OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is 48. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use and perceptions of urban green space: An international exploratory study	409
Linking public urban green spaces and human well-being: A systematic review	217
Tree effects on urban microclimate: Diurnal, seasonal, and climatic temperature differences explained by separating radiation, evapotranspiration, and roughness effects	113
Analysis of urban green space accessibility and distribution inequity in the City of Chicago	111
The effect of exposure to the natural environment on stress reduction: A meta-analysis	105
Remote sensing of urban green spaces: A review	102
Towards green roof implementation: Drivers, motivations, barriers and recommendations	99
Development of a system for assessing the quality of urban street-level greenery using street view images and deep learning	98
Window view and relaxation: Viewing green space from a high-rise estate improves urban dwellers’ wellbeing	96
Who benefits from urban green spaces during times of crisis? Perception and use of urban green spaces in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic	96
Association between indoor-outdoor green features and psychological health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: A cross-sectional nationwide study	85
Stay home, stay safe, stay green: The role of gardening activities on mental health during the Covid-19 home confinement	81
Equality in access to urban green spaces: A case study in Hannover, Germany, with a focus on the elderly population	79
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of and attitudes towards urban forests and green spaces: Exploring the instigators of change in Belgium	78
Sina microblog sentiment in Beijing city parks as measure of demand for urban green space during the COVID-19	77
Urban heat stress mitigation potential of green walls: A review	74
Variance of the impact of urban green space on the urban heat island effect among different urban functional zones: A case study in Wuhan	73
Restorative effects of virtual natural settings on middle-aged and elderly adults	72
Quantifying landscape-metrics impacts on urban green-spaces and water-bodies cooling effect: The study of Nanjing, China	72
Outdoor recreation and nature’s contribution to well-being in a pandemic situation - Case Turku, Finland	71
Promoting sustainable carbon sequestration of plants in urban greenspace by planting design: A case study in parks of Beijing	66
Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions	65
An optimized evaluation method of an urban ecological network: The case of the Minhang District of Shanghai	64
Perceptions of park visitors on access to urban parks and benefits of green spaces	64
Green walls for mitigating urban particulate matter pollution—A review	64

An evaluation of urban green space in Shanghai, China, using eye tracking	63
Hybrid SWMM and particle swarm optimization model for urban runoff water quality control by using green infrastructures (LID-BMPs)	62
Urban agriculture as a nature-based solution to address socio-ecological challenges in Australian cities	61
Particularities of having plants at home during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic	60
Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-19	59
Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study	57
Humanization of nature: Testing the influences of urban park characteristics and psychological factors on collegers’ perceived restoration	57
A geographical detector study on factors influencing urban park use in Nanjing, China	56
Revisiting the cooling effects of urban greening: Planning implications of vegetation types and spatial configuration	55
Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki	55
Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic	54
Development of the urban green space quality assessment tool (RECITAL)	54
Biodiverse urban forests, happy people: Experimental evidence linking perceived biodiversity, restoration, and emotional wellbeing	54
Spatial distributive effects of public green space and COVID-19 infection in London	53
Scaling up nature-based solutions for climate-change adaptation: Potential and benefits in three European cities	52
Applying the food-energy-water nexus approach to urban agriculture: From FEW to FEWP (Food-Energy-Water-People)	51
Can smaller parks limit green gentrification? Insights from Hangzhou, China	51
Association of street greenery and physical activity in older adults: A novel study using pedestrian-centered photographs	51
Accessibility of green spaces in a metropolitan network using space syntax to objectively evaluate the spatial locations of parks and promenades in Doha, State of Qatar	51
Usage and perception of urban green space of older adults in the high-density city of Hong Kong	50
Traits of a bloom: a nationwide survey of U.S. urban tree planting initiatives (TPIs)	50
Governance of nature-based solutions through intermediaries for urban transitions – A case study from Melbourne, Australia	49
Quantifying emotional differences in urban green spaces extracted from photos on social networking sites: A study of 34 parks in three cities in northern China	49
Urban green equity and COVID-19: Effects on park use and sense of belonging in New York City	48