OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Urban Design International is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Commentary: beauty in urban design - oppression or emancipation?	23
Correction to: Assessing human emotional responses to the design of public spaces around subway stations: a human factors research	18
Investigating socio-spatial effects of design interventions with computational methods: A case study on Bursa Uludağ University Görükle Campus	17
Green urban evaluation index for the central districts of cities in developing countries: case of Jordan	15
Resilient university campus in the city in COVID and post-COVID era—recommendations, guidelines, and evidence from research in Italy and Poland	15
Modelling urban elements and patterns as shape grammars: lessons from an urban design studio in Singapore	15
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods, Hesam Kamalipour, Patricia Aelbrecht, and Nastaran Peimani (eds.), Routledge, 2023, £205.00, 578pp, ISBN: 9780367768058 and Research Handbook o	14
A critical review for Cairo’s green open spaces dynamics as a prospect to act as placemaking anchors	11
A parametric approach to plot-based urban design: A climate-responsive algorithmic control for the generation of urban block	10
Measuring age-friendliness based on the walkability indices of older people to urban facilities	10
Correction to: Measuring age-friendliness based on the walkability indices of older people to urban facilities	10
Assessment of the effect of the design of a public garden on the biophilic behavior of its users in Guelma (northeastern Algeria)	10
Musings on theorizing, co-producing, designing, and encountering the public space	8
Urban form and sustainability in Arctic cities: An assessment of energy efficiency, solar access, and accessibility	8
Regeneration and children’s neighborhood knowledge: A cross-sectional cognitive mapping study in Istanbul	7
Order and Disorder in Urban Space and Form. Ideas, Discourse, Praxis and Worldwide Transfer. Paul Jenkins and Harry Smith. Routledge, 2023, $39.19 (paperback), 268 pages, ISBN 9780415586931	7
Urban design leadership: part 3, through a single national lens	7
In the images of development: city design in the Global South, Tridib Banerjee, The MIT Press, 2021, 520 pp, $45, Hardcover	7
Urban design and walkability revisited	6
What if “sense of place” is already strong? An in-depth investigation in an award-winning American neighbourhood	5
Assessing human emotional responses to the design of public spaces around subway stations: a human factors research	5
Publisher Correction: Evaluating microscale walkability: a comparative analysis of street audits	5
Reimagining urban design futures: Innovative theories and practices from the Global South	5
Jazdów: an island of real-and-imagined sustainability	5
A citizen perspective on designing driverless streets	5

Public Space, Vikas Mehta, Routledge, 2023, £27.99, 268 pp, ISBN: 9781032137025	5
Impact of ground-floor façade functionality and permeability on pedestrian behaviour and social interactions: A mixed-methods study enhancing urban environmental quality	5
Designing for possibility in public space: affordance, assemblage, and ANT	4
Correction to: Urban design and walkability revisited	4
Visual conflict in urban landscape design: A study on the influence of street signboards on the saliency of greenery	4
Integrating objective spatial data and route perceptions through GIS-supported citizen science for a holistic urban walkability assessment	4
Building with superblocks: Study of Gulf corporation cities	4
The emerging trend of converting abandoned elevated infrastructure into linear parks: state of the arts and categories of intervention	4
Planning from Mars, urban design from Venus	4
Microenvironments: towards a socio-spatial understanding of territorial expression for urban design	4
Mapping a framework for social–ecological resilience in reimaging of abandoned spaces	4
Winter City in translation: The Winter Cities movement and the design of an Arctic Norwegian City	3
Reconceptualising urban liveability: a quantitative assessment of inhabitant needs in Colombo, Sri Lanka	3
Arctic urban space affordances: Discussing residential urban design in Greenland/Kalaallit Nunaat	3
UDI editorial winter issue 2025	3
Revisiting liveability and adaptability in urban design	3
Multidimensional analyses of walkability in city centres by using mobile methodologies: Beşiktaş and Delft experiences	3
Correction: Reshaping approaches of architectural heritage devastated through bombing: case study of Generalštab, Belgrade	3