OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Asia Europe Journal is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
A case study of decentralization reform in a Chinese university	25
Securitising regionalism: mega-regional trade blocs, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and supply chain alliances in Asia	21
Case studies investigating distorted supervisor-postgraduate relationship and solutions in Chinese universities	10
The European Union’s investment screening framework and China—a complicated picture	9
Beyond confrontation? Comparing the determinants of Chinese and the European Union’s development finance to Africa	8
Armenia-India partnership: geopolitical and geo-economic implications in the Eurasian context	8
Geo-economic and geopolitical developments in EU-asia security relations	7
EU-Korea trade relations in the context of global disruption: political and legal perspectives	7
Term limits in Africa between the European Union (EU) and China: Opportunities and challenges of trilateral cooperation in politics and governance	6
The EU-Japan security cooperation in defence of the liberal international order: achievements and limitations	6
Reassessing China’s economic power in Southeast Asia during the 2010 s: insights from the nexus of FDI-driven manufacturing and GVC trade	5
Correction: The regime complex for digital trade in Asia and China’s engagement	5
Resetting the energy-transition paths amid the dual crises: the EU-South Korean responses to the war in Ukraine and US-China rivalry	5
EU–China relations after the 2024 European elections: a European perspective	5
Towards collaborative EU-Indonesia bargaining on palm oil policy: deconstructing the public discourse	5
Assessing the economic impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: a dynamic GTAP analysis Global and regional benefits of RCEP	5
Expanding the study of the EU-centred actorness: ASEAN in the emerging Indo-Pacific construct	5
The EU, China, and the future of climate finance	4
Millets for sustainable development in India: a social cost benefit analysis from a policy perspective	4
Geopolitical conflicts and economic disruptions: Germany’s China policy under pressure	4
Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in varied frameworks of trust, transparency, and governance capacity: evidence from China, the UK, Hong Kong, and Taiwan	4
Two tigers in one mountain: Europeanising the Western Balkans amid China’s engagement	4
Navigating minefields and headwinds: National security, demographic shifts, climate change and fiscal policy in Lithuania	4
Everybody wins? Chinese perceptions on Europe-China third-party market cooperation in Africa	3
Russia-Ukraine war and China’s diplomatic signaling to major European powers	3

The embrace and resistance of Chinese battery investments in Hungary: The case of CATL	3
Pursuing practicality and autonomy in the Indo-Pacific: the case of ROK-India Special Strategic Partnership	3
EU-Korea security cooperation: a new normative partnership?	3
CAI: China is ready, how is about Europe	3
The entangled energy policy reform in the Philippines: a missing link for the regional production network	3
Structural transformation within a neo-liberal state architecture: evidence from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor	3
Impact of EU’s carbon border tax on South Asian trade partners	3
South Korea and the EU battling COVID-19: shared contribution to global health governance and human security	2
A French perspective on the China-EU comprehensive agreement on investment: the proof of the pudding is in the eating	2
Bottom-up market-facilitation and top-down market-steering: comparing and conceptualizing green finance approaches in the EU and China	2
Bangladesh amidst great power competition: when middle power meets economic statecraft	2
The EU and China in the climate regime: exploring different pathways towards climate justice	2
Major European members’ diverging strategies under NATO’s Indo-Pacific pivot	2
“Contingent power extension” and regional (dis)integration: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its consequences for the EU	2
‘System friction’ in China-EU economic relations and the reaction of the EU	2
Correction to: “Contingent power extension” and regional (dis) integration: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its consequences for the EU	2
The EU-Japan economic partnership agreement in Japanese print media: a “cars-for-cheese deal” or “the black ships of European cheese”?	2
Spatial distribution of Japanese affiliates in Italy: a dynamic geo-spatial network analysis	2
The influence of Chinese foreign policy think tanks on China’s EU policy: a comparative analysis of CIIS and SIIS	1
Correction to: Everybody wins? Chinese perceptions on Europe‑China third‑party market cooperation in Africa	1
Evolving concept of strategic autonomy in Europe and Asia: the role of US restraint and simultaneity of conflicts	1
Promise and peril of relational governance for Asian regionalism: evidence from China’s BRI infrastructure development in maritime Southeast Asia	1
Construction of environmental discourse concerning Europe in China	1
The United Kingdom, the Belt and Road Initiative, and policy amalgams	1
Analyzing Türkiye’s strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific: opportunities and challenges in the European Union context	1
Toward a Eurasian security complex? The two Koreas’ entanglement in the Ukraine war and the conjoining of European and Asian security	1
Not seeing eye to eye: perception of the China-EU economic relationship	1
Back to the Cold War era in-betweenness: Italy’s China strategy in the context of the Indo-Pacific framework	1
The impact of the Japan-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement on the trade and income of Japan, the European Union, and South Korea	1
Chinese views of ‘Global Britain’: evidence from the government, media, and scholars	1
Between economic openness and strategic caution: Germany’s response to China’s investment	1
The United Kingdom-Korea-Japan free trade agreement with the reduction in tariffs and non-tariff measures on trade and welfare	1
EU influences on ASEAN forest management: collective solutions or divergent narratives?	1
The challenges of Sino-Russian alignment to the liberal international order in Southeast Asia	1
Populism and the China question: implications for EU foreign policymaking	1
Neighbours under the North Star: Civil wars in Finland and Korea	1
The risks of continuity—pitfalls of the EU’s policy stance on China after the European elections of 2024	1
EU’s derisking from China: a daunting task	1
Understanding China’s changing engagement in global climate governance: a struggle for identity	1
Examining the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) as a collaborative infrastructure for transcontinental policymaking: an ICIO-LP analysis	1
From infrastructure space to network power: Chinese cross-border collaborative Special Economic Zones in Southeast Asia	1
Asia in flux: network power, new regionalism, and global development	1
China’s partners or US allies: the dual status of major European states and their voting behaviour in the UNGA	1
Bridging the communication gap in EU-China relations: policy, media, and public opinion	1
A complex challenge: how China shapes Japan’s security partnership with the EU	1