OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Geographical Information Science is 9. 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
Permutation entropy-based quantification for joint effect of gestalt principles on grouping segments of cross-curves	157
GPU-accelerated parallel all-pair shortest path routing within stochastic road networks	72
Capturing spatial heterogeneity of population-level human mobility via a prior-guided graph neural network	69
GeoXCP: uncertainty quantification of spatial explanations in explainable AI	57
From public discourse to place semantics: modeling semantic similarity of places using geosocial media data	54
STAGE: a spatiotemporal-knowledge enhanced multi-task generative adversarial network (GAN) for trajectory generation	52
A probabilistic framework with the gradient-based method for multi-objective land use optimization	50
There’s no best model! Addressing limitations of land-use scenario modelling through multi-model ensembles	50
Incorporating multimodal context information into traffic speed forecasting through graph deep learning	47
Predicting short-term PM _2.5 concentrations at fine temporal resolutions using a multi-branch temporal graph convolutional neural network	47
Geospatial foundation models for image analysis: evaluating and enhancing NASA-IBM Prithvi’s domain adaptability	45
Reasoning over higher-order qualitative spatial relations via spatially explicit neural networks	44
Scene-GCN: a time-series prediction method in complex monitoring environments through spatial–temporal knowledge graph (ST-KG)	43
A hierarchical deep reinforcement learning method for solving urban route planning problems under large-scale customers and real-time traffic conditions	41
A mobile phone-based multilevel localization framework for field scenes	41
The influence of uncertainty visualization on cognitive load in a safety- and time-critical decision-making task	40
Human dynamics in GIScience: emerging opportunities, challenges, and the road toward SplatialAI	40
A novel approach for cluster detection in trajectory data with low cluster-to-noise density ratio	40
Fine-grained geographic named entity recognition with few-shot learning	39
A new two-step estimation approach for retrieving surface urban heat island intensity and footprint based on urban-rural temperature gradients	38
A linearization for stable and fast geographically weighted Poisson regression	33
PathVGAE: a path-based variational graph autoencoder for learning to rank roads	32
Children’s walking to urban services: an analysis of pedestrian access to social infrastructures and its relationship with land use	32
StreetSenser: a novel approach to sensing street view via a fine-tuned multimodal large language model	31
A streamlined approach to uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for models with spatial outputs with an example from geodiversity assessment	31

Decision making under uncertainty: increasing the impact of public Participatory GIS	30
Efficient matrix algebra encoding for urban solar irradiation simulation: fine-grid ground-level estimation with vector data	30
A multi-hierarchical method to extract spatial network structures from large-scale origin-destination flow data	29
HMLPA: a hierarchical multi-target LPA pathfinding algorithm designed for dynamic indoor path network	29
A review of representation and similarity measurement methods for geospatial scenes	28
MNCD-KE: a novel framework for simultaneous attribute- and interaction-based geographical regionalization	28
An explainable spatial interpolation method considering spatial stratified heterogeneity	28
Addressing the challenge of spatiotemporal data sparsity in disasters: predicting flood risks by aggregating distant neighbors on the basis of the principle of geographic similarity	28
GeoFM: how will geo-foundation models reshape spatial data science and GeoAI?	27
Next location prediction using heterogeneous graph-based fusion network with physical and social awareness	27
Geo-SAM: a structure-attribute match method for geographic data prediction	26
Simplification of contour lines, based on axial splines, with high-quality results	26
Toward urban traffic scenarios and more: a spatio-temporal analysis empowered low-rank tensor completion method for data imputation	25
Exploring geospatial digital twins: a novel panorama-based method with enhanced representation of virtual geographic scenes in Virtual Reality (VR)	25
Online map-matching assisted by object-based classification of driving scenario	25
Vision-HD: road change detection and registration using images and high-definition maps	24
Simulation of urban perforation after random vacant plot generation: application of the thinning point process	24
A backfitting maximum likelihood estimator for hierarchical and geographically weighted regression modelling, with a case study of house prices in Beijing	23
Trend surface analysis of geographic flows	22
Lane extraction from trajectories at road intersections based on Graph Transformer Network	22
Topology-based terrain segmentation using Apache Spark	22
Enhancing drive-by sensing power in urban hotspots through multi-objective vehicle selection optimization	21
Developing an integrated approach to validate 3D ownership spaces in complex multistorey buildings	21
Automatic measurement of building setbacks and streetscape widths and their spatial variability along streets and in plots: integration of streetscape skeletons and plot geometry	21
A novel heuristic flow direction algorithm for stream modeling in flat areas using digital elevation models	21
Predicting crowd flows via compressed sensing with spatial heterogeneity: an efficient GeoAI framework	20
Detecting road network errors from trajectory data with partial map matching and bidirectional recurrent neural network model	20
Integrating overlay and spatial optimization in assessing shape compactness	20
Dynamic mode decomposition and short-time prediction of PM _2.5 using the graph Neural Koopman network	20
TBSI: a Transformer-based spatial learned index for efficient construction and query	19
A matrix factorization model with local and global consistency for flow prediction in bike-sharing systems	18
A topography-aware approach to the automatic generation of urban road networks	18
A reinforcement learning-based routing algorithm for large street networks	18
On ignoring the heterogeneity in spatial autocorrelation: consequences and solutions	18
Efficient cell navigation methods and applications of an aperture 4 hexagonal discrete global grid system	18
A spatial–temporal graph convolutional network enhanced by geospatial knowledge to forecast origin–destination flows	17
Uncertainty analysis of geodata derived from digital map processing	17
Polycenter: fast and precise polygon center identification for GIS and beyond	16
A spatial approach to anomalous barrier detection in transportation networks from movement trajectories	16
Pharos: a mobile GIS application for network assessment and ground-truth mapping to support mHealth study design in low-resource settings	16
Addressing the fixed effects in gravity model based on higher-order origin-destination pairs	16
An entity alignment approach coupling NGBoost and SHAP for constructing spatio-temporal evolution knowledge graph from historical atlases	16
Enhanced scan statistic with tightened window for detecting irregularly shaped hotspots	16
Explainable artificial intelligence approach for road network selection based on a neural additive model	15
SEMINT: an LLM-empowered long-term vessel trajectory prediction framework	15
Using knowledge graph embeddings and meta-path transformers for geographic context-aware predictions of building functions	15
Integrating hydrological knowledge into deep learning for DEM super-resolution	15
Multi-agent reinforcement learning to unify order-matching and vehicle-repositioning in ride-hailing services	15
Tokenization and representation learning of contour data using bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT)	15
GeoAI for map generalization in multi-scale cartography: foundations, a research agenda, and interdisciplinary perspectives	14

Extracting geographic relations from large social media text data	14
Analytically articulating the effect of buffer size on urban green space exposure measures	14
Efficient inference of large-scale air quality using a lightweight ensemble predictor	14
Geospatiality: the effect of topics on the presence of geolocation in English text data	14
Rethinking the nexus of GIScience and population ageing: a perspective of gerontological GIS	14
SIMPLINET: a transmission network simplification method for spatiotemporal epidemic modelling	13
Visit probability and accessibility within space–time prism of activity program	13
Automated building outline extraction from digital surface models and orthophoto: a novel contour-based approach	13
A skeleton extraction method for large-scale spatial interaction networks considering spatial distribution characteristics	13
Scheduling distributed multiway spatial join queries: optimization models and algorithms	13
Quantification and reduction of spatially induced uncertainty in spatial optimization via deep reinforcement learning	13
Alleviating the resolution limit problem in spatial community detection: a local network structure-based method	13
A hexagon-based method for polygon generalization using morphological operators	13
How good is TanDEM-X 50 m forest/non-forest map? Product validation using temporally corrected geo-browser supplied imagery through Collect Earth	12
Is the radial distance really a distance? An analysis of its properties and interest for the matching of polygon features	12
Unsupervised domain adaptation for cross-style, cross-year land use understanding from historical maps	12
A structural catalogue of the settlement morphology in refugee and IDP camps	12
An evaluation of geo-located Twitter data for measuring human migration	12
Foundation models for geospatial reasoning: assessing the capabilities of large language models in understanding geometries and topological spatial relations	12
Deconstructing rurality to better “place” health data	12
A multi-glimpse deep learning architecture to estimate socioeconomic census metrics in the context of extreme scope variance	12
Exploring the integration of auxiliary modal information from remote sensing images for DEM super-resolution	12
Scalable spatio-temporal autoregressive modeling by designing equivalent graph convolutional neural networks	11
A local encryption method for large-scale vector maps based on spatial hierarchical index and 4D hyperchaotic system	11
Automatic sketch map creation from labeled planar graph	11
A novel aggregation strategy for producing population density surfaces using poll tax data: the case of Vyborg in 1880	11
Micromobility systems and disease transmission: a spatially explicit agent-based approach	11
Estimating urban noise along road network from street view imagery	11
A method for the cross-perspective alignment of geographic entities with spatial context-aware broad perception	11
Observing the dynamic community structure of urban travel networks based on navigation data	11
Multiscale cooperative optimization in multiscale geographically weighted regression models	11
Global GNSS PDOP calculation method based on hexagonal discrete grid	11
Measuring accessibility of hierarchical healthcare facilities from the spatio-sentimental perspective	11
A controlled natural language and interface for formulating geo-analytical questions with Blockly	11
Deriving map images of generalised mountain roads with generative adversarial networks	10
Urban traffic flow prediction: a dynamic temporal graph network considering missing values	10
Fuzzy Bayesian inference for mapping vague and place-based regions: a case study of sectarian territory	10
MapReader: a framework for learning a visual language model for map analysis	10
ColorBlindGAN: a generative adversarial network framework for color-blind-friendly maps conversion	10
A learning-based parallel geocomputation engine for heterogeneous spatial domain	10
Accurate three-dimensional mapping for detecting shaded urban sidewalks and assessing tree canopy coverage	10
Integrating spatiotemporal features in LSTM for spatially informed COVID-19 hospitalization forecasting	10
Identifying dynamic functions of urban areas with a multi-temporal collaborative graph neural network model	10
GeoAI in urban analytics	10
On the local modeling of count data: multiscale geographically weighted Poisson regression	10
Enhancing the accessibility of regionalization techniques through large language models: a case study in conversational agent guidance	10
Hexagon-based adaptive hierarchies for efficient point-in-spherical-polygon tests on GPUs	9
Economic and demographic simulations in urban agglomerations using a human mobility-enhanced cellular automata (HME-CA) model	9
Detecting synthetic population bias using a spatially-oriented framework and independent validation data	9
Urban-EPR: a universal model for simulating individual human mobility within intra-urban areas	9
MHSI-Net: an interpretable multi-modal deep learning network for street identification in historical maps	9
GeOT: a spatially explicit framework for evaluating spatio-temporal predictions	9
Differential effects of data omissions and positional errors on the minimum acceptable geocoding hit rate	9
A prompt tuning approach based on pre-trained cross-city graph neural networks for zero-shot flow generation	9
Act2Loc: a synthetic trajectory generation method by combining machine learning and mechanistic models	9
mcRPL: a general purpose parallel raster processing library on distributed heterogeneous architectures	9
The fewer predefined parameters, the better? A comparative analysis of urban delineation methods using building footprint data in the Netherlands	9
Uncertainty in visibility: a scoping review of the probable and fuzzy viewshed for observer location optimization	9
A Siamese neural network for learning the similarity metrics of linear features	9
GALLOC: a GeoAnnotator for Labeling LOCation descriptions from disaster-related text messages	9