OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is 49. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review	209
Spatial pattern of urban forest diversity and its potential drivers in a snow climate city, Northeast China	181
Characteristics and influencing factors of taxonomic and functional diversity of butterflies in urban green spaces	136
Eight recommendations to improve the reporting of qualitative social research in urban nature studies	116
Structure of an urban green space indirectly affects the distribution of airborne particulate matter: A study based on structural equation modelling	111
Does intensive cutting regime maintain lowland dry heathlands habitat? The case study of Milano Malpensa airport (Northern Italy)	106
Editorial Board	101
Multi-level barriers and opportunities for urban greening and depaving initiatives as climate change adaptation measures: Quebec City case study	88
Vegetation complexity and greenspace diversity in urban schools	87
Forest type and stand structure influence soil microbial network composition and stability in urban forests: Insights from Beijing, China	85
Does user-generated content increase the valuation of urban green space? Evidence from China	83
A three-layer evapotranspiration model considering the vertical structure of urban green spaces	83
Urban greenery distribution and its link to social vulnerability	81
Bridging the land use gap: Examining tree canopy cover and connectivity by land use in 10 U.S. cities	80
Rediscovering circularity in productive urban landscapes	79
Climate change-induced heat reduces urban green space use: Insights from mobile phone location big data	77
City walk or nature walk? Evidence-based psychological and physiological outcomes – A systematic review and meta-analysis	77
Machine learning-based prediction of tree crown development in competitive urban environments	76
Parks Please! Implementing the 3–30-300 green space rule in developing countries − The case of Surakarta, Indonesia	76
A systematic review of the relationship between urban forest quality and socioeconomic status or race	74
Diversity and structure in California’s urban forest: What over six million data points tell us about one of the world's largest urban forests	73
Branching Out: The under examined role of urban tree giveaway programs and urban greening in Florida	72
Greening streets, gaining insights: Unpacking resident perceptions of urban greening	71
Assessing ecological interactions in urban areas using citizen science data: Insights from hummingbird–plant meta-networks in a tropical megacity	70
Urbanization weakens mutualisms without affecting antagonisms of a hawkmoth-pollinated plant species	70

The impact of crime on urban park visitation patterns: A longitudinal analysis in Austin, Texas	70
The synergistic mechanism of urban green space on physical activity density and emotional experience: Evidence from the Pearl River Delta	67
Coarse-to-fine segmentation of individual street trees from side-view point clouds	63
An approach to prioritize urban tree planting to mitigate heat and advance equity in New Haven	62
Turning a new leaf: Social and land use drivers of urban tree canopy change in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 2010–2017	61
A generative optimization framework for pocket parks supported by mature plant carbon sequestration data	60
Non-native plants and illegitimate interactions are highly relevant for supporting hummingbird pollinators in the urban environment	58
Crafting a walkable and ridable urban green space system: Human-centered park network planning supported by active leisure travel trajectories	57
Changes in decomposition rates and nutrients of leaf litter and fine roots in urban tree species under ozone pollution	56
Climate change threatens carbon storage in Europe’s urban trees	56
The advantage of mobile technologies in crowdsourcing landscape preferences: Testing a mobile app to inform planning decisions	56
Green stormwater infrastructure and perception of the neighborhood social environment in Philadelphia 2010–2018	54
The role of urban parks in affecting health outcomes and the differences between vulnerable groups: Evidence from the central city of Beijing	54
UAV leaf-on, leaf-off and ALS-aided tree height: A case study on the trees in the vicinity of roads	54
Estimating aboveground biomass of tropical urban forests with UAV-borne hyperspectral and LiDAR data	53
The relationship between urban green space and social health of individuals: A scoping review	52
Soil water stress at young urban street-tree sites in response to meteorology and site parameters	52
Dependence of urban park visits on thermal environment and air quality	52
Review on the multi-scale interactions of urban forests and atmospheric particles: Affecting factors are scale-dependent among tree, stand and region	52
Renaturing cities: from utopias to contested realities and futures	52
The influence of greening management and landscape patterns on plant diversity in urban green spaces in Danzhou, China	52
Urban green space preferences for various health-related psychological benefits of adolescent pupils, university students and adults	51
Visible greenery as my resource? The connection between passive green space exposure and relative deprivation from a self-determination perspective	51
Assessing tree canopy cooling efficiency in different local climate zones: A cost-benefit analysis	49
Quasi-individual-level analysis of urban green space accessibility: Disparities, determinants, and equity across neighborhoods	49
Spatio-temporal monitoring of urban street-side vegetation greenery using Baidu Street View images	49
Sniff the urban park: Unveiling odor features and landscape effect on smellscape in Guangzhou, China	49