OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainability Science is 29. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Socio-techno-ecological transition dynamics in the re-territorialization of food production: the case of wild berries in Sweden	122
Broad values as the basis for understanding deliberation about protected area management	69
Developing methods of knowledge co-production across varying contexts to shape Sustainability Science theory and practice	62
Upscaling agroforestry in the tropics through actor-networks: a comparative case study of cacao farming systems in two regions of Colombia	55
28 months later: the coronavirus pandemic as an analogy for future sustainability challenges	53
How do we effectively communicate air pollution to change public attitudes and behaviours? A review	50
Common features of sustainable higher education sector according to an international sustainability ranking data	49
Systemic barriers preventing farmer engagement in the agricultural climate transition: a qualitative study	46
Teaching sustainability at the high sea: the “One Ocean Expedition”	45
Can agricultural heritage systems keep clean production in the context of modernization? A case study of Qingtian Rice-Fish Culture System of China based on carbon footprint	45
How do we reinforce climate action?	44
A methodological framework for capturing marine small-scale fisheries' contributions to the sustainable development goals	43
Networks of action situations: a systematic review of empirical research	42
Urban gardening as a means for fostering embodied urban human–food connection? A case study on urban vegetable gardens in Germany	41
Navigating or adding to complexity? Exploring the role of catchment partnerships in collaborative governance	40
What qualitative systems mapping is and what it could be: integrating and visualizing diverse knowledge of complex problems	39
Degrowing alternative agriculture: institutions and aspirations as sustainability metrics for small farmers in Bosnia and India	39
Recognizing our authors	38
An urgent need for COP27: confronting converging crises	37
Building local capacity for managing environmental risk: a transferable framework for participatory, place-based, narrative-science knowledge exchange	37
A systematic review of peer-reviewed gender literature in sustainability science	36
Disagreeing well in an unparadigmatic field: a response to Bodin (2021)	36
Climate justice beyond intergenerational conflict: youth climate activism in South Korea	35
Navigating ecological security research over the last 30 years: a scoping review	34
NUS so fast: the social and ecological implications of a rapidly developing indigenous food economy in the Cape Town area	34

Understanding Japan's Land-use Dynamics between 1987 and 2050 using Land Accounting and Scenario Analysis	33
Designing for collective action: a knowledge co-production process to address water governance challenges on the island of Öland, Sweden	31
Diverse types of knowledge on a plate: a multi-perspective and multi-method approach for the transformation of urban food systems towards sustainable diets	30
Identification and characterization of potential change agents among agri-food producers: regime, niche and hybrid actors	29
Process ownership in science–practice collaborations: the special role of transdisciplinary processes in sustainable transitioning	29