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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Permutation entropy-based quantification for joint effect of gestalt principles on grouping segments of cross-curves	111
Scene-GCN: a time-series prediction method in complex monitoring environments through spatial–temporal knowledge graph (ST-KG)	108
Geospatial foundation models for image analysis: evaluating and enhancing NASA-IBM Prithvi’s domain adaptability	76
There’s no best model! Addressing limitations of land-use scenario modelling through multi-model ensembles	61
GPU-accelerated parallel all-pair shortest path routing within stochastic road networks	53
STAGE: a spatiotemporal-knowledge enhanced multi-task generative adversarial network (GAN) for trajectory generation	50
From public discourse to place semantics: modeling semantic similarity of places using geosocial media data	49
A probabilistic framework with the gradient-based method for multi-objective land use optimization	48
GeoXCP: uncertainty quantification of spatial explanations in explainable AI	47
Predicting short-term PM _2.5 concentrations at fine temporal resolutions using a multi-branch temporal graph convolutional neural network	45
Incorporating multimodal context information into traffic speed forecasting through graph deep learning	45
Capturing spatial heterogeneity of population-level human mobility via a prior-guided graph neural network	43
Reasoning over higher-order qualitative spatial relations via spatially explicit neural networks	42
Fine-grained geographic named entity recognition with few-shot learning	41
A novel approach for cluster detection in trajectory data with low cluster-to-noise density ratio	40
A linearization for stable and fast geographically weighted Poisson regression	39
The influence of uncertainty visualization on cognitive load in a safety- and time-critical decision-making task	38
A mobile phone-based multilevel localization framework for field scenes	36
A streamlined approach to uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for models with spatial outputs with an example from geodiversity assessment	34
A new two-step estimation approach for retrieving surface urban heat island intensity and footprint based on urban-rural temperature gradients	34
Human dynamics in GIScience: emerging opportunities, challenges, and the road toward SplatialAI	33
A hierarchical deep reinforcement learning method for solving urban route planning problems under large-scale customers and real-time traffic conditions	33
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
MNCD-KE: a novel framework for simultaneous attribute- and interaction-based geographical regionalization	30

HMLPA: a hierarchical multi-target LPA pathfinding algorithm designed for dynamic indoor path network	30
Statistical tests for the local spatial variance	29
A review of representation and similarity measurement methods for geospatial scenes	28
Decision making under uncertainty: increasing the impact of public Participatory GIS	28
Next location prediction using heterogeneous graph-based fusion network with physical and social awareness	28
Efficient matrix algebra encoding for urban solar irradiation simulation: fine-grid ground-level estimation with vector data	27
Simplification of contour lines, based on axial splines, with high-quality results	27
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	26
An explainable spatial interpolation method considering spatial stratified heterogeneity	26
GeoFM: how will geo-foundation models reshape spatial data science and GeoAI?	25
A multi-hierarchical method to extract spatial network structures from large-scale origin-destination flow data	24
Simulation of urban perforation after random vacant plot generation: application of the thinning point process	23
Exploring geospatial digital twins: a novel panorama-based method with enhanced representation of virtual geographic scenes in Virtual Reality (VR)	23
Lane extraction from trajectories at road intersections based on Graph Transformer Network	22
A backfitting maximum likelihood estimator for hierarchical and geographically weighted regression modelling, with a case study of house prices in Beijing	22
Filling gaps of cartographic polylines by using an encoder–decoder model	21
Toward urban traffic scenarios and more: a spatio-temporal analysis empowered low-rank tensor completion method for data imputation	21
Trend surface analysis of geographic flows	21
Online map-matching assisted by object-based classification of driving scenario	21
Vision-HD: road change detection and registration using images and high-definition maps	20
Detecting road network errors from trajectory data with partial map matching and bidirectional recurrent neural network model	18
Automatic measurement of building setbacks and streetscape widths and their spatial variability along streets and in plots: integration of streetscape skeletons and plot geometry	18
Developing an integrated approach to validate 3D ownership spaces in complex multistorey buildings	18
Topology-based terrain segmentation using Apache Spark	18
A reinforcement learning-based routing algorithm for large street networks	17
Enhancing drive-by sensing power in urban hotspots through multi-objective vehicle selection optimization	17
Dynamic mode decomposition and short-time prediction of PM _2.5 using the graph Neural Koopman network	17
A topography-aware approach to the automatic generation of urban road networks	17
Predicting crowd flows via compressed sensing with spatial heterogeneity: an efficient GeoAI framework	17
On ignoring the heterogeneity in spatial autocorrelation: consequences and solutions	17
Efficient cell navigation methods and applications of an aperture 4 hexagonal discrete global grid system	17
Enhanced scan statistic with tightened window for detecting irregularly shaped hotspots	16
An entity alignment approach coupling NGBoost and SHAP for constructing spatio-temporal evolution knowledge graph from historical atlases	16
SEMINT: an LLM-empowered long-term vessel trajectory prediction framework	16
Polycenter: fast and precise polygon center identification for GIS and beyond	16
A matrix factorization model with local and global consistency for flow prediction in bike-sharing systems	16
Addressing the fixed effects in gravity model based on higher-order origin-destination pairs	16
Uncertainty analysis of geodata derived from digital map processing	16
A multi-view bidirectional spatiotemporal graph network for urban traffic flow imputation	15
Explainable artificial intelligence approach for road network selection based on a neural additive model	15
Integrating hydrological knowledge into deep learning for DEM super-resolution	15
Geospatiality: the effect of topics on the presence of geolocation in English text data	15
Extracting geographic relations from large social media text data	14
Efficient inference of large-scale air quality using a lightweight ensemble predictor	14
Multi-agent reinforcement learning to unify order-matching and vehicle-repositioning in ride-hailing services	14
STICC: a multivariate spatial clustering method for repeated geographic pattern discovery with consideration of spatial contiguity	13
A hexagon-based method for polygon generalization using morphological operators	13
Scheduling distributed multiway spatial join queries: optimization models and algorithms	12
Alleviating the resolution limit problem in spatial community detection: a local network structure-based method	12
Automated building outline extraction from digital surface models and orthophoto: a novel contour-based approach	12

Unsupervised domain adaptation for cross-style, cross-year land use understanding from historical maps	12
Analytically articulating the effect of buffer size on urban green space exposure measures	12
Foundation models for geospatial reasoning: assessing the capabilities of large language models in understanding geometries and topological spatial relations	12
Visit probability and accessibility within space–time prism of activity program	12
Deconstructing rurality to better “place” health data	12
A skeleton extraction method for large-scale spatial interaction networks considering spatial distribution characteristics	12
Is the radial distance really a distance? An analysis of its properties and interest for the matching of polygon features	11
SIMPLINET: a transmission network simplification method for spatiotemporal epidemic modelling	11
An evaluation of geo-located Twitter data for measuring human migration	11
Global GNSS PDOP calculation method based on hexagonal discrete grid	11
Scalable spatio-temporal autoregressive modeling by designing equivalent graph convolutional neural networks	11
A cost-effective algorithm for calibrating multiscale geographically weighted regression models	11
A multi-glimpse deep learning architecture to estimate socioeconomic census metrics in the context of extreme scope variance	11
A local encryption method for large-scale vector maps based on spatial hierarchical index and 4D hyperchaotic system	11
Exploring the integration of auxiliary modal information from remote sensing images for DEM super-resolution	11
Micromobility systems and disease transmission: a spatially explicit agent-based approach	11
A structural catalogue of the settlement morphology in refugee and IDP camps	10
Measuring accessibility of hierarchical healthcare facilities from the spatio-sentimental perspective	10
Identifying dynamic functions of urban areas with a multi-temporal collaborative graph neural network model	10
Multiscale cooperative optimization in multiscale geographically weighted regression models	10
On the local modeling of count data: multiscale geographically weighted Poisson regression	10
HiPerMovelets: high-performance movelet extraction for trajectory classification	10
Estimating urban noise along road network from street view imagery	10
How good is TanDEM-X 50 m forest/non-forest map? Product validation using temporally corrected geo-browser supplied imagery through Collect Earth	10
A novel aggregation strategy for producing population density surfaces using poll tax data: the case of Vyborg in 1880	10
Automatic sketch map creation from labeled planar graph	10
GeoAI in urban analytics	9
Detecting synthetic population bias using a spatially-oriented framework and independent validation data	9
Enhancing the accessibility of regionalization techniques through large language models: a case study in conversational agent guidance	9
Geographically and temporally weighted co-location quotient: an analysis of spatiotemporal crime patterns in greater Manchester	9
Deriving map images of generalised mountain roads with generative adversarial networks	9
Differential effects of data omissions and positional errors on the minimum acceptable geocoding hit rate	9
Urban traffic flow prediction: a dynamic temporal graph network considering missing values	9
Accurate three-dimensional mapping for detecting shaded urban sidewalks and assessing tree canopy coverage	9
Observing the dynamic community structure of urban travel networks based on navigation data	9
MapReader: a framework for learning a visual language model for map analysis	9
Fuzzy Bayesian inference for mapping vague and place-based regions: a case study of sectarian territory	9
A learning-based parallel geocomputation engine for heterogeneous spatial domain	9