OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Health Geographics is 7. 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
Global mosquito observations dashboard (GMOD): creating a user-friendly web interface fueled by citizen science to monitor invasive and vector mosquitoes	20
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
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
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
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
Comparison of geographical and individual deprivation index to assess the risk of Sars-CoV-2 infection and disease severity: a retrospective cohort study	11
Application of machine learning to predict transport modes from GPS, accelerometer, and heart rate data	11
Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in edge areas of hotspots: dengue epidemics in tropical metropolitan regions	10
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
Epidemiology, risk areas and macro determinants of gastric cancer: a study based on geospatial analysis	9

Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments	9
Participatory mapping to address neighborhood level data deficiencies for food security assessment in Southeastern Virginia, USA	8
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
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
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