OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology is 12. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Examining the dynamics of ecological footprint in China with spectral Granger causality and quantile-on-quantile approaches	145
Environmental consequences of fossil fuel in Spain amidst renewable energy consumption: a new insights from the wavelet-based Granger causality approach	140
The role of renewable energy consumption and financial development in environmental sustainability: implications for the Nordic Countries	118
Role of technological innovation and globalization in BRICS economies: policy towards environmental sustainability	100
Wicked problems: a mapping review of the literature	97
The 17 United Nations’ sustainable development goals: a status by 2020	85
Has information and communication technology improved environmental quality in the OECD? —a dynamic panel analysis	61
Impact of renewable and fossil fuel energy consumption on environmental degradation: evidence from USA by nonlinear approaches	60
The criticality of financial development and energy consumption for environmental sustainability in OECD countries: Evidence from dynamic panel analysis	57
Green finance, fintech, and environmental sustainability: fresh policy insights from the BRICS nations	52
Striving towards environmental sustainability in the BRICS economies: the combined influence of fiscal decentralization and environmental innovation	46
Do the asymmetric effects of technological innovation amidst renewable and nonrenewable energy make or mar carbon neutrality targets?	43
Can green resource productivity, renewable energy, and economic globalization drive the pursuit of carbon neutrality in the top energy transition economies?	37
Is product proximity a driver for better energy security? Global evidence of nonlinear relationships between product proximity and energy security	35
Natural resources-sustainable environment conflicts amidst COP26 resolutions: investigating the role of renewable energy, technology innovations, green finance, and structural change	34
Mapping key features and dimensions of the inclusive city: A systematic bibliometric analysis and literature study	34
Sustainable electricity generation: the possibility of substituting fossil fuels for hydropower and solar energy in Italy	33
Agricultural mechanization and land productivity in China	33
Renewable energy consumption and sustainable development in high-income countries	32
Embedding sustainability into bank strategy: implications for sustainable development goals reporting	31
Investigating the role of economic complexity in sustainable development and environmental sustainability	30
On the shadow economy-environmental sustainability nexus in Africa: the (ir)relevance of financial development	30
A new look at China’s environmental quality: how does environmental sustainability respond to the asymmetrical behavior of the competitive industrial sector?	28
Can clean energy adoption and international trade contribute to the achievement of India’s 2070 carbon neutrality agenda? Evidence using quantile ARDL measures	27
How do environmental tax and renewable energy contribute to ecological sustainability? New evidence from top renewable energy countries	26

Solar energy and sustainable development: evidence from 35 countries	26
Nature-based tourism in protected areas: a systematic review of socio-economic benefits and costs to local people	25
Rethinking Arctic sustainable development agenda through indigenizing UN sustainable development goals	25
Is climate change a monetary phenomenon? Evidence from time series analysis	25
Colligating ecological footprint and economic globalization after COP21: Insights from agricultural value-added and natural resources rents in the E7 economies	23
Urbanization-environment conundrum: an invitation to sustainable development in Saudi Arabian cities	23
Sustainable development, renewable energy transformation and employment impact in the EU	22
Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into the strategy of higher education institutions	20
The impact of ecological footprint in West Africa: the role of biocapacity and renewable energy	20
Analyzing the role of economic globalization in achieving carbon neutrality in Australia	19
Towards a common future: revising the evolution of university-based sustainability research literature	19
Formulating sustainable development policy for a developed nation: exploring the role of renewable energy, natural gas efficiency and oil efficiency towards decarbonization	19
Recent advances and opportunities in planning green petroleum supply chains: a model-oriented review	19
Does adaptation to climate change promote household food security? Insights from Indonesian fishermen	19
China’s poverty alleviation policy promoted ecological-economic collaborative development: evidence from poverty-stricken counties on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	18
The impacts of COVID-19 and climate change on smallholders through the lens of SDGs; and ways to keep smallholders on 2030 agenda	17
Transient poverty in a sustainable development context	17
Modelling a sustainable credit score system (SCSS) using BWM and fuzzy TOPSIS	17
Higher education and food waste: assessing current trends	16
What factors contribute to environmental degradation in G11 economies? Emphasizing the importance of renewable and non-renewable energy sources	16
Impact of sustainability-focused learning intervention on teachers’ agency to teach for sustainable development	16
European SMEs and non-financial information on sustainability	16
Future mining based on internet of things (IoT) and sustainability challenges	16
Plastic roads: not all they’re paved up to be	15
Green innovation, foreign investment and carbon emissions: a roadmap to sustainable development via green energy and energy efficiency for BRICS economies	15
The role of technology innovation, R&D, and quality governance in pollution mitigation for EU economies: fresh evidence from method of moment quantile regression	15
Diaspora income, financial development and ecological footprint in Africa	15
Time, frequency, and quantile-based impacts of disaggregated electricity generation on carbon neutrality: evidence from leading European Union countries	14
Impact of economic growth, natural resources and trade on ecological footprint: do education and longevity promote sustainable development in Algeria?	14
Sustainability practices at private universities: a state-of-the-art assessment	13
Investigation of the effect of natural resource dependence on environmental sustainability under the novel load capacity curve hypothesis	13
Social media for sustainability education: gaining knowledge and skills into actions for sustainable living	13
Energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa	13
Digital transformation and sustainable development in higher education in a post-pandemic world	12
Potentials of community-based-ecotourism to improve human wellbeing in Cambodia: an application of millennium ecosystem assessment framework	12
Systematic review of the role of social inclusion within sustainable urban developments	12
Determinants of carbon emissions in a European emerging country: evidence from ARDL cointegration and Granger causality analysis	12
A social systems approach to sustainable waste management: leverage points for plastic reduction in Colombo, Sri Lanka	12
The efficiency in meeting measurable sustainable development goals	12
Sustainable agriculture in Northeastern India: how do tribal farmers perceive and respond to climate change?	12
Striving towards carbon neutrality in emerging markets: the combined influence of international tourism and eco-friendly technology	12