OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability is 34. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Some feminist strands and their potential for the performativity of climate regulations: a review	326
Editorial Board	174
Contents	130
The global-capitalist elephant in the room: how resilient peacebuilding hinders substantive transformation and undermines long-term peace prospects	117
Pecuniary and non-pecuniary approaches for water conservation: a review	110
Climate-changed development: organizing climate risk and response through an economic growth lens	96
Governance challenges for sustainable food systems: the return of politics and territories	90
The political economy of the social constraints to adaptation	77
Unlocking the potential of biosphere reserves: a review of structural, institutional, and ideational challenges to transformational learning	65
Research trends and gaps in climate change impacts and adaptation potentials in major crops	63
Digital Twins in agriculture: challenges and opportunities for environmental sustainability	61
Participatory governance for people and nature in multifunctional landscapes — insights from Biosphere Reserves	60
Water–energy–food nexus in the circular economy: implications for climate mitigation	57
Editorial Board	54
Editorial overview: Leveraging the power of collective learning through networks to amplify sustainability transformation	54
Rethinking the drivers of biotechnologies: a paradigm for holistic climate change solutions	52
Trends in port decarbonisation research: are we reinventing the wheel?	50
Values as leverage points for sustainability transformation: two pathways for transformation research	50
Broadening the perspective for sustainable artificial intelligence: sustainability criteria and indicators for Artificial Intelligence systems	49
Circular approaches to urban water demand management: insights from a scoping review	48
Editorial overview: Leveraging the multiple values of nature for transformative change to just and sustainable futures — Insights from the IPBES Values Assessment	46
Five priorities to advance transformative transdisciplinary research	45
Disaster resilience in conflict-affected areas: a review of how armed conflicts impact disaster resilience	45
How serious are ethical considerations in energy system decarbonization?	44
Monitoring, evaluation and learning requirements for climate-resilient development pathways	43

Contents	40
Using games for social learning to promote self-governance	37
Determinants of circular economy adoption in wastewater treatment plants	37
Potentials and limitations of complexity research for environmental sciences and modern farming applications	36
Restoring trust in sustainability reporting: the enabling role of the external assurance	36
Climate change and migration from atolls? No evidence yet	35
Editorial overview: Resilience and peace	35
The role of infrastructure in societal transformations	35
The Ocean Decade as an instrument of peace	35
Research priorities for seafood-dependent livelihoods under ocean climate change extreme events	34