OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Regional Science is 4. 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
A decision-support framework for industrial green transformation: empirical analysis of the northeast industrial district in China	45
Firm growth in the Portuguese footwear industry: the location dilemma	44
Does private education pay off?	40
Jurisdictional homogeneity and coterminous local government borders: a comparison of counties in New Jersey and New York State	35
Correction to: Urban environmental quality and out-migration intentions	33
How does digital transformation affect the emissions of environmental pollutants? From the perspective of nonlinear nexuses	32
Innovation and regional economic convergence: evidence from China	29
Economic consequences of inland waterway disruptions in the Upper Mississippi River region in a changing climate	29
Self-employment career patterns in the Netherlands: exploring individual and regional differences	20
The shifting relationship between educational attainment and poverty: analysis of seven deep southern states	20
Willingness to pay for green buildings post COVID-19 pandemic outbreak: differences between high- and low-income areas and high- and low-price settlements	20
Government employment and local multipliers in Greek municipalities	20
Regional income convergence in Colombia: population, space, and long-run dynamics	18
Reexamining a classical question: Does development push migration?	18
Do population density, socio-economic ranking and Gini Index of cities influence infection rates from coronavirus? Israel as a case study	17
Economic vulnerability in US metropolitan areas	16
Residential segregation patterns in Istanbul: internal and international migrant profiles	16
Geographical accessibility to upper secondary education: an Italian regional case study	16
Modelling health mobility for equity distribution services in the emergency health sector	16
How regional economic structure matters in the era of COVID-19: resilience capacity of U.S. states	15
Income inequality in Italian regions: an empirical study on the mitigating role of organisation-based volunteering	14
What factors contribute to uneven suburbanisation? Predicting the number of migrants from Warsaw to its suburbs with machine learning	14
Is Europe prepared to live without emissions? A dynamic analysis of the energy transition in economic sectors	13
Exploring variations in local land use regulations in the U.S.: What matters and at what level?	13
The spatial spillover effect of carbon emission trading scheme on green innovation in China’s cities	12

What makes German manufacturing plants move locations?	12
Entrepreneurship and geography—some thoughts about a complex relationship	12
The role of employment, labour productivity and trade linkages in the evolution of European regional disparities	12
Study on the impact of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway on regional economic equity based on economic performance	12
Remote work and location preferences: a study of post-pandemic trends in Italy	11
The relationship between patriotism and regional identification: a cross-country analysis	11
Employment protection and regional self-employment rates in an economic downturn: a multilevel analysis	11
The role of commuter rail accessibility in the formation of residential land values: exploring spatial heterogeneity in peri-urban and remote areas	10
Labor force diversity and new firm formation	10
Social capital and regional innovation in the aftermath of crisis: evidence from Italian provinces	9
Migrations in Spain: econometric models with demographic and economic variables (1950–2021)	9
Dynamics of collaboration among high-growth firms: results from an agent-based policy simulation	8
An uneven landscape of public services for people of color: identifying endogeneity in the relationship between local race composition and public expenditure	8
Simple geographies for complex problems? Revisiting long-term urbanization and settlement population mismatches using elasticity indicators and context-based nonparametric analysis	8
Space and technology in catching-up economies: “the city as a laboratory for innovation”	8
The role of collaboration and external knowledge for innovation in small food firms	8
Exploring the direct rebound effects for residential electricity demand in urban environments: evidence from Nice	7
The impact of short-term rental activity on house prices: evidence from coastal Virginia	7
Correction to: Jurisdictional homogeneity and coterminous local government borders: a comparison of counties in New Jersey and New York State	7
Entrepreneurial ecosystems in conflict regions: evidence from Ukraine	7
Integrating perspectives for conversations on territory: turning to indigenous knowledge to inform policy and practice	6
Unveiling core-periphery disparities through multidimensional spatial resilience maps	6
The growth and development of Nordic regional science research 1982–2022: bibliometric evidence from thirteen regional science journals	6
Welfare costs of shopping trips	6
The emergence of artificial intelligence in European regions: the role of a local ICT base	6
Inter-municipal cooperation and public employment: evidence from French municipalities	6
Knowledge networks in joint research projects, innovation and economic growth across European regions	6
Understanding rural development policies: a proposal for a typology of the seven main policy repertoires in Europe and locally, based on French case studies	6
Regional income convergence and conditioning factors in Turkey: revisiting the role of spatial dependence and neighbor effects	6
The spatial dimension of ageing and growth in European regions	6
Introduction to the special issue on the centenary of the birth of Charles M. Tiebout	6
Heterogeneous labour market trajectories in the EU: convergence, divergence and stagnation across regions	6
The spatiotemporal effects of green fiscal expenditure on low-carbon transition: empirical evidence from china’s low-carbon pilot cities	6
Uncovering the impact of cultural heritage on economic growth: empirical evidence from Greek regions, 2000–2019	6
Piped water supply and usage and the question of services of general interest: a spatial panel data analysis	5
Technological, institutional, and geographical peripheries: regional development and risk of poverty in the European regions	5
Ranking the Spanish regions according to their resilience capacity during 1965–2011	5
Do municipal mergers internalise spatial spillover effects? empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities	5
Effects on sectors and regions of a carbon tax increase in Sweden: analysis with an SCGE model	5
Air pollution and income inequality: a spatial econometric approach	5
Face-to-face contact and university–industry collaboration: evidence from mobile signaling data in Beijing	5
Does intermunicipal cooperation favor higher firm creation? French evidence from a natural experiment	5
Club convergence of regional housing prices in China: evidence from 70 major Cities	4
Intra-city Tiebout: the economic consequences of crossed borders	4
Cooperation bias in regional policy: Is competition neglected?	4
Spatial machine learning: new opportunities for regional science	4
Analysis of the income effect by the digital divide: focus on Korean farmers	4
Anxiety about the pandemic and trust in financial markets	4
Macroeconomic and environmental consequences of circular economy measures in a small open economy	4
Public good provision and progressive income taxation in a spatial economy	4

Climate change, carbon neutrality: the role of spatial economics	4
An aggregate approach to estimating quality of life in micropolitan areas	4
Welcome to the Punch. Local exposure to refugees and hate events in Italy	4
Green and digital entrepreneurship in smart cities	4