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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Where Are Autonomous Vehicles Taking Us?	47
Planning Support for Smart Cities in the Post-COVID Era	41
From the Editor	41
Of Flying Cars and Pandemic Urbanism: Splintering Urban Society in the Age of Covid-19	32
Situated, Yet Silent: Data Relations in Smart Street Furniture	29
Australian Airports and Local Economic Development	26
Resource Ecologies, Urban Metabolisms, and the Provision of Essential Services	22
The Citizen’s Right to the Virtual City: Urban Governance in the Metaverse Through an Exploration of Decentraland	21
Frankenstein Urbanism: Eco, Smart and Autonomous Cities, Artificial Intelligence and the End of the City Frankenstein Urbanism: Eco, Smart and Autonomous Cities, Artificial Intelligence	20
Capitalizing on the “Public Turn”: New Possibilities for Citizens and Civil Servants in Smart City-Making	19
Splintering Volumes: Architecture, Engineering, Finance, and Urban Form	19
From the Editor	18
What Makes a City “Smart” and Who Decides? From Vision to Reality in the USDOT Smart City Challenge	17
SmartnessBeyondthe Network: Water ATMs and Disruptions from below in Mathare Valley, Nairobi	16
Refracting Urbanism: The Multiple Histories (as well as Geographies) of the Networked City	15
Urban Electric Hybridization: Exploring the Politics of a Just Transition in the Western Cape (South Africa)	15
Infrastructural Heterogeneity: Energy Transition, Power Relations and Solidarity in Kingston, Jamaica	14
Urban Public Health: A Research Toolkit for Practice and Impact	13
Critical Junctures of Technological Mediation: Infrastructuring a Tracing System Through Commercial Apps in South Korea	13
From the Editor	12
The Role of Psychological-Physical-Physiological Factors in Decision-Making Behavior in Disasters: Insights from an Experimental Study in Gulangyu	11
Unleashing Urban Technology Dynamics: The Interplay of AI Patents, Metropolitan Area Population, and R&D Expenditures in Sustainable Urban Development	10
The Role of Digital Management and Smart Technologies for Sports Education in a Dynamic Environment: Employment, Green Growth, and Tourism	9
Governing Hybridized Electricity Systems: The Case of Decentralized Electricity in Lebanon	9
Coworking Spaces and Well-Being: An Empirical Investigation of Coworkers in Italy	9

Programming Nature as Infrastructure in the Smart Forest City	9
Crowdsourcing Pleasantness and Safety Perceptions: An Analysis through Multiple Rankings and Socio-Demographic Groups	9
Co-Designing Planning Support Systems in Urban Science: The Questions They Answer and the Questions They Raise	8
The Times of Splintering Urbanism	7
Barriers to Developing a Citizen-Centric Smart City in China: From the Perspective of Citizens’ Sense of Gain	7
From the Editor	7
Do-It-Yourself Street Views and the Urban Imaginary of Google Street View	7
Personal Spatial Mobilities after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Speculative View	7
Holistic Sustainability in Urban Gas Stations: Community Engagement, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Impacts	7
Mundane Urban Governance and AI Oversight: The Case of Vienna's Intelligent Pedestrian Traffic Lights	7
From the Editor	7