OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainability is 109. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective	786
Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review	553
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during the Coronavirus Pandemic: Students’ Perspective	511
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) as Green Bioinoculants: Recent Developments, Constraints, and Prospects	487
A Global Assessment: Can Renewable Energy Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050?	409
A Review of Deep-Learning-Based Medical Image Segmentation Methods	389
Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions	359
Anxiety and the Ecological Crisis: An Analysis of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Anxiety	344
The Role of Green and Blue Hydrogen in the Energy Transition—A Technological and Geopolitical Perspective	326
Machine Learning in Predictive Maintenance towards Sustainable Smart Manufacturing in Industry 4.0	320
Digital Transformation and Environmental Sustainability: A Review and Research Agenda	269
ESG: Research Progress and Future Prospects	214
City Digital Twin Potentials: A Review and Research Agenda	211
15-Minute City: Decomposing the New Urban Planning Eutopia	209
Online Shopping Motives during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Lessons from the Crisis	198
Social Isolation and Stress as Predictors of Productivity Perception and Remote Work Satisfaction during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Concern about the Virus in a Moderated Double Mediation	194
Microbes as Biofertilizers, a Potential Approach for Sustainable Crop Production	192
The Effect of Blockchain Technology on Supply Chain Sustainability Performances	188
Digital Economy, Technological Innovation and High-Quality Economic Development: Based on Spatial Effect and Mediation Effect	187
Water Scarcity and Wastewater Reuse in Crop Irrigation	186
Between Level Up and Game Over: A Systematic Literature Review of Gamification in Education	184
Issues, Impacts, and Mitigations of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Building Sector	179
Towards Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector. A Systematic Literature Review	175
Mobility Behaviour in View of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Public Transport Users in Gdansk Case Study	174
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Resilience of Sustainable Mobility in Sicily	171

Construction 4.0: A Literature Review	170
Artificial Intelligence in the Industry 4.0, and Its Impact on Poverty, Innovation, Infrastructure Development, and the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from Emerging Economies?	167
Chatbots in Education and Research: A Critical Examination of Ethical Implications and Solutions	162
Eco-Anxiety and Environmental Education	162
Components of Education 4.0 in 21st Century Skills Frameworks: Systematic Review	161
Blockchain-Based Securing of Data Exchange in a Power Transmission System Considering Congestion Management and Social Welfare	160
Does the Digital Economy Promote Industrial Structural Upgrading?—A Test of Mediating Effects Based on Heterogeneous Technological Innovation	157
Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators	157
The Sustainability of Artificial Intelligence: An Urbanistic Viewpoint from the Lens of Smart and Sustainable Cities	156
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)	156
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on User Experience with Online Education Platforms in China	152
Modeling and Prediction of Land Use Land Cover Change Dynamics Based on Land Change Modeler (LCM) in Nashe Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia	150
How the Covid-19 Pandemic Is Changing Online Food Shopping Human Behaviour in Italy	148
A Review of Energy Storage Technologies’ Application Potentials in Renewable Energy Sources Grid Integration	148
The Role of 5G Technologies in a Smart City: The Case for Intelligent Transportation System	147
Insights from Circular Economy Literature: A Review of Extant Definitions and Unravelling Paths to Future Research	146
Bacterial Plant Biostimulants: A Sustainable Way towards Improving Growth, Productivity, and Health of Crops	145
A Review of 3D Printing in Construction and its Impact on the Labor Market	144
Can Green Finance Development Reduce Carbon Emissions? Empirical Evidence from 30 Chinese Provinces	144
Addressing the Social Aspects of a Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review	144
Social Safety of Society for Developing Countries to Meet Sustainable Development Standards: Indicators, Level, Strategic Benchmarks (with Calculations Based on the Case Study of Ukraine)	140
Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework	140
Compressive Strength of Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete Composites: A State-of-the-Art Review	139
Bill Hillier’s Legacy: Space Syntax—A Synopsis of Basic Concepts, Measures, and Empirical Application	136
Current Progress and Future Prospects of Agriculture Technology: Gateway to Sustainable Agriculture	136
Identifying World Types to Deliver Gameful Experiences for Sustainable Learning in the Metaverse	135
Students’ Perception towards E-Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in India: An Empirical Study	134
Circular Digital Built Environment: An Emerging Framework	134
Fintech and Sustainability: Do They Affect Each Other?	134
A Review of Applications and Communication Technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Based Sustainable Smart Farming	132
Why Not Green Marketing? Determinates of Consumers’ Intention to Green Purchase Decision in a New Developing Nation	132
Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Battery Swapping Considering Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions	131
E-Learning vs. Face-To-Face Learning: Analyzing Students’ Preferences and Behaviors	130
Teacher Digital Literacy: The Indisputable Challenge after COVID-19	130
A Review on Global E-Waste Management: Urban Mining towards a Sustainable Future and Circular Economy	130
Open Innovation 4.0 as an Enhancer of Sustainable Innovation Ecosystems	129
The Impact of Financial Development and FDI on Renewable Energy in the UAE: A Path towards Sustainable Development	129
Contributions of Smart City Solutions and Technologies to Resilience against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review	129
Technology-Enhanced Education through VR-Making and Metaverse-Linking to Foster Teacher Readiness and Sustainable Learning	127
Understanding the Impact of ESG Practices in Corporate Finance	126
Exopolysaccharides Producing Bacteria for the Amelioration of Drought Stress in Wheat	126
A Review on Battery Modelling Techniques	125
Biomass Waste as Sustainable Raw Material for Energy and Fuels	125
Sample Preparation Techniques for the Analysis of Microplastics in Soil—A Review	125
Society 5.0: A Japanese Concept for a Superintelligent Society	124
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Bike-Sharing Usage: The Case of Thessaloniki, Greece	123
COVID-19 and Higher Education: First-Year Students’ Expectations toward Distance Learning	123
Thriving, Not Just Surviving in Changing Times: How Sustainability, Agility and Digitalization Intertwine with Organizational Resilience	123
Sound Absorption Properties of Natural Fibers: A Review	122
Real-Time Vehicle Detection Based on Improved YOLO v5	120

Can Digital Transformation Promote Green Technology Innovation?	120
Renewable Energy Use and Ecological Footprints Mitigation: Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies	120
The Effects of Digital Transformation on Firm Performance: Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Sector	119
Exploring Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Higher Education Institutions	119
Applications of Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Review	118
Design of Multi-Information Fusion Based Intelligent Electrical Fire Detection System for Green Buildings	118
The Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Business Models in SMEs	118
Sustainability of the Moderating Role of Financial Development in the Determinants of Environmental Degradation: Evidence from Turkey	117
Fruit Image Classification Model Based on MobileNetV2 with Deep Transfer Learning Technique	117
Agrivoltaic Systems Design and Assessment: A Critical Review, and a Descriptive Model towards a Sustainable Landscape Vision (Three-Dimensional Agrivoltaic Patterns)	116
Urban Resilience for Urban Sustainability: Concepts, Dimensions, and Perspectives	116
Exploring the Role of Carbon Taxation Policies on CO2 Emissions: Contextual Evidence from Tax Implementation and Non-Implementation European Countries	116
Performance Analysis of a New Electricity and Freshwater Production System Based on an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle and Multi-Effect Desalination	115
Post-Pandemic Office Work: Perceived Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Work Environment	115
Electric Scooter Sharing and Bike Sharing User Behaviour and Characteristics	115
Environmental Sustainability of Digitalization in Manufacturing: A Review	114
Cycling in the Era of COVID-19: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice Policy Recommendations for a More Bike-Centric Future	114
The Impact of the Digital Economy on CO2 Emissions: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis	114
Information and Communication Technology Solutions for the Circular Economy	114
Sustainability in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review	114
The Mediating Role of Innovation Capability on the Relationship between Strategic Agility and Organizational Performance	114
Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students’ Learning Life: An Integrated Conceptual Motivational Model for Sustainable and Healthy Online Learning	113
Customer Behavior as an Outcome of Social Media Marketing: The Role of Social Media Marketing Activity and Customer Experience	113
The Post Pandemic City: Challenges and Opportunities for a Non-Motorized Urban Environment. An Overview of Italian Cases	113
Chromium Stress in Plants: Toxicity, Tolerance and Phytoremediation	113
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Big Data Analytics in the Digital Transformation Era: Case Study of Jordanian SMEs	112
COVID-19 Impacts and Recovery Strategies: The Case of the Hospitality Industry in Spain	111
Artificial Intelligence and Reflections from Educational Landscape: A Review of AI Studies in Half a Century	110
Circular Economy Models in Agro-Food Systems: A Review	110
A Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainability and Risk Management	109
Green Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks’ Response to Various Carbon Policies during COVID-19	109
Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy towards Digital Transformation: A Research Agenda	109
The Limits of Green Finance: A Survey of Literature in the Context of Green Bonds and Green Loans	109
Electronic Waste, an Environmental Problem Exported to Developing Countries: The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY	109