OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Geographical Sciences is 28. 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
Energy dissipation caused by boundary resistance in a typical reach of the lower Yellow River and the implications for riverbed stability	93
Characterization and projection of spatial and temporal changes in habitat quality of Sanjiangyuan based on land use change	75
The impact of economic development on urban livability: Evidence from 40 large and medium-sized cities of China	66
Intercity connections and a world city network based on international sport events: Empirical studies on the Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	54
Land consolidation and eco-environmental sustainability in Loess Plateau: A study of Baota district, Shaanxi province, China	50
Comprehensive evaluation and influencing factors of healthy cities in China’s urban agglomerations	49
Regional ecosystem services relationships and their potential driving factors in the Yellow River Basin, China	48
Population evolution at the prefecture-level city scale in China: Change patterns and spatial correlations	48
Chemical fertilizer rate, use efficiency and reduction of cereal crops in China, 1998–2018	43
Effects of water level variations on the water quality of Huayang Lakes, China	42
Land-use planning in China: Past, present, and future	40
Glacier service value and influence on human well-being in Qilian Mountains	37
Transnational technology transfer network in China: Spatial dynamics and its determinants	37
China’s food security situation and key questions in the new era: A perspective of farmland protection	37
Polycentric urban development with state-led administrative division adjustment: A policy insight for urban spatial transformation	36
Examining spatio-temporal variations in carbon budget and carbon compensation zoning in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration based on major functional zones	36
Spatial scaling effects of gully erosion in response to driving factors in southern China	36
Long-term glacier variations and the response to climate fluctuation in Qilian Mountains, China	34
Influence mechanism of the flow of high-skilled talents on technological evolution in emerging countries	34
Geographical features and development models of estuarine cities	33
Assessment of hydraulic performance changes of Dongting Lake after the Three Gorges Reservoir impoundment by a novel semi-empirical approach	32
Imbalance of inter-provincial forest carbon sequestration rate from 2010 to 2060 in China and its regulation strategy	32
Assessment on the sustainability of water resources utilization in Central Asia based on water resources carrying capacity	31
Glacier area changes in the Nujiang-Salween River Basin over the past 45 years	30
Evolution of rural multifunction and its natural and socioeconomic factors in coastal China	28

Model construction of urban agglomeration expansion simulation considering urban flow and hierarchical characteristics	28
Visual method of analyzing COVID-19 case information using spatio-temporal objects with multi-granularity	28
Dynamics and interactions of water-related ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin, China	28
Multi-hierarchical spatial clustering for characteristic towns in China: An Orange-based framework to integrate GIS and Geodetector	28