OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainability is 100. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-08-01 to 2023-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective	693
Industry 5.0—A Human-Centric Solution	421
Teleworking in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis	361
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during the Coronavirus Pandemic: Students’ Perspective	356
Effects of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Urban Mobility: Empirical Evidence from the City of Santander (Spain)	309
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) as Green Bioinoculants: Recent Developments, Constraints, and Prospects	308
Waste Management through Composting: Challenges and Potentials	240
Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review	238
Social Stigma during COVID-19 and its Impact on HCWs Outcomes	228
Influences of the Industry 4.0 Revolution on the Human Capital Development and Consumer Behavior: A Systematic Review	219
Grocery Shopping Preferences during the COVID-19 Pandemic	206
Wellbeing Costs of Technology Use during Covid-19 Remote Working: An Investigation Using the Italian Translation of the Technostress Creators Scale	203
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Smart Production: Progress, Trends, and Directions	203
The Challenge of Feeding the World	194
Investigating a Serious Challenge in the Sustainable Development Process: Analysis of Confirmed cases of COVID-19 (New Type of Coronavirus) Through a Binary Classification Using Artificial Intelligenc	189
Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships	189
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Behavior and Consumption in Qatar	185
A Review of Deep-Learning-Based Medical Image Segmentation Methods	182
COVID-19 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Threat to Solidarity or an Opportunity?	182
The Role of Green and Blue Hydrogen in the Energy Transition—A Technological and Geopolitical Perspective	182
Policy Response, Social Media and Science Journalism for the Sustainability of the Public Health System Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Vietnam Lessons	178
The Culture for Open Innovation Dynamics	176
Application of Floating Aquatic Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Polluted Water: A Review	174
Biodegradation of Wasted Bioplastics in Natural and Industrial Environments: A Review	173
Machine Learning in Predictive Maintenance towards Sustainable Smart Manufacturing in Industry 4.0	169

COVID-19 Pandemic: Prevention and Protection Measures to Be Adopted at the Workplace	164
Anxiety and the Ecological Crisis: An Analysis of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Anxiety	160
Impact of Industry 4.0 on Environmental Sustainability	160
Review of Online Food Delivery Platforms and their Impacts on Sustainability	156
The Role of Agriculture in Ensuring Food Security in Developing Countries: Considerations in the Context of the Problem of Sustainable Food Production	155
Sustainable Management of Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Global Research Trends	153
Trends in Educational Research about e-Learning: A Systematic Literature Review (2009–2018)	152
Urban Digital Twins for Smart Cities and Citizens: The Case Study of Herrenberg, Germany	152
Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions	147
Prediction Success of Machine Learning Methods for Flash Flood Susceptibility Mapping in the Tafresh Watershed, Iran	146
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Resilience of Sustainable Mobility in Sicily	146
Education for Sustainable Development: A Systemic Framework for Connecting the SDGs to Educational Outcomes	144
Online Shopping Motives during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Lessons from the Crisis	143
The Impact of Financial Development on Carbon Emissions: A Global Perspective	143
The Role of Constructed Wetlands as Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Water Management	143
Working from Home—Who Is Happy? A Survey of Lithuania’s Employees during the COVID-19 Quarantine Period	141
Responses to COVID-19 in Higher Education: Social Media Usage for Sustaining Formal Academic Communication in Developing Countries	141
Energy Issues in Sustainable Urban Wastewater Management: Use, Demand Reduction and Recovery in the Urban Water Cycle	139
Trends in the Fashion Industry. The Perception of Sustainability and Circular Economy: A Gender/Generation Quantitative Approach	139
Urban Parks as Green Buffers During the COVID-19 Pandemic	138
Circular Economy Innovation and Environmental Sustainability Impact on Economic Growth: An Integrated Model for Sustainable Development	138
Current Response and Management Decisions of the European Union to the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Review	137
A Review of Chemicals to Produce Activated Carbon from Agricultural Waste Biomass	137
The Determinants behind the Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles: A Systematic Review	136
Legislation for the Reuse of Biosolids on Agricultural Land in Europe: Overview	135
A Charter for Sustainable Tourism after COVID-19	135
Digital Transformation and Environmental Sustainability: A Review and Research Agenda	135
Mobility Behaviour in View of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Public Transport Users in Gdansk Case Study	134
Sustaining Enterprise Operations and Productivity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: “Enterprise Effectiveness and Sustainability Model”	133
A Survey of Road Traffic Congestion Measures towards a Sustainable and Resilient Transportation System	132
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	131
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on User Experience with Online Education Platforms in China	131
A Critical Review of Sustainable Energy Policies for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources	130
Artificial Intelligence in the Agri-Food System: Rethinking Sustainable Business Models in the COVID-19 Scenario	129
From Transition to Domains of Transformation: Getting to Sustainable and Just Food Systems through Agroecology	129
A Secure Data Sharing Platform Using Blockchain and Interplanetary File System	125
Digital Business Model, Digital Transformation, Digital Entrepreneurship: Is There A Sustainable “Digital”?	125
How COVID-19 Redefines the Concept of Sustainability	124
Artificial Intelligence, Transport and the Smart City: Definitions and Dimensions of a New Mobility Era	121
Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture	120
Corporate Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability Performance Transformation through ESG Disclosure	119
Physical Activity Levels and Related Energy Expenditure during COVID-19 Quarantine among the Sicilian Active Population: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey Study	118
Soil as a Basis to Create Enabling Conditions for Transitions Towards Sustainable Land Management as a Key to Achieve the SDGs by 2030	118
Entrepreneurship Education through Successful Entrepreneurial Models in Higher Education Institutions	118
Work Flexibility, Job Satisfaction, and Job Performance among Romanian Employees—Implications for Sustainable Human Resource Management	116
Blockchain-Based Securing of Data Exchange in a Power Transmission System Considering Congestion Management and Social Welfare	116
Food First: COVID-19 Outbreak and Cities Lockdown a Booster for a Wider Vision on Urban Agriculture	116
Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic Exposing the Shortcomings of Current Supply Chain Operations: A Long-Term Prescriptive Offering	115
15-Minute City: Decomposing the New Urban Planning Eutopia	114
Landslide Susceptibility Assessment by Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithms	114

Water Scarcity and Wastewater Reuse in Crop Irrigation	114
How the Covid-19 Pandemic Is Changing Online Food Shopping Human Behaviour in Italy	114
Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators	112
Entrepreneurship as the Unsung Hero during the Current COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Australian Perspectives	110
Pedestrians and E-Scooters: An Initial Look at E-Scooter Parking and Perceptions by Riders and Non-Riders	110
Objectively-Assessed Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Smartphone Use, and Sleep Patterns Pre- and during-COVID-19 Quarantine in Young Adults from Spain	110
Towards Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector. A Systematic Literature Review	110
Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Battery Swapping Considering Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions	109
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): The Engine of Economic Growth through Investments and Innovation	109
Mitigation of Heat Stress in Solanum lycopersicum L. by ACC-deaminase and Exopolysaccharide Producing Bacillus cereus: Effects on Biochemical Profiling	107
Insights from Circular Economy Literature: A Review of Extant Definitions and Unravelling Paths to Future Research	107
A Review on Potential Plant-Based Water Stress Indicators for Vegetable Crops	107
The Effect of Blockchain Technology on Supply Chain Sustainability Performances	107
Addressing the Social Aspects of a Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review	106
How to Conduct Prospective Life Cycle Assessment for Emerging Technologies? A Systematic Review and Methodological Guidance	105
City Digital Twin Potentials: A Review and Research Agenda	105
Students’ Perception towards E-Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in India: An Empirical Study	105
Impact of Consumer Environmental Responsibility on Green Consumption Behavior in China: The Role of Environmental Concern and Price Sensitivity	105
Microbes as Biofertilizers, a Potential Approach for Sustainable Crop Production	105
We Can’t Keep Meating Like This: Attitudes towards Vegetarian and Vegan Diets in the United Kingdom	104
COVID-19 and Higher Education: First-Year Students’ Expectations toward Distance Learning	102
Construction 4.0: A Literature Review	102
Cow Milk versus Plant-Based Milk Substitutes: A Comparison of Product Image and Motivational Structure of Consumption	101
Bacterial Plant Biostimulants: A Sustainable Way towards Improving Growth, Productivity, and Health of Crops	101
Losses in the Grain Supply Chain: Causes and Solutions	100
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Bike-Sharing Usage: The Case of Thessaloniki, Greece	100