OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Science & Policy is 47. 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
Co-production in global sustainability: Histories and theories	205
The effects of environmental innovations on CO2 emissions: Empirical evidence from Europe	197
Impacts of human capital, exports, economic growth and energy consumption on CO2 emissions of a cross-sectionally dependent panel: Evidence from the newly industrialized countries (NICs)	171
Decoupling for ecological sustainability: A categorisation and review of research literature	136
Projections of soil loss by water erosion in Europe by 2050	132
Digital transformation and environmental sustainability in industry: Putting expectations in Asian and African policies into perspective	123
Conceptualising transdisciplinary integration as a multidimensional interactive process	116
Association between temperature, humidity, and COVID-19 outbreaks in Bangladesh	115
Adaptation pathways: A review of approaches and a learning framework	104
The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery	102
Implementation of advanced micropollutants removal technologies in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) - Examples and challenges based on selected EU countries	86
Strategies for building and managing ‘trust’ to enable knowledge exchange at the interface of environmental science and policy	86
Policy windows for the environment: Tips for improving the uptake of scientific knowledge	81
Beyond CO2 equivalence: The impacts of methane on climate, ecosystems, and health	78
Identifying principles for the design of robust impact evaluation frameworks for nature-based solutions in cities	75
The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review	73
Urban flood risks and emerging challenges in a Chinese delta: The case of the Pearl River Delta	71
Plastic packaging goes sustainable: An analysis of consumer preferences for plastic water bottles	68
Imagining the corridor of climate mitigation – What is at stake in IPCC’s politics of anticipation?	67
Practical applications of ecosystem services in spatial planning: Lessons learned from a systematic literature review	65
Mapping trade-offs and synergies among peri-urban ecosystem services to address spatial policy	65
Enabling new mindsets and transformative skills for negotiating and activating climate action: Lessons from UNFCCC conferences of the parties	64
Prioritising Sustainable Development Goals, characterising interactions, and identifying solutions for local sustainability	63
Planning for environmental justice - reducing well-being inequalities through urban greening	63
The environmental impacts of globalisation and corruption: Evidence from a set of African countries	61

Resource management and sustainable development: A review of the European water policies in accordance with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals	61
How the Sustainable Development Goals risk undermining efforts to address environmental and social issues in the small-scale mining sector	61
Air quality status and trends over large cities in South America	59
Adapting transformation and transforming adaptation to climate change using a pathways approach	58
Interplay between urbanization and ecological footprints: Differential roles of indigenous and foreign innovations in ASEAN-4	56
Stakeholders’ views on natural flood management: Implications for the nature-based solutions paradigm shift?	56
Measuring economic water scarcity in agriculture: a cross-country empirical investigation	54
The role of citizen science in addressing plastic pollution: Challenges and opportunities	54
Taking science by surprise: The knowledge politics of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5 degrees	54
Dynamic common correlated effects of technological innovations and institutional performance on environmental quality: Evidence from East-Asia and Pacific countries	54
Is this what success looks like? Mismatches between the aims, claims, and evidence used to demonstrate impact from knowledge exchange processes at the interface of environmental science and policy	52
Hidden drivers of social injustice: uncovering unequal cultural ecosystem services behind green gentrification	52
Competing narratives of nature-based solutions: Leveraging the power of nature or dangerous distraction?	51
Strongly sustainable development goals: Overcoming distances constraining responsible action	51
Governing plastic pollution in the oceans: Institutional challenges and areas for action	51
Central inspection teams and the enforcement of environmental regulations in China	50
Incentivising bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) responsibly: Comparing stakeholder policy preferences in the United Kingdom and Sweden	50
Navigating the political: An analysis of political calibration of integrated assessment modelling in light of the 1.5 °C goal	49
Ecosystem services-based decision-making: A bridge from science to practice	49
Advancing the implementation of nature-based solutions in cities: A review of frameworks	49
Equity in environmental governance: perceived fairness of distributional justice principles in marine co-management	48
Property price effects of green interventions in cities: A meta-analysis and implications for gentrification	48
Fire in Paradise: Why the Pantanal is burning	47
Measuring human wellbeing: A protocol for selecting local indicators	47
Addressing the need for improved land cover map products for policy support	47