OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Geographical Sciences is 13. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of economic development on urban livability: Evidence from 40 large and medium-sized cities of China	70
Relocation for improved ecosystem service and human wellbeing? Evidence from Fuping, Hebei, China	68
Energy dissipation caused by boundary resistance in a typical reach of the lower Yellow River and the implications for riverbed stability	64
Characterization and projection of spatial and temporal changes in habitat quality of Sanjiangyuan based on land use change	61
Does supply match demand? Assessing the relationship between thermal comfort and greenspace exposure in Nanjing, China	55
Land consolidation and eco-environmental sustainability in Loess Plateau: A study of Baota district, Shaanxi province, China	54
Spatial morphology optimization for reconciling urban expansion with ecological integrity based on a multi-level ecological network framework	54
Comprehensive evaluation and influencing factors of healthy cities in China’s urban agglomerations	53
Regional ecosystem services relationships and their potential driving factors in the Yellow River Basin, China	49
Distribution of prehistoric human land use in the Liaohe River Valley as related to climate change	49
Land-use planning in China: Past, present, and future	47
Geographical features and development models of estuarine cities	46
Establishment of urban agglomerations has enabled more people to benefit from sustainable development	46
Imbalance of inter-provincial forest carbon sequestration rate from 2010 to 2060 in China and its regulation strategy	44
Effects of water level variations on the water quality of Huayang Lakes, China	43
Influence mechanism of the flow of high-skilled talents on technological evolution in emerging countries	43
Uncovering differences in the spatial structure of intercity interactive networks described by multi-source migration flow: From the multi-hierarchical perspective	36
Assessment of hydraulic performance changes of Dongting Lake after the Three Gorges Reservoir impoundment by a novel semi-empirical approach	33
Polycentric urban development with state-led administrative division adjustment: A policy insight for urban spatial transformation	32
Spatial scaling effects of gully erosion in response to driving factors in southern China	32
Examining spatio-temporal variations in carbon budget and carbon compensation zoning in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration based on major functional zones	30
Assessment on the sustainability of water resources utilization in Central Asia based on water resources carrying capacity	28
Patterns, synergies, and interactions between human activities and living environment on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau	28
Glacier service value and influence on human well-being in Qilian Mountains	27
Geomorphology of mega-dunes in the eastern Taklimakan Desert	26

Dynamics and interactions of water-related ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin, China	26
Linkage between riverbed scouring or deposition and the evolution of central bars: Case study in the Yangzhong reach of the Yangtze River	26
Long-term glacier variations and the response to climate fluctuation in Qilian Mountains, China	26
Measuring glacier changes in the Tianshan Mountains over the past 20 years using Google Earth Engine and machine learning	25
Automatic mapping and pattern analysis of retrogressive thaw slumps on the central Tibetan Plateau using deep learning	24
The segmentation of debris-flow fans based on local features and spatial attention mechanism	24
Evaluation and forecast of the regional marine innovation ecosystem’s competitiveness: A systematic multivariate grey interval model with spatial proximity effects	24
A quantitative assessment of the state and evolution of city–lake relationships using a symbiosis model in the Taihu Lake Basin	24
Evolution of rural multifunction and its natural and socioeconomic factors in coastal China	23
Spatiotemporal heterogeneities in vegetation phenophase responses to climate extremes in arid mountains of Central Asia	23
Climate change impacts on the architectural adaptation in ancient China during the 3rd–6th centuries	23
Urban economic efficiency under the interactive effect of urban hierarchy and connection networks in China	22
Multi-hierarchical spatial clustering for characteristic towns in China: An Orange-based framework to integrate GIS and Geodetector	22
Adjustment of thalweg longitudinal profiles in response to sediment silting in cascade reservoirs: A case study of the lower Jinsha River	22
Understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of ecosystem services under multiple future scenarios to assess the progress of Sustainable Development Goals implementation	21
Evolution of vegetation phenology and its response to urbanisation in Shaanxi province, China: A fine-scale perspective	21
Quantum harmonic oscillator model for simulation of intercity population mobility	21
Post-suburbanization in Qingpu New Town: Process and formation mechanism	21
Evaluation of geopolitical environment along the Belt and Road routes	21
Exploring the influence of surface soil moisture on heatwave characteristics in the Northern Hemisphere	21
Evaluating climate-induced productivity of typical ecosystems of the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	21
Green roofs for a greener future: Quantifying carbon sequestration and oxygen production potential in Chinese cities	20
Have China’s drylands become wetting in the past 50 years?	20
Evaluation, simulation, and optimization of land use spatial patterns for high-quality development: A case study of Zhengzhou city, China	20
Flow resistance adjustments of channel and bars in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in response to the operation of the Three Gorges Dam	20
Multidimensional and multiscenario assessment for cropland supply–demand matches and sustainable development zoning	20
Mapping interaction between human activities and land surface temperature in the Yellow River Basin	20
Global and regional changes in working-age population exposure to heat extremes under climate change	20
Global submarine cable network and digital divide	20
Nonlinear response of China’s eco-geographical arid/humid regions to climate change during 1961–2020	19
Estimation and simulation on carbon sinks potential of marine aquaculture in China	19
Comparative analysis of different machine learning algorithms for urban footprint extraction in diverse urban contexts using high-resolution remote sensing imagery	19
Zoning framework and policy implications of sustainable development by coupling multilevel in Beijing, China	19
Regulation factors driving vegetation changes in China during the past 20 years	19
Quantitative assessment of fire occurrence Dead Fuel Index threshold and spatio-temporal variation in different grassland types of China-Mongolia border area	19
How geographic accessibility and rural governance mitigate the impact of multiple risks on rural households’ well-being: Evidence from the Dabie Mountains in China	19
Land cover change and its response to water level around Tonle Sap Lake in 1988–2020	19
Geographical big data and data mining: A new opportunity for “water-energy-food” nexus analysis	19
Morphometric analyses of a deltaic strandplain inferred from LiDAR data and old maps: A contribution to the coastal risk mapping of the Tiber Delta (Italy)	19
Influencing factors of manufacturing agglomeration in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region based on enterprise big data	19
Impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activities on the normalized difference vegetation index of desertified areas in northern China	19
Dynamics of the eco-environmental quality in response to land use changes in rapidly urbanizing areas: A case study of Wuhan, China from 2000 to 2018	19
Divergent effects of climate change on cropland ecosystem water use efficiency at different elevations in southwestern China	18
Spatiotemporal evolution of national development zones and their impact on urban land growth in China	18
Spatiotemporal variations of eco-environment in the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone based on remote sensing ecological index and granular computing	18
Characteristics of the iron mineralogy of farmland and red soils in eastern Guangdong and their pedogenetic implications	18
Housing tenure and type choices of urban migrants in China	18
Lake surface water-heat flux variation and its correlations with meteorological factors on multiscale in the Yamzhog Yumco, south Tibet	18
Understanding the multidimensional poverty in South Asia	18
Morphological evolution of the channel-shoal system in the South Channel of the Changjiang Estuary during 1958–2018: Causes and future trends	18

Chronology of the urban evolution of Ancient Loulan City	18
The effects of Taobao villages’ spatiotemporal agglomeration on urbanization: A case study of Quanzhou, Fujian	18
Influencing mechanisms of natural factors for riverine dissolved oxygen differ under various geographic features of rivers across China	18
An influencing mechanism for ecological asset gains and losses and its optimization and promotion pathways in China	18
Trajectories of vegetation dynamics and their driving factors across China Ecosystem Research Network: A long-term assessment (2000–2024)	18
Nonlinear relationship between urban form and transport CO2 emissions: Evidence from Chinese cities based on machine learning	17
A geographical perspective on the Xia culture: Evidence from ancient phenology and paleoclimate simulation	17
The (geo)politics of the marine knowledge production and evolution in the South China Sea: The case of Genglubu	17
Climate change and human activities on runoff in northern Shaanxi: Based on Budyko framework analysis	17
Relationship between potential waterway depth improvement and evolution of the Jingjiang Reach of the Yangtze River in China	17
How does the coupling coordination relationship between high-quality urbanization and land use evolve in China? New evidence based on exploratory spatiotemporal analyses	17
Evaluation system and influencing paths for the integration of culture and tourism in traditional villages	17
Integrating categorical and standard triple collocation to improve precipitation fusion over the five largest freshwater lakes in China	17
Beach morphodynamic characteristics and classifications around Hainan Island, China	16
Extraction and spatiotemporal evolution analysis of tidal flats in the Bohai Rim during 1984–2019 based on remote sensing	16
Traffic accessibility and the coupling degree of ecosystem services supply and demand in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, China	16
Tourism development potential and obstacle factors of cultural heritage: Evidence from traditional music in Xiangxi	16
Spatio-temporal variation prediction on Cd content in the rice grains from Northern Zhejiang Plain during 2014–2019 based on high-precision soil geochemical data	16
Different trajectories of livelihood transformations in response to the trans-Eurasian exchange in agricultural, pastoral, and agro-pastoral regions of north China during the late Neolithic and Bronze	16
Divergent responses of Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) to recent warming along elevational gradients in the central Qilian Mountains, Northwest China	15
Landslide susceptibility on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Key driving factors identified through machine learning	15
Provincial anthropogenic emission inventory of carbonyl sulfide (COS) in China from 2015 to 2021	15
Progress on spatial prediction methods for soil particle-size fractions	15
Assessing Common Era impacts of Asian dust on tropical cyclone changes in the Northwestern Pacific	15
Moving towards synergistic reductions on PM2.5 and CO2 and its mechanism: A case study of Yangtze River Economic Belt, China	15
Touristic urbanization and greening of coastal dune fields: A long-term assessment of a temperate sandy barrier of Argentina	15
Geopolitics of the energy transition	15
Relational characteristics and dynamics between high-tech firms in the Pearl River Delta and the empowerment for technological innovation by Hong Kong	15
On integrated urban and rural development	15
Land use change and its influencing factors along railways in Africa: A case study of the Ethiopian section of the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway	15
Characteristics and driving factors of population age structure in China: A study based on the scale nesting theory	15
Regional differences and formation mechanisms of watershed territorial space patterns evolution: A case study of the critical areas in the Pearl River Basin	15
A scheme of terrestrial system of Pakistan and the utilization and protection of its natural resources	14
Evolution characteristics of ecosystem functional stability and ecosystem functional zoning on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	14
Nonlinear effects of the urban built environment on urban vitality: A case study of Hangzhou, China	14
Multi-scale coupling analysis of urbanization and ecosystem services supply-demand budget in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China	14
Bank and point bar morphodynamics in the Lower Jingjiang Reach of the Yangtze River in response to the Three Gorges Project	14
Developing socio-hydrology: Research progress, opportunities and challenges	14
Climate-driven changes in drought metrics across the Yellow River Basin based on Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6	14
Revealing global patterns of teleconnections in armed conflict	13
Ecological state of the natural and agricultural phytocenoses as the marker of ecosystem services: Taking into account differences in natural and anthropogenic conditions under global climate change	13
Temporal and spatial laws and simulations of erosion and deposition in the Lower Yellow River since the operation of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir	13
The location choice of Chinese investment in the United States: Industrial agglomeration, ethnic networks and firm heterogeneity	13
Residents’ urbanized landscape preferences in rural areas reveal the importance of naturalness-livability contrast	13
A 1000-year history of cropland cover change along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in China	13
The meliorization process of urban green spaces: Integrating landsense creation for sustainable development	13
Thalweg migration under the collaborative changes in the hydro-sediment regime and erosion base level in the Xiaobeiganliu reach of the Middle Yellow River	13
Lithic miniaturization in South China since the terminal Pleistocene: A multivariate analysis of lithic reduction from Fodongdi, Fulin and Xiqiaoshan	13
How does land consolidation affect rural development transformation?	13
Tracing the agro-pastoral ecotone transition in northern China from the human-Earth system perspective	13