OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 and Inequity: a Comparative Spatial Analysis of New York City and Chicago Hot Spots	179
Eviction, Health Inequity, and the Spread of COVID-19: Housing Policy as a Primary Pandemic Mitigation Strategy	150
The Expanding Digital Divide: Digital Health Access Inequities during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City	134
Evidence of Social and Structural COVID-19 Disparities by Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Race/Ethnicity in an Urban Environment	133
The Relationship of Historical Redlining with Present-Day Neighborhood Environmental and Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model	88
Strategies That Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Black Communities: a Review	85
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Drug Overdoses in Indianapolis	78
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students’ Health and Financial Stability in New York City: Findings from a Population-Based Sample of City University of New York (CUNY) Students	77
Impacts of Gentrification on Health in the US: a Systematic Review of the Literature	74
Gig Workers during the COVID-19 Crisis in France: Financial Precarity and Mental Well-Being	73
Opioid Overdose–Related Emergency Department Visits and Accidental Deaths during the COVID-19 Pandemic	70
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Opioid Overdose Deaths: a Spatiotemporal Analysis	66
Addressing Food Insecurity through a Health Equity Lens: a Case Study of Large Urban School Districts during the COVID-19 Pandemic	60
Confidence and Hesitancy During the Early Roll-out of COVID-19 Vaccines Among Black, Hispanic, and Undocumented Immigrant Communities: a Review	57
Prison Population Reductions and COVID-19: A Latent Profile Analysis Synthesizing Recent Evidence From the Texas State Prison System	42
“It’s Helped Me a Lot, Just Like to Stay Alive”: a Qualitative Analysis of Outcomes of a Novel Hydromorphone Tablet Distribution Program in Vancouver, Canada	37
COVID-19 Containment in Asia’s Largest Urban Slum Dharavi-Mumbai, India: Lessons for Policymakers Globally	36
Inequities in Community Exposure to Deadly Gun Violence by Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, and Neighborhood Disadvantage among Youth in Large US Cities	33
The Healthy Young Men’s Cohort: Health, Stress, and Risk Profile of Black and Latino Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (YMSM)	29
Déjà vu All Over Again? Emergent Monkeypox, Delayed Responses, and Stigmatized Populations	28
Global Climate Implications for Homelessness: A Scoping Review	27
Business Data Categorization and Refinement for Application in Longitudinal Neighborhood Health Research: a Methodology	27
Racism and Older Black Americans’ Health: a Systematic Review	26
Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Inequalities in COVID-19 Diagnosis Rates by Area-Level Black/African American Racial Composition	25
Examining Opioid Overdose Deaths across Communities Defined by Racial Composition: a Multiscale Geographically Weighted Regression Approach	25

Associations Between Historical Redlining and Present-Day Heat Vulnerability Housing and Land Cover Characteristics in Philadelphia, PA	24
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollouts and the Reproduction of Urban Spatial Inequality: Disparities Within Large US Cities in March and April 2021 by Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Composition	23
COVID-19 Vaccine Interest among Corrections Officers and People Who Are Incarcerated at Middlesex County Jail, Massachusetts	23
A Community Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Case Study in Protecting the Health and Human Rights of People Who Use Drugs	22
Unemployment and Crime in US Cities During the Coronavirus Pandemic	22
Mobility Patterns During COVID-19 Travel Restrictions in Nairobi Urban Informal Settlements: Who Is Leaving Home and Why	21
Vaccination Disparity: Quantifying Racial Inequity in COVID-19 Vaccine Administration in Maryland	20
A Population-Based Assessment of Physical Symptoms and Mental Health Outcomes Among Adults Following the Flint Water Crisis	18
Multi-Level Socioenvironmental Contributors to Childhood Asthma in New York City: a Cluster Analysis	18
Underground Gun Markets and the Flow of Illegal Guns into the Bronx and Brooklyn: A Mixed Methods Analysis	18
Associations of Small Business Closure and Reduced Urban Mobility with Mental Health Problems in COVID-19 Pandemic: a National Representative Sample Study	17
Mobility Patterns in Different Age Groups in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Small Area Time Series Analysis through March 2021	17
Employment Loss in Informal Settlements during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Chile	17
Impact of ShotSpotter Technology on Firearm Homicides and Arrests Among Large Metropolitan Counties: a Longitudinal Analysis, 1999–2016	17
The Role of Urban Environments in Promoting Active and Healthy Aging: A Systematic Scoping Review of Citizen Science Approaches	17
Awareness, Willingness, and Perceived Efficacy of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males	16
Overdose Prevention and Housing: a Qualitative Study Examining Drug Use, Overdose Risk, and Access to Safer Supply in Permanent Supportive Housing in Vancouver, Canada	15
Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Cities of Chile: Magnitude, Inequalities, and Urban Determinants	15
Nowhere to Play: Available Open and Green Space in Greater London Schools	15
Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Urban Settings in China	14
Effects of New York’s Executive Order on Face Mask Use on COVID-19 Infections and Mortality: A Modeling Study	14
Modelling of Temperature-Attributable Mortality among the Elderly in Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal: A Contribution to Local Strategy for Effective Prevention Plans	14
Loops and Building Blocks: a Knowledge co-Production Framework for Equitable Urban Health	14
Geographic Mobility, Place Attachment, and the Changing Geography of Sex among African American and Latinx MSM Who Use Substances in Los Angeles	14
Assessing Urban Health Inequities through a Multidimensional and Participatory Framework: Evidence from the EURO-HEALTHY Project	14
Emerging from COVID-19: Lessons for Action on Climate Change and Health in Cities	14
Quantifying Older Black Americans’ Exposure to Structural Racial Discrimination: How Can We Measure the Water In Which We Swim?	13
Black Canadians’ Exposure to Everyday Racism: Implications for Health System Access and Health Promotion among Urban Black Communities	13
Principles and Metrics for Evaluating Oregon’s Innovative Drug Decriminalization Measure	13
Sleep Problems among Mothers of Youth Stopped by the Police	13
Predictors of COVID-19-Confirmed Cases and Fatalities in 883 US Counties with a Population of 50,000 or More: Estimated Effect of Initial Prevention Policies	13
Mortality Implications of Increased Active Mobility for a Proposed Regional Transportation Emission Cap-and-Invest Program	13
Interruptions in Mental Health Care, Cannabis Use, Depression, and Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Cohort of HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative MSM in Los Angeles, California	12
Spatial Modeling and Analysis of Heat-Related Morbidity in Maricopa County, Arizona	12
Health Disparities, Transportation Equity and Complete Streets: a Case Study of a Policy Development Process through the Lens of Critical Race Theory	12
Longitudinal Associations between Police Harassment and Experiences of Violence among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in Six US Cities: the HPTN 061 Study	12
Indicators of Healthy Architecture—a Systematic Literature Review	12
Binge Drinking, Non-injection Drug Use, and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males, 3 US Cities, 2015	11
Influence of Neighborhood Built Environments on the Outdoor Free Play of Young Children: a Systematic, Mixed-Studies Review and Thematic Synthesis	11
Road Traffic and Urban Form Factors Correlated with the Incidence of Lung Cancer in High-density Areas: An Ecological Study in Downtown Shanghai, China	11
Correlates of Transactional Sex and Violent Victimization among Men Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California	11
The Stigma of Criminal Legal Involvement and Health: a Conceptual Framework	11
The Effect of a Housing First Intervention on Acute Health Care Utilization among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: Long-term Outcomes of the At Home/Chez-Soi Randomized Pragmatic Trial	11
The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services Cohort Study of People Who Inject Drugs in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto): Cohort Profile	11
The Application of ‘Elite Interviewing’ Methodology in Transdisciplinary Research: a Record of Process and Lessons Learned during a 3-Year Pilot in Urban Planetary Health Research	11
Officer-Involved Shootings and Concealed Carry Weapons Permitting Laws: Analysis of Gun Violence Archive Data, 2014–2020	11
Utilization of Maternal Health Care Among Immigrant Mothers in New York City, 2016–2018	11
The Differences by Sex and Gender in the Relationship Between Urban Greenness and Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review	10
Harm Reduction, By Mail: the Next Step in Promoting the Health of People Who Use Drugs	10
A Spatial Analysis of Obesity: Interaction of Urban Food Environments and Racial Segregation in Chicago	10

NIMBYism and Harm Reduction Programs: Results from Baltimore City	10
Housing Stability and Hepatitis C Infection for Young Adults Who Inject Drugs: Examining the Relationship of Consistent and Intermittent Housing Status on HCV Infection Risk	10
Racialized Housing Discrimination and Population Health: a Scoping Review and Research Agenda	10
Did Playground Renovations Equitably Benefit Neighborhoods in Chicago?	10
COVID-19, Ambient Air Pollution, and Environmental Health Inequities in Latin American Cities	10
Associations Between Built Environment Factors and SARS-CoV-2 Infections at the Neighbourhood Level in a Metropolitan Area in Germany	10
Overcoming Systemic Barriers Preventing Healthy Urban Development in the UK: Main Findings from Interviewing Senior Decision-Makers During a 3-Year Planetary Health Pilot	10
Neighborhood Poverty and Physical Health at Midlife: The Role of Life-Course Exposure	10
Associations between Experiences of Police Contact and Discrimination by the Police and Courts and Health Outcomes in a Representative Sample of Adults in New York City	9
Addressing Unintentional Exclusion of Vulnerable and Mobile Households in Traditional Surveys in Kathmandu, Dhaka, and Hanoi: a Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study	9
Healthy Governance for Cities: Synergizing Health in All Policies (HiAP) and Healthy Cities Approaches	9
Home Energy Efficiency and Subjective Health in Greater London	9
Youth Mental Well-Being Following Witnessed Police Stops	9
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Opioid-Related Mortality in the USA, 1999–2019: the Extreme Case of Washington DC	9
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability and Financial Incentives among Unhoused People in Los Angeles County: a Three-Stage Field Survey	9
The Associations Between Urban Form and Major Non-communicable Diseases: a Systematic Review	9
The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Threat Multiplier for Childhood Health Disparities: Evidence from St. Louis, MO	9
Healthy Community Design, Anti-displacement, and Equity Strategies in the USA: A Scoping Review	9
Use of Data to Understand the Social Determinants of Depression in Two Middle‐Income Countries: the 3‐D Commission	9
Gender Differences in Impacts of Place-Based Neighborhood Greening Interventions on Fear of Violence Based on a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial	9
Data, Social Determinants, and Better Decision-making for Health: the 3-D Commission	8
The Impact of US County-Level Factors on COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality	8
The Nation’s First Publicly Recognized Overdose Prevention Centers: Lessons Learned in New York City	8
Web Data Mining: Validity of Data from Google Earth for Food Retail Evaluation	8
Individual and Social Network Factors Associated with High Self-efficacy of Communicating about Men’s Health Issues with Peers among Black MSM in an Urban Setting	8
Associations of Urban Built Environment with Cardiovascular Risks and Mortality: a Systematic Review	7
Housing as a Social Determinant of Health: Evidence from Singapore, the UK, and Kenya: the 3-D Commission	7
Nurtured in Nature: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Time in Greenspace among Urban-Dwelling Postpartum Women	7
Housing Insecurity and Mental Health: the Effect of Housing Tenure and the Coexistence of Life Insecurities	7
Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The Role of Racial Residential Segregation	7
Using Zoning as a Public Health Tool to Reduce Alcohol Outlet Oversaturation, Promote Compliance, and Guide Future Enforcement: a Preliminary Analysis of Transform Baltimore	7
A Systematic Review of the Effects of Urban Living on Suicidality and Self-Harm in the UK and Ireland	7
The Effect of Systemic Racism and Homophobia on Police Enforcement and Sexual and Emotional Violence among Sex Workers in East London: Findings from a Cohort Study	7
Evidence of Pre-mortem Opioid Use among Fentanyl Overdose Decedents in a Safety Net Healthcare System	7
Awakening to an Intersectional Reality: Ending the HIV Epidemic in the USA Starts with Reducing Inequities among Black MSM	7
An Unconditional Cash Transfer Program for Low-Income New Yorkers Affected by COVID-19	7
Urban Scaling of Health Outcomes: a Scoping Review	7