OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology is 5. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the dynamic linkages among human health, climate change, and food insecurity in the top twenty emitters	187
Agricultural mechanization and land productivity in China	171
Promoting synergies for sustainability through peer-to-peer sharing: an analysis of drivers and barriers	171
Integrated spatial prioritization of urban nature-based solutions for climate adaptation, mitigation, and justice	146
Impact of economic growth, natural resources and trade on ecological footprint: do education and longevity promote sustainable development in Algeria?	121
Credit access and sustainable farm investments: a dual perspective on chemical and environmentally friendly inputs	101
Re-envisioning par for the course: an assessment of desert golf sustainability from a landscape perspective	69
Hyperfeedback: meliorization regulation mechanism towards sustainable development based on landsenses ecology	60
Invasive plants and agri-food waste extracts as sustainable alternatives for the pre-emergence urban weed control in Portugal Central Region	54
On the shadow economy-environmental sustainability nexus in Africa: the (ir)relevance of financial development	53
Unravelling the role of renewable energy, information and communication technology and agricultural credit for sustainable agricultural productivity in developing countries	51
Assessment of China’s green governance performance based on integrative perspective of technology utilization and actor management	51
Characterizing agroecology’s practice in the Niayes, Senegal: A typology of agricultural models on family farms	51
What factors affect the structural resilience of urban networks during COVID-19 epidemic? A comparative analysis in China	49
Expanding protected areas in a Neotropical hotspot	49
Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into the strategy of higher education institutions	46
The influence of nuclear energy research and development investments on environmental sustainability: evidence from the United States and France	43
The relationship between the rule of law and environmental sustainability: empirical evidence from the analysis of global indices	41
Spatial coupling mechanism of biocultural diversity: case of Beichuan-River-Source National Nature Reserve, Qinghai, China	41
Assessing the value of agroforestry and food security among households in Isingiro District, South-western Uganda	41
Understanding the effects of urban perceptions on housing rent using big data and machine learning	40
Examining the roles of labour standards, economic complexity, and globalization in the biocapacity deficiency of the ASEAN countries	39
Greening the E7 environment: how can renewable and nuclear energy moderate financial development, natural resources, and digitalization towards the target?	36
Construction of ecological security patterns based on multi-scenario simulations in arid and semi-arid areas in Northwest China	35
The 17 United Nations’ sustainable development goals: a status by 2020	34

Green policymaking in top emitters: assessing the consequences of external conflicts, trade globalization, and mineral resources on sustainable development	34
How do environmental tax and renewable energy contribute to ecological sustainability? New evidence from top renewable energy countries	34
Social media for sustainability education: gaining knowledge and skills into actions for sustainable living	33
A novel ecological evaluation index based on geospatial principles and remote sensing techniques	33
A new look at China’s environmental quality: how does environmental sustainability respond to the asymmetrical behavior of the competitive industrial sector?	33
Transient poverty in a sustainable development context	30
A proposal to measure the circular economy implementation and sustainable development goals achievement using objectively weighted indices	29
Do patents, renewable energies and energy taxes in the transport sector reduce transportation carbon emissions in the European Union?	26
Exploring the effective distance of 3D urban compact form correlated with building energy consumption and optimization strategies	26
Comparative analysis of ten Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) tools offering integrated criteria for urban development	24
Ecological conservation, biodiversity, and agricultural education as integrated approaches for envisioning the future of sustainable agriculture in North America	24
A multicriteria approach for assessing the maturity of supply chains regarding the implementation of circular economy practices in Brazil	24
Smallholder coffee-based farmers’ perception and their adaptation strategies of climate change and variability in South-Eastern Ethiopia	24
Time, frequency, and quantile-based impacts of disaggregated electricity generation on carbon neutrality: evidence from leading European Union countries	24
Pathway towards decarbonization: how do renewable energy, natural gas consumption trade and monetary policy influence this pursuit?	23
The impact of digital technology and technological innovation on environmental attitudes——insights from a cross-country survey	23
Colligating ecological footprint and economic globalization after COP21: Insights from agricultural value-added and natural resources rents in the E7 economies	23
How do economic, health, environmental and demographic factors affect life expectancy? – a novel attempt for developed and developing economies	22
Global evidence on the energy–environment dilemma: the role of energy-related uncertainty across diverse environmental indicators	22
Uncovering time-, frequency- and quantile-based impacts of energy, fiscal policy instruments, and economic growth on sustainable development	21
What factors contribute to environmental degradation in G11 economies? Emphasizing the importance of renewable and non-renewable energy sources	20
Climate policy uncertainty and renewable energy consumption at crossroads: designing SDG policies for the United States	20
Spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers of ecological quality in water conservation area: the case of Sanjiangyuan National Park	19
Do renewable energy, economic globalization, and financial development foster green growth in France? Evidence from a wavelet-quantile approach	19
More is not always better: the role of Social Media Information in shaping individual low-carbon behavioral intention	18
Impact-oriented assessment of carbon, water and energy footprints for maize production: a case study in Shandong, China	18
Crop intensification effects on soil quality and organic carbon stocks: a case study of Haramosh Valley in Central Karakorum, Pakistan	18
Lost harvest: examining the association between postharvest food loss and food insecurity in semi-arid Ghana	17
Does adaptation to climate change promote household food security? Insights from Indonesian fishermen	16
How sustainable is happiness? An enquiry about the sustainability and wellbeing performance of societies	16
Sustainability measurement with a non-compensatory approach in Cuban nature-based tourism	15
Green innovation, foreign investment and carbon emissions: a roadmap to sustainable development via green energy and energy efficiency for BRICS economies	15
Assessment and driving factor analysis of eco-environmental security for the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau	15
Carbon taxes, resources efficiency, and environmental sustainability in a developed country	15
Sensitivity analysis of sustainability indicators using a shifted geometric assessment model	14
Barriers and solutions for just and equitable access to urban ecosystem services: a critical analysis	14
Exploring the dynamic capability of green technology innovation for achieving sustainable development: an empirical insight from China	13
Policy implications of technological innovations, domestic material consumption and renewable energy consumption for achieving sustainable development goals in G7 economies	13
Sustainable pathways in leading emitters: unveiling environmental repercussions of institutions, trade globalization, and energy sustainability, accessibility, and efficiency	12
Nitrogen use efficiency of rice in India: A regional analysis	12
Natural resources-sustainable environment conflicts amidst COP26 resolutions: investigating the role of renewable energy, technology innovations, green finance, and structural change	12
If tourism induces the EKC hypothesis, how does governance moderate its impact in the EU without the UK?	12
Energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa	12
Advancing sustainability in China by uncovering the role of eco-innovation, sustainable urbanization and financial development: evidence from novel wavelet approaches	12
Role of technological innovation and globalization in BRICS economies: policy towards environmental sustainability	11
A comparative analysis of the circular economy performances for European Union countries	11
Global forecasting of atmospheric CO ₂ concentrations using a hybrid STL-Prophet-LSTM model	11
Urban green and blue infrastructure effect on the micro-scale thermal environment in a residential neighborhood: Mueller, Austin, TX	11
Exploring the role of technology in the trade-off between biodiversity and poverty alleviation across countries	10
Environment monitoring of mining area with comprehensive mining ecological index (CMEI): a case study in Xilinhot of Inner Mongolia, China	10

Effects of energy consumption on human development and industrial sector performance in selected Sub-Saharan Africa and OECD countries: comparative analysis	10
Do women in politics and government efficiency enhance electricity access in Nigeria: analyzing energy prices and foreign investment	10
Impact of renewable and fossil fuel energy consumption on environmental degradation: evidence from USA by nonlinear approaches	10
The role of greenfield investment and investment freedom on environmental quality: testing the EKC hypothesis for EU countries	9
The undesirable impact of China’s “national sustainable development plan of resource-based cities” on CO ₂ intensity	9
Off-farm work and technical efficiency of wheat production: An analysis accounting for multiple dimensions of off-farm work	9
Sustainability assessment of the Yangtze River Delta Urban agglomeration in China based on stochastic simulation techniques	9
The key factors contributing to the persistence of homelessness	9
Ecological effects of distinct patents on reducing waste-related greenhouse gas emissions in BRIC countries: evidence from novel quantile methods	9
Improvement of residents’ happiness index in tourism destinations based on guiding significance and tourism development	9
Do uncertainties moderate the influence of renewable energy consumption on electric power CO ₂ emissions? A new policy insights	8
A hybrid scale to relate natural and built environments: a pragmatic approach to sustainable cities	8
Achieving carbon neutrality and SDGs: assessing roles of solar energy, government stability, and population aging in greenhouse gas emissions	8
Optimizing cultivated land under non-grain expansion in rural China: unveiling the spatial dynamics of trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services	8
Impact of electricity generation, consumption, energy trade, and ICT on the environment in Pakistan: a NARDL and ARDL analysis	7
A comparison of waste education in schools and colleges across five European cities	7
Assessing decarbonization: a comparison of the green sacrifice ratio for China and India	7
The impact of ecological footprint in West Africa: the role of biocapacity and renewable energy	7
Transhumant pastoralism in Indian western Himalaya: traditional ecological knowledge and contemporary practices	7
Embedding sustainability into bank strategy: implications for sustainable development goals reporting	7
Towards sustainable greener Earth	7
Green finance, fintech, and environmental sustainability: fresh policy insights from the BRICS nations	7
Advancing forest ecosystem sustainability through remote-sensing solutions	7
Income impacts of rural household livelihood strategies: insights from Chongqing, Southwest China	7
Evaluating the nexus between energy transition and load capacity factor in Germany: evidence from novel quantile-based approaches	7
Effects of individual and community-level environment components on the subjective well-being of poverty alleviation migrants: the case in Guizhou, China	6
How to establish a sustainable sea area governance mechanism? The case of marine waste	6
Material productivity and material intensity as drivers of environmental sustainability in G-7 economies	6
The role of technology innovation, R&D, and quality governance in pollution mitigation for EU economies: fresh evidence from method of moment quantile regression	6
Type division and spatial differentiation characteristics of cities in China: on the perspective of sustainable urban regeneration	6
Integrating ecosystem service importance and ecological sensitivity to identify priority areas for ecological conservation and restoration in Miyun Reservoir Basin	6
Investigation of the effect of natural resource dependence on environmental sustainability under the novel load capacity curve hypothesis	6
Sustainability factors influencing para rubber resources for the implementation of circular economy in Songkhla province, southern Thailand	6
Investigating political stability effect on the environment in the Netherlands by Fourier-based approaches	6
Moving towards a sustainable environment: do disaggregated energy consumption, natural resources, financial development and economic globalization really matter?	6
Solar energy and sustainable development: evidence from 35 countries	6
Can consumption of local food contribute to sustainable tourism? Evidence from the perception of domestic tourists	6
Can green resource productivity, renewable energy, and economic globalization drive the pursuit of carbon neutrality in the top energy transition economies?	6
Analyzing the role of economic globalization in achieving carbon neutrality in Australia	6
CDP (carbon disclosure project) emissions of CO ₂ and environmental disclosure quality: the mediating role of media legitimacy and governance	6
Status of research on Sustainable Development Goal 11: a visual analysis using citespace and ArcGIS	5
Landscape ecological perception of urban green space under the pressure of COVID-19: health-activity-satisfaction evaluation	5
Status and drivers of households’ food security status in climate-sensitive coastal areas of Bangladesh: A comparison between the exposed and interior coasts	5
How sustainable are agricultural practices in European Union countries? A spherical fuzzy logic based evaluation	5
Racing towards environmental sustainability: a synergy between economic complexity, political stability, and energy transition: policy insight from a bootstrap time varying causality approach	5
Assessing resident’s perception towards ecosystem services of urban green spaces in Delhi, India	5
Social innovation projects link to sustainable development goals: case of Portugal	5
Analysis of risks factors associated with construction projects in urban wetlands ecosystem	5
Dynamic multi-scale effect of urban spatial form on PM _2.5 concentrations in different climate zones of China	5
Predicting sustainable consumption behavior: knowledge-based, value-based, emotional and rational influences on mobile phone, food and fashion consumption	5
Correlation of the sustainable development goals index score and COVID-19 death rate: a comparison among 40 Asian countries	5
Changes and divergences of urban climate adaptability in Pearl River Delta: spatiotemporal patterns and driving forces	5