OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Urban Technology is 7. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
From the Editor	63
Of Flying Cars and Pandemic Urbanism: Splintering Urban Society in the Age of Covid-19	55
Planning Support for Smart Cities in the Post-COVID Era	45
Situated, Yet Silent: Data Relations in Smart Street Furniture	41
Australian Airports and Local Economic Development	40
Resource Ecologies, Urban Metabolisms, and the Provision of Essential Services	33
Frankenstein Urbanism: Eco, Smart and Autonomous Cities, Artificial Intelligence and the End of the City Frankenstein Urbanism: Eco, Smart and Autonomous Cities, Artificial Intelligence	32
Splintering Volumes: Architecture, Engineering, Finance, and Urban Form	29
The Citizen’s Right to the Virtual City: Urban Governance in the Metaverse Through an Exploration of Decentraland	27
From the Editor	25
Infrastructural Heterogeneity: Energy Transition, Power Relations and Solidarity in Kingston, Jamaica	25
What Makes a City “Smart” and Who Decides? From Vision to Reality in the USDOT Smart City Challenge	24
SmartnessBeyondthe Network: Water ATMs and Disruptions from below in Mathare Valley, Nairobi	22
Refracting Urbanism: The Multiple Histories (as well as Geographies) of the Networked City	18
Urban Electric Hybridization: Exploring the Politics of a Just Transition in the Western Cape (South Africa)	17
Urban Public Health: A Research Toolkit for Practice and Impact	16
Critical Junctures of Technological Mediation: Infrastructuring a Tracing System Through Commercial Apps in South Korea	15
Unleashing Urban Technology Dynamics: The Interplay of AI Patents, Metropolitan Area Population, and R&D Expenditures in Sustainable Urban Development	14
From the Editor	14
Programming Nature as Infrastructure in the Smart Forest City	13
Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Assessing the Built Environment	13
The Role of Psychological-Physical-Physiological Factors in Decision-Making Behavior in Disasters: Insights from an Experimental Study in Gulangyu	13
Crowdsourcing Pleasantness and Safety Perceptions: An Analysis through Multiple Rankings and Socio-Demographic Groups	11
Governing Hybridized Electricity Systems: The Case of Decentralized Electricity in Lebanon	11
Mundane Urban Governance and AI Oversight: The Case of Vienna's Intelligent Pedestrian Traffic Lights	10

Optimizing Sustainability and Performance of Green Roofs in Qeytarieh, Tehran: A Multi-Objective Approach	10
Artificial Intelligence and the City: An Editorial Perspective	10
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through	10
Coworking Spaces and Well-Being: An Empirical Investigation of Coworkers in Italy	10
The Role of Digital Management and Smart Technologies for Sports Education in a Dynamic Environment: Employment, Green Growth, and Tourism	9
Holistic Sustainability in Urban Gas Stations: Community Engagement, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Impacts	9
From the Editor	8
The Times of Splintering Urbanism	8
Personal Spatial Mobilities after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Speculative View	8
Barriers to Developing a Citizen-Centric Smart City in China: From the Perspective of Citizens’ Sense of Gain	8
Community Smarts in Grassroots Initiatives to Support Cycling and Walking in Large Urban Areas	7
From the Editor	7