OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy is 5. 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
Planning to ‘Hear the Farmer’s Voice’: an Agent-Based Modelling Approach to Agricultural Land Use Planning	39
Is High Speed Rail a Geographically Inclusive System? Evidence from some European Countries	30
The Spatial Structure Evolution of China's High-Speed Rail Network and Its Impacts on Real Estate Investment	29
Gated or Ungated? A Case Study on Walkability Measurement for Urban Communities	29
Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Late-Adulthood Health Outcomes in China: A Life-Course Perspective	28
Research on the Assessment and Drivers of the Coupling Coordination Development between Green Innovation and Digital Economy	27
Why can’t we be friends? The underlying hierarchy of social connections between diverse neighborhoods	25
Italian High-Speed Railway Stations and the Attractivity Index: the Downscaling Potential to Implement Coworking as Service in Station	20
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Form Change in Developing Africa: The Case of Addis Ababa City	19
Scientific Evaluation of Fengshui from the Perspective of Geography: Empirical Evidence from the Site Selection of Traditional Hakka Villages	19
Using a Spatial Access Measure to assess the Relationship between Alcohol Outlet Types and Various Violent Crimes in the Bronx, NY	17
Space-time Models and Personal Accessibility to Educational Facilities. Case Study of Space-time Accessibility to Schools in the City of Valencia	14
Urban-Rural Disparity in the Relationship Between Geographic Environment and the Health of the Elderly	14
A QGIS Plugin for GIS-based Multicriteria Decision Analysis: an Application of Developing Alternative Future Land-Use Scenarios in Ghana	14
Spatio-temporal evolution, driving mechanisms, and simulation of land use and cover in China from 2000 to 2060	13
Innovation Effect and Regional Difference of Related Variety: An Empirical Study Based on Prefecture-level City Data of China	12
A Public Participation GIS for Infrastructure Assessment in Rural Human Settlements	12
The Impacts of Visible Green Spaces on the Mental well-being of University Students	12
Earthquake Risk, Flooding Risk and Housing Prices: Evidence from Taichung, Taiwan	12
Factors Influencing the Occurrence of Vacant Houses in a Small Provincial Town in Japan	11
Economic Integration, Spatial Interaction and Labour Income Share: Evidence from the EU-13 Countries and the UK	11
Modelling Conflict Dynamics: Evidence from Africa: What Do the Data Show via Spatiotemporal Global ACLED Dataset?	11
Greenness and Crime in the City: An Investigation Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Panel Models	11
Investigating the Determinants of Housing Rents in Hangzhou, China: A Spatial Multilevel Model Approach	10
The Relationship between Industrial Parks and County Economic Growth in Underdeveloped Areas: Evidence from Gansu Province of China	9

Lessons from the Criticality of the Spanish High Capacity Road Network on Direct, Representative Democracies and Technocracies	9
Nocturnal Vs. Diurnal: Relationship between Land Use and Visit Time Patterns in Commercial Areas	9
Spatially Varying Intergenerational Changes in the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Nigeria: Lessons Learnt from a Recent Household Survey	8
Mapping a Country Image from Global News Reports about COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Effects of Pandemic Response Measures on Crime Counts in English and Welsh Local Authorities	8
Can Digital Inclusive Finance Promote Urban Ecological Efficiency?—Impact Mechanism and Spatial Effects	8
An Empirical Study on the Effects of Fine Dust Concentration on the Utilisation of Shared Bicycles	8
Machine Learning for Sustainable Development: Ranking Villages for Rural Development Initiatives	8
The Impact of Angular Effects on Nighttime Economy Observations: Determining the Optimal Observation Angle of Nighttime Light Remote Sensing	7
Decomposing the Temporal Signature of Nitrogen Dioxide Declines during the COVID-19 Pandemic in UK Urban Areas	7
Integration Failure or Integration risk? Revisiting the Modality of Return Migration in China	7
Correction to: Urban Spatial Structure in Barcelona (1902–2011): Immigration, Spatial Segregation and New Centrality Governance	7
Evaluating the Improvement of Healthcare Accessibility for Urban Residents via the Construction of New Hospitals: A Case Study of Xi’an, China	7
Spatial Analysis of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Mexico: Implications for Urban Planning to Improve Public Health	7
A Methodological Benchmark in Determining the Urban Growth: Spatiotemporal Projections for Eskişehir, Türkiye	7
Examining Multilevel Poverty-Causing Factors in Poor Villages: a Hierarchical Spatial Regression Model	6
Deep Network Capacitated Covering Location Model: Spatial Location-allocation Optimization of Community Healthcare Facilities in Consideration of Public Health Emergencies	6
Characterising Land Cover Change in Brunei Darussalam’s Capital District	6
Multifractal Characteristics Analysis of Spatial State of Prefecture-Level Cities in China	6
Optimization of United States Residential Real Estate Investment through Geospatial Analysis and Market Timing	6
Harmonising Incompatible Datasets to Enable GIS Use to Study Non-communicable Diseases in Tonga	6
The Spatial Distribution Pattern and Formation Mechanism of the Spatial Agglomeration of Chinese Higher Education Population: A Cross-Province Comparison	6
Urban Night Vitality Measurements and Related Factors Based on Multisource Data: a Case Study of Central Shanghai	6
Predicting Crime Across Cities and Regions: A Comparative Analysis of Predictive Modelling in Three Belgian Settings	6
Assessing Ecosystem Services Provision as a Support for Metropolitan Green Infrastructure Planning: the Case of Three Spanish Metropolitan Areas	6
Measuring Spatial Congruence in the School-Neighborhood Nexus	6
Digital Inclusive Finance, Spatial Spillover Effects and Relative Rural Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from China	6
Correction to: A Bayesian Model for Estimating the Effects of Human Disturbance on Wildlife Habitats Based on Nighttime Light Data and INLA‑SPDE	6
Correction to: Mapping Gendered Vulnerability to Energy Poverty in Romania	6
Is the High-Speed Railway Network Narrowing the Urban‒Rural Income Gap?	6
Accessibility-Based Equity of Public Facilities: a Case Study in Xiamen, China	6
Spending and length of stay by tourists flying to the Canary Islands (Spain) using low-cost carriers	6
Characterizing Spatio-Temporal Differences in Homicides and Non-Fatal Shootings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2006–2015	5
Spatial Distribution of Carbon Emissions and Synergistic Evidence for Achieving Climate-Friendly Development in Underdeveloped Area of China	5
Assessing the Combinational Effects of Access to Urban Amenities on Housing Prices: A Perspective on the “15-Minute City”	5
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Cyclist Collisions in Germany: Variations in Frequency, Severity of Injury, and Type of Collision in 2019	5
Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Provincial High-End Manufacturing Innovation Clusters in China: A Big Data Analysis of Technology-Based Enterprises	5
Examining Rental Housing Market Segmentation in Chinese Megacities: The Case of Beijing	5
Firm Location: A Spatial Point Process Approach	5
Geographic Distribution of Economic Inequality and Crime in Indonesia: Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis and Spatial Econometrics Approach	5
Critical Shelter Analysis Considering Social Vulnerability and Accessibility: A Case Study of Hurricane Michael Track Uncertainty	5
Mapping gendered vulnerability to energy poverty in Romania	5
The Impact of Innovative Cities Construction on Air Pollution: Evidence from China	5
Identifying Neighbourhood Change Using a Data Primitive Approach: the Example of Gentrification	5