OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Chinese Geographical 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Revisiting the Relationship Between Urbanization and Economic Development in China Since the Reform and Opening-up	44
Evaluation and Influence Factor of Green Efficiency of China’s Agricultural Innovation from the Perspective of Technical Transformation	38
Rapid Urbanization Induced Extensive Forest Loss to Urban Land in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China	33
A New Indicator for Global Food Security Assessment: Harvested Area Rather Than Cropland Area	30
Measurement and Evolution of High-quality Development Level of Marine Fishery in China	30
Urban Expansion of China from the 1970s to 2020 Based on Remote Sensing Technology	27
Simulation of Urban Land Expansion Under Ecological Constraints in Harbin-Changchun Urban Agglomeration, China	24
Impact of Land Use Change on Vegetation Carbon Storage During Rapid Urbanization: A Case Study of Hangzhou, China	22
Sustainable Intensification of Cultivated Land Use and Its Influencing Factors at the Farming Household Scale: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China	22
Spatio-temporal Dynamic Simulation of Land use and Ecological Risk in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, China	21
Spatio-temporal Differentiation in the Incidence of Influenza and Its Relationship with Air Pollution in China from 2004 to 2017	21
Spatial-temporal Evolution Characteristics and Decoupling Analysis of Influencing Factors of China’s Aviation Carbon Emissions	20
Climate Change and Ecological Projects Jointly Promote Vegetation Restoration in Three-River Source Region of China	19
Regional Sustainable Assessment at City Level Based on CSDIS (China Sustainable Development Indicator System) Concept in the New Era, China	19
An Investigation of Landslide Susceptibility Using Logistic Regression and Statistical Index Methods in Dailekh District, Nepal	18
Delineation of an Urban Community Life Circle Based on a Machine-Learning Estimation of Spatiotemporal Behavioral Demand	18
Characteristics of Changes in Karst Rocky Desertification in Southtern and Western China and Driving Mechanisms	17
Identifying Restructuring Types of Rural Settlement Using Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Ezhou City in Hubei Province of China	17
Trade-offs/Synergies in Land-use Function Changes in Central China from 2000 to 2015	17
Spatial Pattern and Benefit Allocation in Regional Collaborative Innovation of the Yangtze River Delta, China	16
Drivers of Regional Environmental Pollution Load and Zoning Control: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China	16
Multi-source Data-driven Identification of Urban Functional Areas: A Case of Shenyang, China	16
Effect and Risk Assessment of Animal Manure Pollution on Huaihe River Basin, China	15
Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Urbanization in China Using DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data from 1992–2013	15
Analysis of Spatial Scale Effect on Urban Resilience: A Case Study of Shenyang, China	15

Dynamic Analysis of Supply and Demand Coupling of Ecosystem Services in Loess Hilly Region: A Case Study of Lanzhou, China	15
Spatio-temporal Evolution and Driving Factors of the High-quality Development of Provincial Tourism in China	14
Land Use/Cover Change and Its Policy Implications in Typical Agriculture-forest Ecotone of Central Jilin Province, China	14
Travel Behaviours of Sharing Bicycles in the Central Urban Area Based on Geographically Weighted Regression: The Case of Guangzhou, China	14
Spatial Identification of Housing Vacancy in China	14
Spatio-temporal Evolution Characteristics and Driving Mechanism of the New Infrastructure Construction Development Potential in China	13
Spatial Structure, Hierarchy and Formation Mechanisms of Scientific Collaboration Networks: Evidence of the Belt and Road Regions	13
Geography of Talent in China During 2000–2015: An Eigenvector Spatial Filtering Negative Binomial Approach	13
Urban Agglomerations in China: Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Population Agglomeration	13
Quantification of Effects of Natural Geographical Factors and Landscape Patterns on Non-point Source Pollution in Watershed Based on Geodetector: Burhatong River Basin, Northeast China as An Example	13
A Comprehensive Evaluation Framework of Water-Energy-Food System Coupling Coordination in the Yellow River Basin, China	13
Predicting Surface Urban Heat Island in Meihekou City, China: A Combination Method of Monte Carlo and Random Forest	13
Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect SO2 Emissions in the Yangtze River Delta? A Spatial Econometric Analysis	13
The Community Renewal of Shantytown Transformation in Old Industrial Cities: Evidence from Tiexi Worker Village in Shenyang, China	13
Characterization of Water Quality in Xiao Xingkai Lake: Implications for Trophic Status and Management	13
Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Agricultural Specialized Villages in Guangdong Province, China	13
Elaborating Spatiotemporal Associations Between the Built Environment and Urban Vibrancy: A Case of Guangzhou City, China	12
Regional Differentiation Regularity and Influencing Factors of Population Change in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	12
City Health Examination in China: A Methodology and Empirical Study	12
Path of Rural Sustainable Development Based on the Evolution and Interaction of Rural Functions: A Case Study of Chongqing Municipality, China	11
Spatio-temporal Evolution of the Agricultural Eco-efficiency Network and Its Multidimensional Proximity Analysis in China	11
Complex Pathways to Population Shrinkage: Case Study of Hegang City, China	11
Evolution of Potential Spatial Distribution Patterns of Carex Tussock Wetlands Under Climate Change Scenarios, Northeast China	11
Vegetation Phenology in Permafrost Regions of Northeastern China Based on MODIS and Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence	11
Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Value Chain Connection Between China and the Silk Road Countries?	10
Spatio-temporal Variations in Drought with Remote Sensing from the Mongolian Plateau During 1982–2018	10
Do Forest Landscape Pattern Planning and Optimization Play a Role in Enhancing Soil Conservation Services in Mountain Areas of Western China?	10
Spatial Differentiation and Influencing Factors of Poverty Alleviation Performance Under the Background of Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Contiguous Destitute Areas in Hunan Province, China	10
Evaluation of Precipitation Datasets from TRMM Satellite and Down-scaled Reanalysis Products with Bias-correction in Middle Qilian Mountain, China	10
Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution in China: Evaluation, Convergence Characteristics and Spatial Effects	10
Spatial Pattern and Development of Protected Areas in the North-south Transitional Zone of China	10
Spatial-temporal Evolution of the Urban-rural Coordination Relationship in Northeast China in 1990–2018	10
Driving Force and Ecosystem Service Values Estimation in the Extreme Arid Region from 1975 to 2015: A Case Study of Alxa League, China	10
Impact of the Built Environment on the Spatial Heterogeneity of Regional Innovation Productivity: Evidence from the Pearl River Delta, China	10
Spatiotemporal Pattern of Cultivated Land Pressure and Its Influencing Factors in the Huaihai Economic Zone, China	9
The Effects of Groundwater Depth on the Soil Evaporation in Horqin Sandy Land, China	9
Ecological Land Suitability for Arid Region at River Basin Scale: Framework and Application Based on Minmum Cumulative Resistance (MCR) Model	9
The Environmental Impacts of Informal Economies in China: Inverted U-shaped Relationship and Regional Variances	9
Spatial Distribution and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediment of Songhua River, Northeast China	9
Spatiotemporal Changes in NDVI and Its Driving Factors in the Kherlen River Basin	9
Impacts of Urban Expansion on the Urban Thermal Environment: A Case Study of Changchun, China	9
Spatio-temporal Changes in Water Conservation Ecosystem Service During 1990–2019 in the Tumen River Basin, Northeast China	9
Population Spatial Distribution Based on Luojia 1–01 Nighttime Light Image: A Case Study of Beijing	9
Effect of Hydrological Connectivity on Soil Carbon Storage in the Yellow River Delta Wetlands of China	9
Spatial Variation and Risk Assessment of Arsenic and Heavy Metals in Surface Water and Suspended Particulate Matter in Tail Reaches of the Yellow River, China	9
Spatial Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Urban Resilience from the Perspective of Daily Activity: A Case Study of Nanjing, China	8
Spatiotemporal Evolution of Ecological Security in the Wanjiang City Belt, China	8
Response of Vegetation Cover Change to Drought at Different Time-scales in the Beijing-Tianjin Sandstorm Source Region, China	8
Multi-scenario Simulation for 2060 and Driving Factors of the Eco-spatial Carbon Sink in the Beibu Gulf Urban Agglomeration, China	8
Cross-national Perspectives on Using Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicators for Monitoring Sustainable Development: A Database and Analysis	8

Does Industry-University-Research Cooperation Matter? An Analysis of Its Coupling Effect on Regional Innovation and Economic Development	8
Applying the Hidden Markov Model to Analyze Urban Mobility Patterns: An Interdisciplinary Approach	8
Spatial-temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of Digital Financial Inclusion: County-level Evidence from China	8
Identification of Suitable Hydrologic Response Unit Thresholds for Soil and Water Assessment Tool Streamflow Modelling	8
Dynamic Assessment and Sustainability Strategies of Ecological Security in the Irtysh River Basin of Xinjiang, China	8
Spatio-temporal Variations of Temperature and Precipitation During 1951–2019 in Arid and Semiarid Region, China	8
A Modified Self-adaptive Method for Mapping Annual 30-m Land Use/Land Cover Using Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of Yangtze River Delta	8
Stability of Land-use/Land-cover in National Nature Reserves of Jilin Province, China	8
Spatial-temporal Analysis and Prediction of Precipitation Extremes: A Case Study in the Weihe River Basin, China	8
Urban Land Use Efficiency and Contributing Factors in the Yangtze River Delta Under Increasing Environmental Restrictions in China	7
Exploring Regional Innovation Growth Through A Network Approach: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta Region, China	7
Building Height Trends and Their Influencing Factors under China’s Rapid Urbanization: A Case Study of Guangzhou, 1960–2017	7
Recreational Attractiveness of Urban Parks and Implications for Their Management: A Case Study in Changchun, China	7
Equity of Accessibility to Health Care Services and Identification of Underserved Areas	7
Vegetation Index Reconstruction and Linkage with Drought for the Source Region of the Yangtze River Based on Tree-ring Data	7
Air Pollution Exposure Based on Nighttime Light Remote Sensing and Multi-source Geographic Data in Beijing	7
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Surface Water in China from the 1980s to 2015 Based on Remote Sensing Monitoring	7
Spatio-temporal Differentiation and Driving Factors of Industrial Ecology of Restricted Development Zone from Adaptive Perspective: A Case Study of Shandong, China	7
Coupling Relationship Among Technological Innovation, Industrial Transformation and Environmental Efficiency: A Case Study of the Huaihai Economic Zone, China	7
Spatial Pattern of Long-term Residence in the Urban Floating Population of China and its Influencing Factors	6
Lockdown-induced Urban Aerosol Change over Changchun, China During COVID-19 Outbreak with Polarization LiDAR	6
Spatiotemporal Trends and Ecological Determinants in Population by Elevation in China Since 1990	6
Responses of Housing Price under Different Directions of Population Change: Evidence from China’s Rust Belt	6
Variations in Surface Urban Heat Island and Urban Cool Island Intensity: A Review Across Major Climate Zones	6
Withdrawal Intention of Farmers from Vacant Rural Homesteads and Its Influencing Mechanism in Northeast China: A Case Study of Jilin Province	6
Spatial and Temporal Evolution Characteristics of PM2.5 in China from 1998 to 2016	6
Evaluation and Promotion of the Service Capacity of Urban Public Open Spaces Based on Improving Accessibility: A Case Study of Shenyang City, China	6
Spatio-temporal Pattern of Ecosystem Pressure in Countries Along the Belt and Road: Combining Remote Sensing Data and Statistical Data	6
Aeolian Activities and Protective Effects of Artificial Plants in Re-vegetated Sandy Land of Qinghai Lake, China	6
Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Future Scenario Simulation of the Trade-offs and Synergies of Mountain Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Dabie Mountains Area, China	6
The Mechanism Behind Urban Population Growth and Shrinkage from the Perspective of Urban Network Externalities	6
Impact of the Urban Heat Island Effect on Ozone Pollution in Chengdu City, China	6
Types and Optimization Paths Between Poverty Alleviation Effectiveness and Rural Revitalization: A Case Study of Hunan Province, China	6
A Modified Temperature-Vegetation Dryness Index (MTVDI) for Assessment of Surface Soil Moisture Based on MODIS Data	6
Effects of Biochar Application on Soil Organic Carbon in Degraded Saline-sodic Wetlands of Songnen Plain, Northeast China	5
Soil Salinity and Soil Water Content Estimation Using Digital Images in Coastal Field: A Case Study in Yancheng City of Jiangsu Province, China	5
Interactive Effect and Spatial Characteristics of Agricultural Development Level and Transport Superiority Degree in Main Grain-producing Areas of the Central Jilin Province, China	5
Value Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services in the Da Hinggan Mountains, China	5
Green Development for Supporting Sustainability of Northeast China: Performance Quantification, Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Implications	5
Remote Sensing-based Spatiotemporal Distribution of Grassland Aboveground Biomass and Its Response to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region	5
Simulation of Evapotranspiration Based on BEPS-TerrainLab V2.0 from 1990 to 2018 in the Dajiuhu Basin	5
Surface Regional Heat (Cool) Island Effect and Its Diurnal Differences in Arid and Semiarid Resource-based Urban Agglomerations	5
Evaluation and Quantitative Attribution Analysis of Water Yield Services in the Peak-cluster Depression Basins in Southwest of Guangxi, China	5
Climate Suitability Assessment of Human Settlements for Regions along the Belt and Road	5
The Middle-aged and Knowledge Workers: Demographic and Economic Changes in the Pearl River Delta, China	5
Spatial Distribution of Different Types of Villages for the Rural Revitalization Strategy and Their Influencing Factors: A Case of Jilin Province, China	5
Spatiotemporal Evolution of West Africa’s Urban Landscape Characteristics Applying Harmonized DMSP-OLS and NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light (NTL) Data	5
Spatial Heterogeneity of Agricultural Science and Technology Parks Technology Diffusion: A Case Study of Yangling ASTP	5
Spatiotemporal Variations and Controls on Anthropogenic Heat Fluxes in 12 Selected Cities in the Eastern China	5
Evaluation and Driving Force Analysis of Cultivated Land Quality in Black Soil Region of Northeast China	5
Agricultural Vulnerability to Drought in China’s Agro-pastoral Ecotone: A Case Study of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province	5
Changes in Climate Factors and Their Impacts on Wind Erosion Climatic Erosivity in Farming-pastoral Zone of Northern China	5
Optioning Water Rights: A Potential Alternative to the Hanjiang-Weihe River Water Transfer Project, China	5
Improving the Interpretability and Reliability of Regional Land Cover Classification by U-Net Using Remote Sensing Data	5
Spatial Differentiation Characteristics of Human Settlements and Their Responses to Natural and Socioeconomic Conditions in the Marginal Zone of an Uninhabited Area, Changtang Plateau, China	5
Determinants of Adaptation to Climate Change: A Case Study of Rice Farmers in Western Province, Iran	4
Modeling Spatio-temporal Drought Events Based on Multi-temporal, Multi-source Remote Sensing Data Calibrated by Soil Humidity	4
Coupling and Coordination Characteristics and Influencing Factors of the Livable Environment System for the Elderly in China	4
Identification of Dominant Climate Variables on Spatiotemporal Variation in Reference Evapotranspiration on the Loess Plateau, China	4
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Identification Method for Agricultural Soil Stratification in a Typical Mollisols Area of Northeast China	4
Rural Development Transformation and Social Governance from the Perspective of Specialization: A Case Study of Ruiling Village in Guangzhou City, China	4
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Green Total-factor Water-use Efficiency and Its Influencing Factors in China	4
Issues with Spatial Scale in Urban Research	4
Can Multiple Livelihood Interventions Improve Livelihood Resilience of Out-of-poverty Farmers in Mountain Areas? A Case Study of Longnan Mountain Area, China	4
Ecological Risk Assessment of World Heritage Sites Using RS and GIS: A Case Study of Huangshan Mountain, China	4
Climate Change Impacts on Agroecosystems in China: Processes, Mechanisms and Prospects	4
Analyzing Asymmetric City Connectivity by Toponym on Social Media in China	4
Seasonal Responses of Net Primary Productivity of Vegetation to Phenological Dynamics in the Loess Plateau, China	4
A New Paradigm for Simulating and Forecasting China’s Economic Growth in the Medium and Long Term	4
Urban Chemical Industrial Cluster Area Restructuring and Determinants: A Case Study of a Typical Old Chemical Industry Area Along the Yangtze River, China	4
Spatio-temporal Characteristics of Atmospheric Pollution and Cause Analysis of Haze Events in Sichuan Basin, China	4
Spatial Structure of Urban Residents’ Leisure Activities: A Case Study of Shenyang, China	4
The Impact of Urban Expansion on Plant Diversity Change in Karst Regions of Southwest China	4
Bibliometric Review of Biodiversity Offsetting During 1992–2019	4
Quantitative Assessment of the Relative Contributions of Climate and Human Factors to Net Primary Productivity in the Ili River Basin of China and Kazakhstan	4
Environmental Changes and Human Impacts on Landscapes near Medieval Steklyanukha-2 Fortress in Russia from Early Iron Age to Modern Times	4
Urban Expansion in Major Grain Producing Area from 1978 to 2017: A Case Study of Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area, China	4
Geochemistry of Sediments from a Subalpine Lake Sedimentary Succession in the Western Nanling Mountains, Southern China: Implications for Catchment Weathering During the Last 15 400 Years	4