OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health & Place is 33. 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
Objective scoring of streetscape walkability related to leisure walking: Statistical modeling approach with semantic segmentation of Google Street View images	123
Energy poverty and health: Trends in the European Union before and during the economic crisis, 2007–2016	77
Ranking the importance of demographic, socioeconomic, and underlying health factors on US COVID-19 deaths: A geographical random forest approach	63
Mental health and well-being in times of COVID-19: A mixed-methods study of the role of neighborhood parks, outdoor spaces, and nature among US older adults	58
Exploring the neighbourhood-level correlates of Covid-19 deaths in London using a difference across spatial boundaries method	56
Spatial variation in socio-ecological vulnerability to Covid-19 in the contiguous United States	55
Association between density and proximity of tobacco retail outlets with smoking: A systematic review of youth studies	55
The association between socioeconomic status and mobility reductions in the early stage of England's COVID-19 epidemic	55
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach	54
Role of neighborhood social support in stress coping and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Hubei, China	51
The stationarity bias in research on the environmental determinants of health	50
Racial/ethnic minority and neighborhood disadvantage leads to disproportionate mortality burden and years of potential life lost due to COVID-19 in Chicago, Illinois	49
The need for GIScience in mapping COVID-19	48
Who maintains good mental health in a locked-down country? A French nationwide online survey of 11,391 participants	46
Older adults’ activity destinations before and during COVID-19 restrictions: From a variety of activities to mostly physical exercise close to home	45
Dose-response effect of a large-scale greenway intervention on physical activities: The first natural experimental study in China	43
Retailer density reduction approaches to tobacco control: A review	43
COVID-19 testing, case, and death rates and spatial socio-demographics in New York City: An ecological analysis as of June 2020	43
Understanding the influence of contextual factors and individual social capital on American public mask wearing in response to COVID–19	42
Gentrification pathways and their health impacts on historically marginalized residents in Europe and North America: Global qualitative evidence from 14 cities	41
Nature in the indoor and outdoor study environment and secondary and tertiary education students’ well-being, academic outcomes, and possible mediating pathways: A systematic review with recommendatio	41
Examine the associations between perceived neighborhood conditions, physical activity, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	40
Patterns of COVID-19 related excess mortality in the municipalities of Northern Italy during the first wave of the pandemic	40
Evaluating the association between urban green spaces and subjective well-being in Mexico city during the COVID-19 pandemic	38
Structural racism and adverse maternal health outcomes: A systematic review	37

Exploring how the urban neighborhood environment influences mental well-being using walking interviews	36
Features of the social and built environment that contribute to the well-being of people with dementia who live at home: A scoping review	36
Disconnected in a pandemic: COVID-19 outcomes and the digital divide in the United States	35
Historical redlining and food environments: A study of 102 urban areas in the United States	34
Menstruation and homelessness: Challenges faced living in shelters and on the street in New York City	34
Neighborhood-level COVID-19 hospitalizations and mortality relationships with built environment, active and sedentary travel	34
Evidence for urban design and public health policy and practice: Space syntax metrics and neighborhood walking	33
Active use and perceptions of parks as urban assets for physical activity: A mixed-methods study	33