OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability is 33. 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
Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development	102
Drivers of soil salinity and their correlation with climate change	97
Climate change, drought, land degradation and migration: exploring the linkages	85
Equity, inclusion, and justice as criteria for decision-making on climate adaptation in cities	74
Security risks from climate change and environmental degradation: implications for sustainable land use transformation in the Global South	64
Estimating global terrestrial denitrification from measured N2O:(N2O + N2) product ratios	64
The rise of green bonds for sustainable finance: global standards and issues with the expanding Chinese market	63
The Global-DEP conceptual framework — research on dryland ecosystems to promote sustainability	62
The role of low carbon and high carbon materials in carbon neutrality science and carbon economics	59
The role of crop diversity in climate change adaptation: insights from local observations to inform decision making in agriculture	58
The governance of sociotechnical transformations to sustainability	57
Future of Asian Deltaic Megacities under sea level rise and land subsidence: current adaptation pathways for Tokyo, Jakarta, Manila, and Ho Chi Minh City	54
Loss and damage implications of sea-level rise on Small Island Developing States	53
An inclusive future: disabled populations in the context of climate and environmental change	51
Climate change adaptation through agroforestry: opportunities and gaps	50
Transformation beyond conservation: how critical social science can contribute to a radical new agenda in biodiversity conservation	49
Global patterns of adaptation to climate change by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. A systematic review	47
Closing maize yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa will boost soil N2O emissions	46
Food system narratives to end hunger: extractive versus regenerative	44
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions in the context of nitrogen loss reduction from agroecosystems: managing hot spots and hot moments	42
Exploring climate-driven non-economic loss and damage in the Pacific Islands	42
Digital Twins in agriculture: challenges and opportunities for environmental sustainability	41
Measuring denitrification and the N2O:(N2O + N2) emission ratio from terrestrial soils	40
The sustainability impact of a digital circular economy	36
Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability	36

Climate change, slow onset events and human mobility: reviewing the evidence	36
Does public participation lead to more ambitious and transformative local climate change planning?	35
Policy integration and climate change adaptation	35
Multi-scale analyses on the ecosystem services in the Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for dryland sustainability	34
Sustainability transitions in manufacturing: the role of intellectual property	34
Transformations to groundwater sustainability: from individuals and pumps to communities and aquifers	34
Toward a sustainable grazing management based on biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands	34
Smarter greener cities through a social-ecological-technological systems approach	34
Co-production of knowledge and sustainability transformations: a strategic compass for global research networks	33