OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology is 10. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
‘Mértola, a lab for the future’ as a transformational plan for the mediterranean semi-arid region: A learning case based on landsenses ecology	154
Income impacts of rural household livelihood strategies: insights from Chongqing, Southwest China	152
Can consumption of local food contribute to sustainable tourism? Evidence from the perception of domestic tourists	125
A Tribute to Dr. Jingzhu Zhao, Editor-in-Chief (2010-2021)	114
Social innovation for sustainable development: assessing current trends	108
A path towards environmental sustainability: exploring the effects of technological innovation and investment freedom on load capacity factor	64
Evaluating the nexus between energy transition and load capacity factor in Germany: evidence from novel quantile-based approaches	60
Integrating ecosystem service importance and ecological sensitivity to identify priority areas for ecological conservation and restoration in Miyun Reservoir Basin	59
Green buildings in Chilean public higher education: a trend or a must-have in university strategic guidelines?	59
Green days in the Park: a case study on Landsenses Ecology	50
Impacts of local conservation strategies on forest flora species of the Ambalara forest reserve in the Wa East District, Ghana	45
A comparison of waste education in schools and colleges across five European cities	44
How much is an urban stream worth? Using land senses and economic assessment of an urban stream restoration	43
The largest cooperative banks in Continental Europe: a sustainable model of banking	37
Effects of individual and community-level environment components on the subjective well-being of poverty alleviation migrants: the case in Guizhou, China	35
Integrating ecosystem reference conditions and vulnerability to identify ecological restoration priority areas	35
Crop intensification effects on soil quality and organic carbon stocks: a case study of Haramosh Valley in Central Karakorum, Pakistan	34
Exploring the dynamic linkages among human health, climate change, and food insecurity in the top twenty emitters	34
Green innovation, foreign investment and carbon emissions: a roadmap to sustainable development via green energy and energy efficiency for BRICS economies	31
The role of renewable energy consumption and financial development in environmental sustainability: implications for the Nordic Countries	29
How sustainable is happiness? An enquiry about the sustainability and wellbeing performance of societies	29
Carbon taxes, resources efficiency, and environmental sustainability in a developed country	28
Has information and communication technology improved environmental quality in the OECD? —a dynamic panel analysis	28
Building a sustainable environment in EU countries: the critical role of infrastructure investments and institutional quality	27
The spatial effects of innovation agglomeration on air quality in China: from the perspective of industrial development	27

Livelihood and climate vulnerability of coastal communities to natural disaster in south-western Bangladesh	26
The impact of ecological footprint in West Africa: the role of biocapacity and renewable energy	25
Popularization of plant protection UAVs and farmers’ income increases: a quasinatural experiment	24
Impact of environmental policy stringency on sectoral GHG emissions: evidence from Finland and Sweden by nonlinear quantile-based methods	23
Formulating sustainable development policy for a developed nation: exploring the role of renewable energy, natural gas efficiency and oil efficiency towards decarbonization	21
Does adaptation to climate change promote household food security? Insights from Indonesian fishermen	20
Future mining based on internet of things (IoT) and sustainability challenges	20
Investigation of the effect of natural resource dependence on environmental sustainability under the novel load capacity curve hypothesis	19
Solar energy and sustainable development: evidence from 35 countries	19
Forecasting China’s CO2 emissions and identifying key drivers: an application of the improved RFAGM model and LMDI decomposition methods	19
Urban spontaneous vegetation helps create unique landsenses	19
Assessing decarbonization: a comparison of the green sacrifice ratio for China and India	19
Why is the ‘counter-tradition’ room setting harmonious for an ancient village of China? An analysis based on landsenses ecology	18
Agricultural mechanization and land productivity in China	18
Lost harvest: examining the association between postharvest food loss and food insecurity in semi-arid Ghana	17
More is not always better: the role of Social Media Information in shaping individual low-carbon behavioral intention	17
Promoting synergies for sustainability through peer-to-peer sharing: an analysis of drivers and barriers	17
Sustainability indicators for evaluation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in urban agriculture	17
Impacts of digital agricultural extension on allocation inefficiency costs:Evidence from cotton farmers in China	16
Impact-oriented assessment of carbon, water and energy footprints for maize production: a case study in Shandong, China	16
The nexus of industrial employment, financial development, urbanization, and human capital in promoting environmental sustainability in E7 economies	16
Towards sustainable greener Earth	16
Exploring the dynamic capability of green technology innovation for achieving sustainable development: an empirical insight from China	15
Unravelling the role of renewable energy, information and communication technology and agricultural credit for sustainable agricultural productivity in developing countries	15
Impacts of plot size on maize yields and farm profits: Implications for sustainable land use and food security	14
Diaspora income, financial development and ecological footprint in Africa	14
African biopower investment and policy sufficiency: a qualitative comparative analysis	14
Sensitivity analysis of sustainability indicators using a shifted geometric assessment model	13
Urban land expanded closer to protected areas in China: a three decade investigation over 2622 protected areas	13
Nitrogen use efficiency of rice in India: A regional analysis	12
If tourism induces the EKC hypothesis, how does governance moderate its impact in the EU without the UK?	11
Sustainability measurement with a non-compensatory approach in Cuban nature-based tourism	11
Is the incorporation of sustainability issues and Sustainable Development Goals in project management a catalyst for sustainable project delivery?	11
Digital transformation and sustainable development in higher education in a post-pandemic world	11
Is climate change a monetary phenomenon? Evidence from time series analysis	11
China’s poverty alleviation policy promoted ecological-economic collaborative development: evidence from poverty-stricken counties on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	11
Advancing sustainability in China by uncovering the role of eco-innovation, sustainable urbanization and financial development: evidence from novel wavelet approaches	10
Energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa	10
How to establish a sustainable sea area governance mechanism? The case of marine waste	10
Re-envisioning par for the course: an assessment of desert golf sustainability from a landscape perspective	10
Invasive plants and agri-food waste extracts as sustainable alternatives for the pre-emergence urban weed control in Portugal Central Region	10
Evaluation of the barriers to and drivers of the implementation of solar energy in Saudi Arabia	10
On the shadow economy-environmental sustainability nexus in Africa: the (ir)relevance of financial development	10
Sustainable agriculture in Northeastern India: how do tribal farmers perceive and respond to climate change?	10