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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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	55
Temporal-spatial distribution characteristics and associated socioeconomic factors of medical expenditures for rural patients with chronic kidney disease in Fujian Province, Southeast China	43
Exploring fine-scale urban landscapes using satellite data to predict the distribution of Aedes mosquito breeding sites	40
The built environment, purpose-specific walking behaviour and overweight: evidence from Wuhan metropolis in central China	31
Suicide mortality in Spain (2010-2022): temporal trends, spatial patterns, and risk factors	31
Assessment of a gridded population sample frame for a household survey of refugee populations in Uganda, 2021	27
Mapping the prevalence of cancer risk factors at the small area level in Australia	26
Spatiotemporal analysis of the effect of global development indicators on child mortality	25
The use of Virtual Reality (VR) to assess the impact of geographical environments on walking and cycling: a systematic literature review	25
Geographic disparities in minimum dietary diversity among Indian children aged 6–23 months	24
Mapping malaria vulnerability hotspots using multi-criteria decision analysis, GIS, and remote sensing: a case study in Abaya Woreda, West Guji Zone, Ethiopia	23
Spatial accessibility to health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: comparing existing models with survey-based perceived accessibility	23
Understanding Ixodes ricinus occurrence in private yards: influence of yard and landscape features	21
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	20
The development and validation of Spatial Methodology Appraisal of Research Tool (SMART): a concept mapping study	18
A practical illustration of spatial smoothing methods for disconnected regions with INLA: spatial survey on overweight and obesity in Malaysia	17
Soil selenium and oesophageal cancer incidence in China: a large ecological study of population-based cancer registry data	16
Cooperative spatial modelling of hospital compliance with minimum caseload requirements	15
Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling and prediction of malaria cases in Tanzania mainland (2016-2023): unveiling associations with climate and intervention factors	15
Spatial and temporal trends of overweight/obesity and tobacco use in East Africa: subnational insights into cardiovascular disease risk factors	15
Ecological epidemiology insights into clonorchiosis endemicity in Guangxi, China and Vietnam: a comprehensive machine learning analysis	13
MaskMyPy: python tools for performing and analyzing geographic masks	13
Deriving neighborhood-level diet and physical activity measurements from anonymized mobile phone location data for enhancing obesity estimation	13
Examining streetscape visuals and emotional responses through social media and street view image analysis	13

Spatial downscaling of multivariate disease risk	13
Spatiotemporal evolution pattern and convergence of healthy city development in China	13
Application of machine learning to predict transport modes from GPS, accelerometer, and heart rate data	12
Spatial analysis and mapping of malaria risk areas using geospatial technology in the case of Nekemte City, western Ethiopia	12
H3-MOSAIC: multimodal generative AI for semantic place detection from high-frequency GPS on H3 grids in mental health geomatics	12
Characterization of prehospital time delay in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: analysis of geographical infrastructure-dependent and -independent components	12
Comparison of geographical and individual deprivation index to assess the risk of Sars-CoV-2 infection and disease severity: a retrospective cohort study	12
The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review	12
Impacts of seasonal flooding on geographical access to maternal healthcare in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia	12
A simulation study for geographic cluster detection analysis on population-based health survey data using spatial scan statistics	12
Global positioning system-based food environment exposures, diet-related, and cardiometabolic health outcomes: a systematic review and research agenda	11
Is the neighbourhood environment associated with indicators of health in children and adolescents? Developing and testing a new proof-of-concept Healthy Environments Index for Children in Taranaki, Ne	10
Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in edge areas of hotspots: dengue epidemics in tropical metropolitan regions	9
Differential effects of neighborhood ambient PM2.5 exposure and social vulnerability on cancer-related systemic inflammation by race in a large health care system population from 2000 to 2020	9
The role of residential urban form and built environment in supporting social interaction, health, and well-being: a focus on forming and maintaining ties	9
Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments	9
Modeling hospital catchment areas in pediatric oncology using an empirically parameterized extended Huff-model	9
Identifying obesogenic environment through spatial clustering of body mass index among adults	9
Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of asthma prevalence: a cross-sectional study at the U.S. County level using geographically weighted random forests	8
Association of neighborhood physical activity facilities with incident cardiovascular disease	8
Participatory mapping to address neighborhood level data deficiencies for food security assessment in Southeastern Virginia, USA	8
Epidemiology, risk areas and macro determinants of gastric cancer: a study based on geospatial analysis	8
Multiscale geographically weighted modeling of tuberculosis incidence in China: integrating geographic perspectives into epidemiological analysis	8
Recreational walking and perceived environmental qualities: a national map-based survey in Denmark	8
Spatio-temporal epidemic forecasting with graph-based transformer	8
Analysing the outbreaks of leptospirosis after floods in Kerala, India	8
Understanding the role of international flight networks in disease spread: spatial epidemic prevention zones and hierarchical disease control policies	7
Small-area estimation and analysis of HIV/AIDS indicators for precise geographical targeting of health interventions in Nigeria. a spatial microsimulation approach	7
Use of individual Google Location History data to identify consumer encounters with food outlets	7
Socioeconomic and geographic variations of disabilities in India: evidence from the National Family Health Survey, 2019–21	7
Using image segmentation models to analyse high-resolution earth observation data: new tools to monitor disease risks in changing environments	7
Towards more realistic measures of accessibility to emergency departments in Sweden	7
Pneumonia incidence and determinants in South Punjab, Pakistan (2016–2020): a spatial epidemiological study at Tehsil-level	7
What is rural? Examining the relationship between human populations and their inter-connectedness in the context of communicable disease transmission	7
Using spatial video and deep learning for automated mapping of ground-level context in relief camps	7
Out-of-home activities motivating older adults’ participation in the community	6
Integrating epidemiological modeling and time-series forecasting to optimize pandemic patient allocation	6
Relationships of residential distance to greenhouse floriculture and organophosphate, pyrethroid, and neonicotinoid urinary metabolite concentration in Ecuadorian Adolescents	6
Optimizing ambulance location based on road accident data in Rwanda using machine learning algorithms	5
GPS tracking methods for spatiotemporal air pollution exposure assessment: comparison and challenges in study implementation	5
Physical environment features that predict outdoor active play can be measured using Google Street View images	5
Analyzing the stability of gun violence patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syracuse, New York	5
EpiGIS pro: an AI-powered geospatial intelligence platform for integrated disease surveillance and predictive analytics	5
Prevalence, spatial distribution, and determinants of anemia among under-five children in the Democratic Republic of Congo: evidence from the 2023–24 DHS	5
Spatial spillover effects of area-level socioeconomic factors on life expectancy in Japan: an ecological study	5
Characterizing spatiotemporal spread of infectious diseases using ellipse-shaped transmission hotspots: application to dengue virus outbreaks	4
Spatial distribution and the imbalance between supply and demand: an analysis of the geographical characteristics and regional differences of elderly care institutions in China	4
Merging geographic regions for the analysis of the cardiological rehabilitation care system in Hungary	4
Exploring spatial-temporal heterogeneity in new-type urbanization’s impact on health expenditure: a GTWR analysis	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

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
Association of socio-economic and clinical factors with influenza vaccination uptake in high-risk individuals: an Italian retrospective cohort study, 2019–2023	4
Evidence of transgenerational effects on autism spectrum disorder using multigenerational space-time cluster detection	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
The effect of sampling health facilities on estimates of effective coverage: a simulation study	3
Study on edge villages based on cross-region healthcare-seeking behavior	3
A Bayesian maximum entropy model for predicting tsetse ecological distributions	3
Spatial equity and factors that influence the distribution of elderly care institutions in China	3
Development of a method for walking step observation based on large-scale GPS data	3
The effect of physician density on colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis: causal inference methods for spatial data applied on regional-level data	3
Self-reported mental distress in the United States: a Bayesian analysis of the spatial structure over the COVID-19 pandemic across age groups	3
Comparison of univariate and multivariate spatial scan statistics in detecting geographic clusters of croup cases in Alberta	3
Light at night exposure and risk of dementia conversion from mild cognitive impairment in a Northern Italy population	3
Assessing the association between food environment and dietary inflammation by community type: a cross-sectional REGARDS study	3
The geospatial and conceptual configuration of the natural environment impacts the association with health outcomes and behavior in children and adolescents	3
Accessibility, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and expenditures on electronic gambling machines: a spatial analysis based on player account data	3