OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainability is 103. 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
Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review	569
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during the Coronavirus Pandemic: Students’ Perspective	519
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) as Green Bioinoculants: Recent Developments, Constraints, and Prospects	504
A Global Assessment: Can Renewable Energy Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050?	439
A Review of Deep-Learning-Based Medical Image Segmentation Methods	403
Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions	380
The Role of Green and Blue Hydrogen in the Energy Transition—A Technological and Geopolitical Perspective	333
Digital Transformation and Environmental Sustainability: A Review and Research Agenda	275
ESG: Research Progress and Future Prospects	233
City Digital Twin Potentials: A Review and Research Agenda	220
15-Minute City: Decomposing the New Urban Planning Eutopia	212
Online Shopping Motives during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Lessons from the Crisis	200
Digital Economy, Technological Innovation and High-Quality Economic Development: Based on Spatial Effect and Mediation Effect	197
Microbes as Biofertilizers, a Potential Approach for Sustainable Crop Production	196
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	196
The Effect of Blockchain Technology on Supply Chain Sustainability Performances	195
Between Level Up and Game Over: A Systematic Literature Review of Gamification in Education	189
Mobility Behaviour in View of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Public Transport Users in Gdansk Case Study	176
Construction 4.0: A Literature Review	173
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)	172
Chatbots in Education and Research: A Critical Examination of Ethical Implications and Solutions	172
Artificial Intelligence in the Industry 4.0, and Its Impact on Poverty, Innovation, Infrastructure Development, and the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from Emerging Economies?	169
Eco-Anxiety and Environmental Education	168
Components of Education 4.0 in 21st Century Skills Frameworks: Systematic Review	165
Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators	161

Blockchain-Based Securing of Data Exchange in a Power Transmission System Considering Congestion Management and Social Welfare	161
Does the Digital Economy Promote Industrial Structural Upgrading?—A Test of Mediating Effects Based on Heterogeneous Technological Innovation	159
Modeling and Prediction of Land Use Land Cover Change Dynamics Based on Land Change Modeler (LCM) in Nashe Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia	155
A Review of Energy Storage Technologies’ Application Potentials in Renewable Energy Sources Grid Integration	152
Bacterial Plant Biostimulants: A Sustainable Way towards Improving Growth, Productivity, and Health of Crops	151
How the Covid-19 Pandemic Is Changing Online Food Shopping Human Behaviour in Italy	150
The Role of 5G Technologies in a Smart City: The Case for Intelligent Transportation System	150
Insights from Circular Economy Literature: A Review of Extant Definitions and Unravelling Paths to Future Research	150
Can Green Finance Development Reduce Carbon Emissions? Empirical Evidence from 30 Chinese Provinces	147
Current Progress and Future Prospects of Agriculture Technology: Gateway to Sustainable Agriculture	143
Compressive Strength of Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete Composites: A State-of-the-Art Review	143
Fintech and Sustainability: Do They Affect Each Other?	142
Bill Hillier’s Legacy: Space Syntax—A Synopsis of Basic Concepts, Measures, and Empirical Application	138
Identifying World Types to Deliver Gameful Experiences for Sustainable Learning in the Metaverse	138
Circular Digital Built Environment: An Emerging Framework	137
Students’ Perception towards E-Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in India: An Empirical Study	137
E-Learning vs. Face-To-Face Learning: Analyzing Students’ Preferences and Behaviors	135
A Review on Global E-Waste Management: Urban Mining towards a Sustainable Future and Circular Economy	134
A Review of Applications and Communication Technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Based Sustainable Smart Farming	133
The Impact of Financial Development and FDI on Renewable Energy in the UAE: A Path towards Sustainable Development	132
Teacher Digital Literacy: The Indisputable Challenge after COVID-19	132
Thriving, Not Just Surviving in Changing Times: How Sustainability, Agility and Digitalization Intertwine with Organizational Resilience	132
Understanding the Impact of ESG Practices in Corporate Finance	131
Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Battery Swapping Considering Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions	131
Contributions of Smart City Solutions and Technologies to Resilience against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review	130
Exploring Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Higher Education Institutions	129
Technology-Enhanced Education through VR-Making and Metaverse-Linking to Foster Teacher Readiness and Sustainable Learning	128
A Review on Battery Modelling Techniques	126
Biomass Waste as Sustainable Raw Material for Energy and Fuels	126
Can Digital Transformation Promote Green Technology Innovation?	124
The Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Business Models in SMEs	124
COVID-19 and Higher Education: First-Year Students’ Expectations toward Distance Learning	124
Renewable Energy Use and Ecological Footprints Mitigation: Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies	124
Society 5.0: A Japanese Concept for a Superintelligent Society	124
Customer Behavior as an Outcome of Social Media Marketing: The Role of Social Media Marketing Activity and Customer Experience	123
Real-Time Vehicle Detection Based on Improved YOLO v5	122
Agrivoltaic Systems Design and Assessment: A Critical Review, and a Descriptive Model towards a Sustainable Landscape Vision (Three-Dimensional Agrivoltaic Patterns)	121
Fruit Image Classification Model Based on MobileNetV2 with Deep Transfer Learning Technique	121
Applications of Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Review	120
Urban Resilience for Urban Sustainability: Concepts, Dimensions, and Perspectives	120
The Effects of Digital Transformation on Firm Performance: Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Sector	120
Design of Multi-Information Fusion Based Intelligent Electrical Fire Detection System for Green Buildings	119
Post-Pandemic Office Work: Perceived Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Work Environment	118
Sustainability in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review	118
Electric Scooter Sharing and Bike Sharing User Behaviour and Characteristics	118
Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy towards Digital Transformation: A Research Agenda	118
Environmental Sustainability of Digitalization in Manufacturing: A Review	117
Chromium Stress in Plants: Toxicity, Tolerance and Phytoremediation	117
The Mediating Role of Innovation Capability on the Relationship between Strategic Agility and Organizational Performance	117
Sustainability of the Moderating Role of Financial Development in the Determinants of Environmental Degradation: Evidence from Turkey	117

The Impact of the Digital Economy on CO2 Emissions: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis	115
Artificial Intelligence and Reflections from Educational Landscape: A Review of AI Studies in Half a Century	115
Cycling in the Era of COVID-19: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice Policy Recommendations for a More Bike-Centric Future	114
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Big Data Analytics in the Digital Transformation Era: Case Study of Jordanian SMEs	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
Circular Economy Models in Agro-Food Systems: A Review	113
Electronic Waste, an Environmental Problem Exported to Developing Countries: The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY	113
The Limits of Green Finance: A Survey of Literature in the Context of Green Bonds and Green Loans	113
Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Energy Systems: A Review	111
Quality 4.0: The EFQM 2020 Model and Industry 4.0 Relationships and Implications	111
New Era of Artificial Intelligence in Education: Towards a Sustainable Multifaceted Revolution	110
Green Closed-Loop Supply Chain Networks’ Response to Various Carbon Policies during COVID-19	110
A Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainability and Risk Management	109
Modelling and Prediction of Water Quality by Using Artificial Intelligence	109
Transformation of Solid Waste Management in China: Moving towards Sustainability through Digitalization-Based Circular Economy	109
A Low-Cost Platform for Environmental Smart Farming Monitoring System Based on IoT and UAVs	109
Has Digital Financial Inclusion Narrowed the Urban-Rural Income Gap: The Role of Entrepreneurship in China	109
Digital Economy and Environmental Quality: Evidence from 217 Cities in China	108
Role of Government to Enhance Digital Transformation in Small Service Business	108
Green Artificial Intelligence: Towards an Efficient, Sustainable and Equitable Technology for Smart Cities and Futures	107
Agroforestry Systems for Soil Health Improvement and Maintenance	107
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. A Bibliometric Analysis of Their Interrelations	106
Identification of Social and Economic Expectations: Contextual Reasons for the Transformation Process of Industry 4.0 into the Industry 5.0 Concept	105
Post-COVID 19 Tourism: Will Digital Tourism Replace Mass Tourism?	105
A Comprehensive Review on the Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS) in Concrete Production	104
Real-Time DDoS Attack Detection System Using Big Data Approach	104
Potential Development of Sustainable 3D-Printed Meat Analogues: A Review	104
Plastic Pollution, Waste Management Issues, and Circular Economy Opportunities in Rural Communities	103
From Challenges to Creativity: Enhancing SMEs’ Resilience in the Context of COVID-19	103
Production, Purification, and Characterization of Bacillibactin Siderophore of Bacillus subtilis and Its Application for Improvement in Plant Growth and Oil Content in Sesame	103
The Emergence of Service Robots at Restaurants: Integrating Trust, Perceived Risk, and Satisfaction	103