassing the years 2015–22	2
‘Sea of blood’: the intended and unintended effects of criminalising humanitarian volunteers assisting migrants in distress at sea	2
Risk factors and the psychological impacts of the COVID‐19 outbreak: perspectives and experiences of Iranian healthcare workers on the frontline	2
Disasters in the Anthropocene: a storm in a teacup?	2
Prioritising well‐being and resilience to ‘build back better’: insights from a Dominican small‐scale fishing community	2
Five shades of grey: variants of ‘political’ humanitarianism	2
The transition from development and disaster risk reduction to humanitarian relief: the case of Yemen during high‐intensity conflict	2
‘I know you like the back of my hand’: biometric practices of humanitarian organisations in international aid	2
Psychological First Aid principles within a community‐led arts initiative: lessons from the Blacksmiths' Tree	2
Resilience and the role of equids in humanitarian crises	2
Local emergency management's use of social media during disasters: a case study of Hurricane Irma	2
Barriers to accessing psychosocial support for humanitarian aid workers: a mixed methods inquiry	2
Displaced by climate and disaster‐induced relocations: experiences of cascading displacement in Fiji and the Philippines	2
From pity to fear: security as a mechanism for (re)production of vulnerability	2
Issue Information	2
Hybrid governance and disaster management in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monrovia, Liberia, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	2
‘Building back better’ in the context of multi‐hazards in the Caribbean	2
Actor‐network analysis of community‐based organisations in health pandemics: evidence from the COVID‐19 response in Freetown, Sierra Leone	2
Localisation requires trust: an interface perspective on the Rohingya response in Bangladesh	2
Challenges in humanitarian response implementation: a large‐scale review of aid worker perspectives	1
Family dynamics and implications for young people's ‘struggles’ in rural areas of post‐conflict northern Uganda	1
Interconnections between children's upbringing, camps, and post‐war villages: caregivers' lived experiences in northern Uganda	1
We returned home empty‐handed: COVID‐19, care, and contested citizenship of Naga migrant workers in northeast India	1
Acknowledgement of reviewers	1
Implementing a Pre‐disaster Recovery Workshop in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: lessons for disaster risk assessment, response, and recovery for cultural heritage	1
Obituary: Douglas Paton, 1955–2023	1
Social resilience indicators for pandemic crises	1
Gaining ‘authority to operate’: student‐led emergent volunteers and established response agencies in the Canterbury earthquakes	1
Issue Information	1
Enhancing the resilience and well‐being of rural poor to climate risks: are the economic functions of social protection enough?	1
Insights from social‐ecological systems thinking for understanding and preventing famine	1
Building rural community disaster resilience in developing countries: insights from a Chinese NGO's Safe Rural Community programme	1
Flattening the curve: voluntary association participation and the 2013–16 West Africa Ebola epidemic	1
Returning to normal? ‘Building back better’ in the Dominican education system after Tropical Storm Erika and Hurricane Maria	1
Acknowledgement of reviewers	1
Issue Information	1
Reproductive justice in the Colombian armed conflict	1
Risk, vulnerability, and pragmatic inevitability: the conflict–disaster nexus and urban governance in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
The dynamic space of aid relations in protracted internal displacement: the case of Sri Lanka's northern Muslims	1
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Integrating science‐based and local ecological knowledge: a case study of mangrove restoration and rehabilitation projects in the Philippines	1
Plague and local response in North China, 1900–28	1
Local knowledge as the basis of disaster management and humanitarian assistance	1
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