OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sustainable Development is 8. 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
After the Johannesburg II Declaration, What Next for Ecological Sustainability in BRICS? Perspectives on Green Innovations and Green Transitions	292
The Challenge of Introducing Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation—An Ethnographic Study	263
Empirical Exploration of the Drivers of Human Development in Central and West Asian Countries: How Effective Are Control of Corruption, Political Stability and the Rule of Law?	227
Enabling transdisciplinary research collaboration for planetary health: Insights from practice at the environment‐health‐development nexus	211
Why is ecological sustainability so difficult to achieve? An in‐context discussion of conceptual barriers	177
The determinants of the inequality in CO₂ emissions per capita between developing countries and their implications for environmental policy	166
Female economic participation and sustainable development in African countries: The moderating role of governance	151
Fostering sustainable production via the Amazon Fund collaborative platform	135
Exploring the causal relationship between PM 2.5 air pollution and urban areas economic welfare and social‐wellbeing: Evidence form 15 European capitals	119
Sustainable investing and financing for sustainable development: A hybrid review	112
Urban sustainable development: Unraveling regional land development intensity dynamics and future trends in China	107
Role of social capital in agricultural diversification: Implications for sustainable development in rural regions	105
Unleashing circular economy potential in agriculture: Integrating social impact assessment with the ReSOLVE framework as a tool for sustainable development	104
Making a case for nature‐based solutions for a sustainable built environment in Africa	102
Business cycle synchronization and sustainable trade development in Africa: The role of capital mobility	101
Green initiatives and stakeholder engagement: Unveiling the impact of green strategies and CSR on financial performance from descriptive‐normative perspectives of stakeholder theory	97
Human resource management: A link between sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles. Traditional and systematic review	92
Geographical indication, agricultural development and the alleviation of rural relative poverty	92
Boosting the Spanish Urban Agenda through urban living labs: The case study of Madrid	86
Reading between the lines: The intersection of research attention and sustainable development goals	83
Malta's low carbon transition towards sustainability	81
Connecting families, schools, and communities: A systems‐contextual approach to sustainable futures for children	79
Evaluating end‐users' digital competencies and ethical perceptions of AI systems in the context of sustainable digital banking	78
How cultural values influence sustainable consumption behavior? An empirical investigation in a non‐Western context	75
Regional collaboration for the sustainable development goals: Experiences from developing a multi‐actor platform in Sweden	69

The path to sustainable municipal solid waste management: Do human development, energy efficiency, and income inequality matter?	69
Rural transformation and sustainable livelihood approaches under regional environmental policies: Evidence from two villages in the Yangtze River Delta metropolitan region, China	66
Assessing the nexus of gross national expenditure, energy consumption, and information & communications technology toward the sustainable environment: Evidence from advanced economies	64
Transformative social policies as an essential buffer during socio‐economic crises	63
Sustainable Development invites contributions for a special issue on “Sustainability in Transforming Societies”	61
Science with society: Challenges of early‐stage researchers engaging with transdisciplinary research in sustainability science	58
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Rural low‐carbon energy development in the information age: Can internet access drive the farmer to participate in personal carbon trading schemes related to bioenergy?	51
Alignment of the 2030 Agenda to the port industry	51
Corporate board diversity, environmental compliance, and occupational health and safety disclosure for achieving sustainable development goals in an emerging economy	51
Women's empowerment and its role in household food security to achieve SDGs: Empirical evidence from rural Bangladesh	50
Do command‐and‐control environmental regulations realize the win‐win of “pollution reduction” and “efficiency improvement” for enterprises? Evidence from China	50
Extended producer responsibility in e‐waste recycling: A secure path to a sustainable future for UAE	48
Reconciling the micro‐ and macro‐perspective in agricultural energy efficiency analysis for sustainable development	46
How financial performance influences investment in sustainable development initiatives in the airline industry: The moderation role of state‐ownership	46
Conceptual frameworks in indicator‐based assessments of urban sustainability—An analysis based on 67 initiatives	46
Sanitation conditions and education outcomes in Brazilian municipalities	45
City reputation and the role of sustainability in cities	45
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Green growth as a pathway toward sustainable development: A systems thinking on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau in China	44
The monitoring and evaluation challenges of the sustainable development goals: An assessment in three European countries	43
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Gift economy and well‐being: A mode of economy playing out in recovery from Rwandan tragedies	42
Categories of actors involved in tree planting by multinational corporations based in France, Switzerland and the UK	40
Building a sustainable future: Closing the gap in radiotherapy and brachytherapy resources to achieve the sustainable development agenda 2030 goals for cervical cancer control in Africa	40
Environmental sustainable development through modeling and ranking of influential factors of reference groups on consumer behavior of green products: The case of Iran	40
Sustainable development in the wine industry: The impact of the natural environment and gender‐diverse leadership	40
Sustainability as fairness: A Rawlsian framework linking intergenerational equity and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) with business practices	39
A framework for the assessment of qualitative and quantitative sustainable development of groundwater system	39
Issue Information	37
Current research trends in child poverty and psychological resilience research: A bibliometric analysis approach	36
Economic assessment of ecosystem services with a novel concept of elevation: An application of the discrete choice experiment method	35
The link between gender inequality, financial development, and economic growth in Nigeria: A spectral Granger causality approach	35
Material demand and material efficiency for sustainable development in the European Union countries: A stochastic frontier analysis	34
Contested circular economy and mixed social implications from practice: A scoping review	34
Strategic urban design for sustainable development: A framework for studio and practice	34
A model for sustainable development of the ship recycling industry: Empirical evidence from China	33
Closing the sustainable development gap: A global study of goal interactions	33
Circular economy at the company level: An empirical study based on sustainability reports	33
Embracing environmental sustainability consciousness as a catalyst for slow fashion adoption	32
The European (Green?) Deal: a systematic analysis of environmental sustainability	32
Unleashing digital transformation to achieve the sustainable development goals across multiple sectors	32
Strategic evaluation of the sustainability of the Spanish primary sector within the framework of the circular economy	32
Sustainable urban development: Can the balanced scorecard contribute to the strategic management of sustainable cities?	31
Beyond environmental sustainability: Low‐carbon land use policies can contribute to the realization of comprehensive sustainable development	30
Adaptive governance by community based organisations: Community resilience initiatives during Covid‐19 in Mathare, Nairobi	30
Modeling the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak on environment, health sector and energy market	29
Does improved cooking fuel empower women? Evidence from India	29
Emergence fostered by systemic analysis—Seeding innovation for sustainable development	29

Adopting sustainability competence‐based education in academic disciplines: Insights from 13 higher education institutions	29
A configurational analysis of firms' environmental innovation: Evidence from China's key pollutant‐discharge listed companies	29
An integrated mechanism and challenges of mountainous sustainable development: A review of Hani Terraces, China	28
Ecological and social poverty traps: Complex interactions moving toward sustainable development	28
Non‐state shareholder governance and corporate sustainability: Evidence from environmental, social and governance ratings	28
Snowed in? An analysis of social and transportation networks in the 2015 Boston Snowmageddon	28
The influence of industrial attitudes and behaviours in adopting sustainable construction practices	27
Unveiling the linkage between hydropower growth and tourism sustainability in EU27 region: An empirical analysis	27
The future of baby cosmetics packaging and sustainable development: A look at sustainable materials and packaging innovations – A systematic review	27
Corporate social responsibility model for a competitive and resilient hospitality industry	25
Sustainable economic development and geopolitics: The role of energy trilemma policies	25
Co‐innovation behavior and sustainable innovation in competitive environments	25
Moving toward carbon neutrality: Assessing natural gas import security and its impact on CO₂ emissions	25
Balancing or prioritising for sustainable development? Perceptions of sustainability integration among professionals	24
Environmental Performance and SDGs: How Do Income Disparity, Urbanization, Resource Consumption, and Female Employers Affect the Ecological Footprint in Emerging Economies?	24
Natural resources abundance, economic globalization, and carbon emissions: Advancing sustainable development agenda	24
Toward a sustainability assessment framework of research impacts: Contributions of a business school	24
Local resilience for low‐carbon transition in Poland: Frameworks, conditions and opportunities for Central European countries	24
An evaluation methodological approach to support the definition of effective urban projects: A case study in the city of Rome (Italy)	24
Evaluating the Potential of Information and Communication Technologies to Increase Aquaculture Sustainability	24
Can Digitalization Bridge the Gap? Exploring Human Development and Inequality in Gauteng Province, South Africa?	24
Digital development and innovation for environmental sustainability: The role of government support and government intervention	23
On informal housing supply restrictions and livelihood in informal settlements: Implications for sustainable development	23
Environmental sustainability and green logistics: Evidence from BRICS and Gulf countries by cross‐sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS‐ARDL) approach	23
Towards the development of a systematic approach for sustainability assessment of educational infrastructure: A system of priority areas and design quality indicators	23
Sustainable development with environmental, social and governance: Strategies for urban sustainability	23
Sustainable development and financial system: IntegratingESGrisks through sustainable investment strategies in a climate change context	23
Unlocking the potential of responsible management education through interdisciplinary approaches	23
Sustainable redevelopment of urban areas: Assessment of key barriers for the reconstruction of old residential buildings	23
Investigate the role of technology innovation and renewable energy in reducing transport sector CO₂ emission in China: A path toward sustainable development	23
A multi‐methods approach for assessing how conserving biodiversity interacts with other sustainable development goals in Nepal	22
An applied framework for assessing the relative deprivation of dam‐affected communities	22
Synergies and trade‐offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis	22
Decentralization policies and sustainable rural development: A path to eradicating poverty (SDG 1) and hunger (SDG 2)	22
High‐tech industries, financial expansion, and low‐carbon energy deployment along the Belt and Road Initiative	21
Green hydrogen partnerships with the Global South. Advancing an energy justice perspective on “tomorrow's oil”	21
Powering a sustainable future: Does economic structure influence the ecological footprint?	21
Can Africa–China cooperation influence African green growth to truly alleviate undernourishment? Evidence of the quadruple mediating effect	21
Formulation of citizen science approach for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation for an Indian city	21
The role of green finance to achieve sustainability through green supply chain management and innovative technologies	21
Sustainable development goals and corporate reporting: An empirical investigation of the oil and gas industry	21
Voluntary sustainability reporting assurance in the European Union before the advent of the corporate sustainability reporting directive: The country and firm‐level impact of Sustainable De	20
Inconsistency between subjective propensity and practice of sustainable consumption: Impact of the consumers' values‐in‐behavior and social participation	20
Who will be prosocial consumers? The relationship between environmental value and sustainable consumption	20
Development sustainability levels in EU countries	20
Voluntary disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions by cities under carbon disclosure project: A sustainable development approach	20
Evolution, trends and future research lines in corporate social responsibility and tourism: A bibliometric analysis and science mapping	20
Simulation of policies to promote pro‐environmental behavior in a dynamic learning model of social networks: Cases of Brazil, the United States, Japan, Germany, China, and India	20
The impact of environmental sustainability on willingness to invest in startups: A survey among private investors	19
Exploring the knowledge structure and potential research areas of sustainable tourism in sustainable development: Based on text mining and semantic network analysis	19
Enhancing environmental, social, and governance, performance and reporting through integration of life cycle sustainability assessment framework	19
Microplastics in global rivers: Sustainable practices	19
Assessing the influence of research quality on policy citations: Quantitative analysis finds non‐academic factors more likely to influence how papers get cited in SDG policy	19
Renewable realities: Charting a greener course for the world's high‐emitting nations through information technology insights	19
Enhancing global support to address complex sustainable development policy challenges: Learning from success in cross‐sectoral nutrition policy	19
How do technological innovation and renewables shape environmental quality advancement in emerging economies: An exploration of the E7 bloc?	18
Failing to attain sustainable development in Bangladesh: A potential comprehensive strategy for sustainability	18
The interplay of Christianity and Ndau African traditional religion in shaping climate change adaptation in Zimbabwe: An Afrocentric analysis	18
Tokenizing Innovation: A Blockchain‐Based Innovation System as a Step Toward Achieving Sustainable Development	18
Ecosystem services to support sustainable development: The modifiable areal unit problem in the transition between evaluation and management units	18
Does digitalisation help achieve (selected) socio‐economic SDGs? Evidence from emerging economies	18
Sustainable development policies of renewable energy and technological innovation toward climate and sustainable development goals	18
Financing sustainable development? The role of foreign aid in Southeast Asia's energy transition	18
Forecasting sustainable development goals scores by 2030 using machine learning models	17
How Do Path Dependencies in Family Farming Affect Behavioural Intentions to Adopt Sustainable Practices? Exploring the Potential of Developing Carbon Farming by Smallholders in Serbia	17
Toward sustainable development: Revealing the dynamic impacts of the belt and road initiative on energy transition	17
Value‐centric analysis of user adoption for sustainable urban micro‐mobility transportation through shared e‐scooter services	17
What drives sustainable climate change adaptation at the local level? Approaching three knowledge gaps	17
Dismantling linear lock‐ins in the Australian AEC industry: A pathway to a circular economy	17
Toward a sustainable environment within the framework of carbon neutrality scenarios: Evidence from the novel Fourier‐NARDL approach	17
Do human capital development and innovation matter in sustaining economic development? Panel data evidence from selected developing economies	17
Renewable energy and sustainable development goals: Insights from latent dirichlet allocation thematic and bibliometric analysis	17
Towards sustainable development: Assessing social sustainability of Australian aged care system	17
Navigating the path to human well‐being amidst climate change in Asian countries	17
Transition towards circular economy in EU countries: A composite indicator and drivers of circularity	17
Financial development and sustainable development: A review of literature	17
Analysis of green total factor productivity in China's forestry industry: Technological, organizational, and environmental framework for sustainable economic development	16
Does fishery digitalization matter in the sustainable development of fisheries? Evidence from China	16
Tourism development level and tourism eco‐efficiency: Exploring the role of environmental regulations in sustainable development	16
Sustainable futures: Toward institutionalizing green industrial policy	16

Deficiencies of women's participation in climate governance and sustainable development challenges in Bangladesh	16
A Prioritization Method for Sustainable Food Waste Reduction Practices	16
Does sustainable corporate governance have an impact on materiality disclosure quality in integrated reporting? International evidence	16
Circular economy and waste production models for sustainable development goals 12 and 14: Evidence from cruise sustainability reporting	16
Sustainable development through biomimicry: Enhancing circular economy practices for environmental sustainability	16
Identifying disaster risk factors and hotspots in Africa from spatiotemporal decadal analyses using INFORM data for risk reduction and sustainable development	16
Does industrial sustainable development policy act as a booster for urban economic growth? Evidence from China's eco‐industrial parks	16
Addressing institutional challenges in sustainable development goals implementation: Lessons from the Republic of Korea	15
Impact of environmental policies on the profitability of greenhouse agriculture in southeastern Spain	15
Sustainability of local renewable energy projects: A comprehensive framework and an empirical analysis on two islands	15
Environmental sustainability in developing countries: Understanding the criticality of financial inclusion and globalization	15
Unpacking the sustainable development goals (SDGs) interlinkages: A semantic network analysis of the SDGs targets	15
Deconstructing corporate environmental, social, and governance performance: Heterogeneous stakeholder preferences in the food industry	15
Toward sustainable development: Connecting systems thinking competency and carbon footprint knowledge	15
Improving human development through urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy consumption	15
Estimating the dynamic environmental footprints of the global finance and business sector towards sustainable development goals	15
Explaining compliance with voluntary sustainability standards: A case study from Colombia's coffee belt	15
Circular economy and firm performance: The influence of product life cycle analysis, upcycling, and redesign	15
Environmental justice: An evolving concept in a dynamic era	15
Does the firms' digital transformation drive environmental innovation in China?	15
Factors driving national eco‐innovation: New routes to sustainable development	15
How does financial openness affect pollution emission of industrial enterprises?—Empirical evidence from the entry of foreign banks in China	14
Sustainable practices in hospitality pre and amid COVID‐19 pandemic: Looking back for moving forward post‐COVID‐19	14
Composite fiscal decentralisation and green innovation: Imperative strategy for institutional reforms and sustainable development in OECD countries	14
Natural resources, renewable energy, and governance: A path towards sustainable development	14
Assessment on sustainable development of three major urban agglomerations in China based on sustainability‐differentiation‐combined weighting method	14
A systematic review on the role of geographical information systems in monitoring and achieving sustainable development goal 6: Clean water and sanitation	14
Dynamics between environmental taxes and ecological sustainability: Evidence from top‐seven green economies by novel quantile approaches	14
Exploring the relationship between sustainable entrepreneurship and the United Nations sustainable development goals: A comprehensive literature review	14
Success factors of global goal‐setting for sustainable development: Learning from the Millennium Development Goals	14
Does industry 5.0 model optimize sustainable performance of Agri‐enterprises? Real‐time investigation from the realm of stakeholder theory and domain	14
Growth, emissions, and climate finance nexus for sustainable development: Revisiting the environmental Kuznets curve	14
Sustainable value in the fashion industry: A case study of value construction/destruction using digital twins	14
Sustainability as a strategy base in Spanish firms: Sustainability reports and performance on the sustainable development goals	14
Green innovation and ecological footprint relationship for a sustainable development: Evidence from top 20 green innovator countries	14
Including the social responsibility of universities and sustainable development goals in the strategic plans of universities in Europe	13
Using web GIS to promote stakeholder understanding of scientific results in sustainable urban development: A case study in Bergen, Norway	13
Links between the sustainable development goals: An analysis for Italy	13
The role of aesthetics and art in organizational sustainability: A conceptual model and exploratory study in higher education	13
Conceptualizing community resilience and the social dimensions of risk to overcome barriers to disaster risk reduction and sustainable development	13
Attaining sustainable business performance under resource constraints: Insights from an emerging economy	13
Indigenous knowledge and sustainable development: Rüza—A traditional water management practice in Phek district, Nagaland	13
Effects of climate change on health and wellbeing: A systematic review	13
Innovation Ecosystem framework directed to Sustainable Development Goal #17 partnerships implementation	13
Quantification of systemic importance of SDGs in Asian‐African countries: A network hierarchy analysis	13
Quest for SDG‐13: The Aptness of Green Investments and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Emission Mitigation Among Central‐African States	13
Monitoring sustainable development goals and the quest for high‐quality indicators: Learning from a practical evaluation of data on corruption	13
Emissions trading scheme and green development in China: Impact of city heterogeneity	13
Drivers of green consumption: Ethical ideologies and corporate social responsibility in sustainability awareness	12
Revisiting the sustainable industrialization paradigm in Africa: Exploring the influence of digitalization	12
Financing methods for solid waste management: A review of typology, classifications, and circular economy implications	12
The Impact of Social Investment and Green Finance on Sustainable Development: Evidence From Emerging Market Economies	12
Macroeconomic Drivers of Sustainable Tourism Development in Bangladesh: An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach	12
The role of permaculture in the integration of indigenous and modern agricultural knowledge: Evidence from Konso, Ethiopia	12
Advancing green education in MENA region: Challenges, opportunities and best practices	12
Carbon trading practices adoption for sustainable construction: A study of the barriers in a developing country	12
Resourcification: A non‐essentialist theory of resources for sustainable development	12
Public–Private Networks for Green Innovation: Insights From an Energy Sector Supply‐Chain Partnership	12
Determinants of corporate climate change disclosure: Is the mediating role of corporate strategic response to environmental governance and policy matter? Evidence from emerging market	12
Informality and poverty in Africa: Which comes first?	12
Global perspectives on club convergence: Unraveling the nexus of human and sustainable development in the face of corruption	12
Epistemic Justice as a “New Normal?” Interrogating the Contributions of Communities of Practice to Decolonization of Knowledge	12
Sustainable innovation: Case studies from product development	12
Pathways to climate neutrality: The role of structural change	12
Trends in Market‐Based Blue Carbon Projects	12
Sustainable Development in Africa: The Contribution of Chinese Investment and Trade to Environmental Goods	12
Analysing the alignment between circular economy and industry 4.0 nexus with industry 5.0 era: An integrative systematic literature review	11
Highlighting the role of agriculture and geospatial technology in food security and sustainable development goals	11
Exploring the impacts of spatial regulation on environmentally sustainable development: A new perspective of quasi–experimental evaluation based on the National Key Ecological Function Zones in China	11
The global impact of financial development on renewable energy in a panel structural vector autoregression analysis	11
Designing regional industrial symbiosis networks: The case of Apulia region	11
Can income inequality reduction policies limit the disparity between urban and rural clean cooking fuel access rates?	11
Does greenwashing obstruct sustainable environmental technologies and green financing from promoting environmental sustainability? Analytical evidence from the Indian economy	11
Towards a sustainable development assessment framework to bridge supply chain practices and technologies	11
Financing water investment for global sustainable development: Challenges, innovation, and governance strategies	11
Information and communication technologies role in alleviating poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Impacts and transmission channels	11
Analysing group‐ and metatechnology efficiencies and technology gap of airlines for a sustainable future	11
Trending topics and themes in environmental innovation research based on topic modeling	11
ESG and economic growth: Catalysts for achieving sustainable development goals in developing economies	11
Can energy poverty be eradicated by project aid? Evidence from African countries	11
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Measuring regions' vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in China: An application of hybrid assessment approach	10
Sustainable innovation among small businesses: The role of digital orientation, the external environment, and company characteristics	10
Wetlands contribution and linkage to support SDGs, its indicators and targets‐ A critical review	10
Moving toward sustainable development of sub‐Saharan African countries: Investigating the effect of financial inclusion on environmental quality	10
State‐society relations and industrial sustainable growth: The case of post‐Revolution Tunisia	10
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Unveiling the shades of partnerships for the energy transition and sustainable development: Connecting public–private partnerships and emerging hybrid schemes	10
Environmental information disclosure, environmental innovation, and firms' growth performances: The moderating role of media attention	10
Sustainable development of Socotra Archipelago. Application and reflexivity	10
A systematic literature review: Setting a basis for smart and sustainable city performance measurement	10
Value creation mechanism through carbon asset for the sustainability of the automobile sector	10
Assessing sustainable production: A selection of indicators aligned with the SDGs	10
Navigating sustainability: Unveiling the interconnected dynamics of ESG factors and SDGs in BRICS‐11	10
Re‐designing Social Impact Assessment to enhance community resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Action and Sustainable Development	10