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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Contents	151
Contents	129
The political economy of the social constraints to adaptation	125
Governance challenges for sustainable food systems: the return of politics and territories	125
Some feminist strands and their potential for the performativity of climate regulations: a review	100
Patch-scale to hillslope-scale geodiversity alleviates susceptibility of dryland ecosystems to climate change: insights from the Israeli Negev	77
Research trends and gaps in climate change impacts and adaptation potentials in major crops	76
Fisheries conflicts as drivers of social transformation	76
The global-capitalist elephant in the room: how resilient peacebuilding hinders substantive transformation and undermines long-term peace prospects	73
Balancing efficiency and resilience objectives in pursuit of sustainable infrastructure transformations	72
Climate-changed development: organizing climate risk and response through an economic growth lens	72
Disaster resilience in conflict-affected areas: a review of how armed conflicts impact disaster resilience	65
Digital Twins in agriculture: challenges and opportunities for environmental sustainability	65
Rethinking the drivers of biotechnologies: a paradigm for holistic climate change solutions	58
Trends in port decarbonisation research: are we reinventing the wheel?	51
Broadening the perspective for sustainable artificial intelligence: sustainability criteria and indicators for Artificial Intelligence systems	50
Editorial overview: Leveraging the multiple values of nature for transformative change to just and sustainable futures — Insights from the IPBES Values Assessment	49
Contents	48
Editorial Board	47
Five priorities to advance transformative transdisciplinary research	46
Values as leverage points for sustainability transformation: two pathways for transformation research	46
How serious are ethical considerations in energy system decarbonization?	45
Restoring trust in sustainability reporting: the enabling role of the external assurance	44
Using games for social learning to promote self-governance	42
Editorial Board	37

Monitoring, evaluation and learning requirements for climate-resilient development pathways	36
From peril to promise? Local mitigation and adaptation policy decisions after extreme weather	35
Potentials and limitations of complexity research for environmental sciences and modern farming applications	35
Agroforests as the intersection of instrumental and relational values of nature: gendered, culture-dependent perspectives?	34
The role of infrastructure in societal transformations	34
Capturing the moment: a snapshot review of contemporary food environment research featuring participatory photography methods	33
Patterns in reported adaptation constraints: insights from peer-reviewed literature on floods and sea-level rise	33
Editorial Board	33