OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environment Development and Sustainability is 51. 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
Impact of renewable energy consumption, globalization, and technological innovation on environmental degradation in Japan: application of wavelet tools	352
The nexus between urbanization, renewable energy consumption, financial development, and CO2 emissions: evidence from selected Asian countries	226
Quantity and quality modelling of groundwater to manage water resources in Isfahan-Borkhar Aquifer	140
Exploring the impact of sustainability (ESG) disclosure on firm value and financial performance (FP) in airline industry: the moderating role of size and age	133
Organizational resilience and social-economic sustainability: COVID-19 perspective	123
Does economic complexity matter for environmental sustainability? Using ecological footprint as an indicator	118
Current trends and prospects of tidal energy technology	115
The dynamic impacts of CO2 emissions from different sources on Pakistan’s economic progress: a roadmap to sustainable development	115
Asymmetric and time-varying linkages between carbon emissions, globalization, natural resources and financial development in China	111
A pathway toward future sustainability: Assessing the influence of innovation shocks on CO2 emissions in developing economies	102
Biomass pyrolysis technologies for value-added products: a state-of-the-art review	97
Environmental innovation, trade openness and quality institutions: an integrated investigation about environmental sustainability	97
Assessing the socio-economic viability of solar commercialization and electrification in south Asian countries	93
Green banking initiatives: a qualitative study on Indian banking sector	92
The connection between urbanization and carbon emissions: a panel evidence from West Africa	89
COVID-19 lockdowns reduce the Black carbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of the Asian atmosphere: source apportionment and health hazard evaluation	88
Investigating the nexus between CO2 emissions, renewable energy consumption, FDI, exports and economic growth: evidence from BRICS countries	86
Evaluating the impact of GDP per capita on environmental degradation for G-20 economies: Does N-shaped environmental Kuznets curve exist?	80
Intelligent ecofriendly transport management system based on IoT in urban areas	80
The dynamic association between healthcare spending, CO2 emissions, and human development index in OECD countries: evidence from panel VAR model	80
Microfiber pollution: an ongoing major environmental issue related to the sustainable development of textile and clothing industry	80
The relationship between energy consumption, economic growth, and CO2 emissions in China: the role of urbanisation and international trade	79
The dynamic impact of urbanization, structural transformation, and technological innovation on ecological footprint and PM2.5: evidence from newly industrialized countries	79
Do financial development, economic growth, energy consumption, and trade openness contribute to increase carbon emission in Pakistan? An insight based on ARDL bound testing approach	78
Experimental, computational analysis of Butein and Lanceoletin for natural dye-sensitized solar cells and stabilizing efficiency by IoT	78

Does sustainable environmental agenda matter? The role of globalization toward energy consumption, economic growth, and carbon dioxide emissions in South Asian countries	78
COVID-19 Creating another problem? Sustainable solution for PPE disposal through LCA approach	77
Adoption of green banking practices and environmental performance in Pakistan: a demonstration of structural equation modelling	75
The effects of urbanization and urban sprawl on CO2 emissions in China	74
A multi-perspective assessment approach of renewable energy production: policy perspective analysis	74
Evaluation and selection of healthcare waste incinerators using extended sustainability criteria and multi-criteria analysis methods	73
Greenwash and green purchase behavior: an environmentally sustainable perspective	72
The transition towards circular economy and waste within accounting and accountability models: a systematic literature review and conceptual framework	72
Modelling urban heat island (UHI) and thermal field variation and their relationship with land use indices over Delhi and Mumbai metro cities	67
Comparison of multi-influence factor, weight of evidence and frequency ratio techniques to evaluate groundwater potential zones of basaltic aquifer systems	67
Positive environmental effects of the coronavirus 2020 episode: a review	64
Green, blue or black, but washing–What company characteristics determine greenwashing?	63
Effects of COVID-19 lockdown phases in India: an atmospheric perspective	62
Biofuels and their connections with the sustainable development goals: a bibliometric and systematic review	62
An empirical study of supply chain sustainability with financial performances of Indian firms	61
Transition from waste management to circular economy: the European Union roadmap	60
Assessing the prioritization of barriers toward green innovation: small and medium enterprises Nexus	60
Bioremediation of heavy metals from wastewater using nanomaterials	59
Modelling the connection between energy consumption and carbon emissions in North Africa: Evidence from panel models robust to cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity	59
Effects of energy consumption and ecological footprint on CO2 emissions: an empirical evidence from Pakistan	59
Does adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices improve farmers’ crop income? Assessing the determinants and its impacts in Punjab province, Pakistan	58
Economic impacts of soil fertility degradation by traces of iron from drinking water treatment	56
Modeling the relationship between carbon emissions and environmental sustainability during COVID-19: a new evidence from asymmetric ARDL cointegration approach	54
Exploring the effect of producer services and manufacturing industrial co-agglomeration on the ecological environment pollution control in China	52
Impacts of climate change on rice production: evidence from 30 Chinese provinces	52
Climate change: a friend or foe to food security in Africa?	51
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation of crop producers in sub-Saharan Africa: a review on concepts, approaches and methods	51
Green innovation and carbon emissions: the role of carbon pricing and environmental policies in attaining sustainable development targets of carbon mitigation—evidence from Central-Eastern Europe	51
Causal nexus in industrialization, urbanization, trade openness, and carbon emissions: empirical evidence from OPEC economies	51