OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Health Geographics 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring fine-scale urban landscapes using satellite data to predict the distribution of Aedes mosquito breeding sites	52
How do taxi drivers expose to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in a Chinese megacity: a rapid assessment incorporating with satellite-derived information and urban mobility data	28
The built environment, purpose-specific walking behaviour and overweight: evidence from Wuhan metropolis in central China	26
The use of Virtual Reality (VR) to assess the impact of geographical environments on walking and cycling: a systematic literature review	21
Park environment and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in parks among adolescents in a high-density city: the moderating role of neighbourhood income	20
Understanding Ixodes ricinus occurrence in private yards: influence of yard and landscape features	20
Global mosquito observations dashboard (GMOD): creating a user-friendly web interface fueled by citizen science to monitor invasive and vector mosquitoes	20
Assessing the association between overcrowding and human physiological stress response in different urban contexts: a case study in Salzburg, Austria	19
Spatial accessibility to health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: comparing existing models with survey-based perceived accessibility	18
Spatiotemporal analysis of the effect of global development indicators on child mortality	17
Mapping the prevalence of cancer risk factors at the small area level in Australia	16
A practical illustration of spatial smoothing methods for disconnected regions with INLA: spatial survey on overweight and obesity in Malaysia	15
Joint mapping of cardiovascular diseases: comparing the geographic patterns in incident acute myocardial infarction, stroke and atrial fibrillation, a Danish register-based cohort study 2014–15	14
Spatial and temporal trends of overweight/obesity and tobacco use in East Africa: subnational insights into cardiovascular disease risk factors	13
A simulation study for geographic cluster detection analysis on population-based health survey data using spatial scan statistics	12
Deriving neighborhood-level diet and physical activity measurements from anonymized mobile phone location data for enhancing obesity estimation	12
Spatial analysis and mapping of malaria risk areas using geospatial technology in the case of Nekemte City, western Ethiopia	12
Characterization of prehospital time delay in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: analysis of geographical infrastructure-dependent and -independent components	12
Application of machine learning to predict transport modes from GPS, accelerometer, and heart rate data	11
Comparison of geographical and individual deprivation index to assess the risk of Sars-CoV-2 infection and disease severity: a retrospective cohort study	11
The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review	10
Global positioning system-based food environment exposures, diet-related, and cardiometabolic health outcomes: a systematic review and research agenda	10
Impacts of seasonal flooding on geographical access to maternal healthcare in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia	10
Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in edge areas of hotspots: dengue epidemics in tropical metropolitan regions	10
Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments	9

Epidemiology, risk areas and macro determinants of gastric cancer: a study based on geospatial analysis	9
Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of asthma prevalence: a cross-sectional study at the U.S. County level using geographically weighted random forests	8
Identifying obesogenic environment through spatial clustering of body mass index among adults	8
Participatory mapping to address neighborhood level data deficiencies for food security assessment in Southeastern Virginia, USA	8
Recreational walking and perceived environmental qualities: a national map-based survey in Denmark	7
Small-area estimation and analysis of HIV/AIDS indicators for precise geographical targeting of health interventions in Nigeria. a spatial microsimulation approach	7
Association of neighborhood physical activity facilities with incident cardiovascular disease	7
Deviations from typical paths: a novel approach to working with GPS data in the behavioral sciences	7
Using image segmentation models to analyse high-resolution earth observation data: new tools to monitor disease risks in changing environments	7
High-resolution age-specific mapping of the two-week illness prevalence rate based on the National Health Services Survey and geostatistical analysis: a case study in Guangdong province, China	7
Analysing the outbreaks of leptospirosis after floods in Kerala, India	7
Reconciling public health common good and individual privacy: new methods and issues in geoprivacy	6
Investigating the drivers of the spatio-temporal heterogeneity in COVID-19 hospital incidence—Belgium as a study case	6
Towards more realistic measures of accessibility to emergency departments in Sweden	6
Efficiency of fine scale and spatial regression in modelling associations between healthcare service spatial accessibility and their utilization	6
Socioeconomic and geographic variations of disabilities in India: evidence from the National Family Health Survey, 2019–21	6
Using spatial video and deep learning for automated mapping of ground-level context in relief camps	5
Relationships of residential distance to greenhouse floriculture and organophosphate, pyrethroid, and neonicotinoid urinary metabolite concentration in Ecuadorian Adolescents	5
Domestic and international mobility trends in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of facebook data	5
Validation of desk-based audits using Google Street View® to monitor the obesogenic potential of neighbourhoods in a pediatric sample: a pilot study in the QUALITY cohort	5
Use of individual Google Location History data to identify consumer encounters with food outlets	5
Improving spatial data in health geographics: a practical approach for testing data to measure children’s physical activity and food environments using Google Street View	5
Physical environment features that predict outdoor active play can be measured using Google Street View images	4
Correction to: A systematic review of spatial decision support systems in public health informatics supporting the identification of high risk areas for zoonotic disease outbreaks	4
Spatial equity and factors that influence the distribution of elderly care institutions in China	4
People’s political views, perceived social norms, and individualism shape their privacy concerns for and acceptance of pandemic control measures that use individual-level georeferenced data	4
Development of a Web GIS for small-scale detection and analysis of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) cases based on volunteered geographic information for the city of Cologne, Germany, in July/August 2020	4
Correction: Validation of desk‑based audits using Google Street View® to monitor the obesogenic potential of neighbourhoods in a pediatric sample: a pilot study in the QUALITY cohort	4
Feelings of safety during daytime walking: associations with mental health, physical activity and cardiometabolic health in high vacancy, low-income neighborhoods in Detroit, Michigan	4
Differences in depressive symptoms by rurality in Japan: a cross-sectional multilevel study using different aggregation units of municipalities and neighborhoods (JAGES)	4
Evidence of transgenerational effects on autism spectrum disorder using multigenerational space-time cluster detection	4
Associations between the objective and perceived food environment and eating behavior in relation to socioeconomic status among adults in peri-urban settings: results from the CIVISANO study in Flande	4
Association of socio-economic deprivation with COVID-19 incidence and fatality during the first wave of the pandemic in Italy: lessons learned from a local register-based study	4
Development of a method for walking step observation based on large-scale GPS data	4
Assessing the association between food environment and dietary inflammation by community type: a cross-sectional REGARDS study	3
Exploring factors affecting individual GPS-based activity space and how researcher-defined food environments represent activity space, exposure and use of food outlets	3
The effect of physician density on colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis: causal inference methods for spatial data applied on regional-level data	3
A Bayesian maximum entropy model for predicting tsetse ecological distributions	3
Accessibility, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and expenditures on electronic gambling machines: a spatial analysis based on player account data	3
Context-aware heatstroke relief station placement and route optimization for large outdoor events	3
The effect of sampling health facilities on estimates of effective coverage: a simulation study	3
Light at night exposure and risk of dementia conversion from mild cognitive impairment in a Northern Italy population	3
The geospatial and conceptual configuration of the natural environment impacts the association with health outcomes and behavior in children and adolescents	3
A machine learning approach to small area estimation: predicting the health, housing and well-being of the population of Netherlands	3