OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainable Cities and Society is 96. 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
Rethinking Japanese public libraries from the perspective of time	410
Dynamics of human speech as aerosol transmission sources: Implications for sustainable urban health based on impulsive jet theory	319
Deep learning and dynamic simulation based progressive decarbonization roadmap in the building sector in Jiangsu Province	302
Spatial development indicators as a tool to determine thermal conditions in an urban environment	285
Modeling dynamic competition among urban taxis and the impact on carbon emissions	270
Bioaerosol multi-pollutant source localization in urban microclimates using an improved particle swarm optimization method with restricted search capabilities	261
Projects as game changers for navigating sustainability transitions in societies: Multi-level effects from micro-level decisions	246
Passive over active: How low-cost strategies influence urban energy equity	242
Sustainable urban space planning of underground logistics system using multi-source data fusion: A 3D space suitability evaluation framework	240
Decision support for improved construction traffic management and planning	239
Enhancing water management and urban flood resilience using Hazard Capacity Factor Design (HCFD) model: Case study of Eco-Delta city, Busan	239
Quantifying the potential uncertainty and development suitability of sandstone porous geothermal reservoirs for urban heating in northwestern Shandong plain, China	228
Framework for unified municipal solid waste management using centralized and decentralized facilities: Case study of Nashik city in India	220
Reconstructing place attachment through social media: A systematic review for sustainable urban governance	217
Assessing carbon emissions and decarbonization potential of urban cold chain transport sector: A case study in Hefei city	215
Topological and functional vulnerability analysis and mitigation for single-source heating networks based on tree models	213
Optimized protection coordination of microgrids considering power quality-based voltage indices incorporating optimal sizing and placement of fault current limiters	211
The impact of dynamic traffic conditions on the sustainability of urban fire service	204
Model predictive control based optimal operation of smart city	192
Riding smooth: A cost-benefit assessment of surface quality on Copenhagen’s bicycle network	187
Assessing the impact of normative messages in encouraging the use of sustainable mobility. An experimental study	184
Diagnosing urban heat vulnerability through multiscale spatial modelling: Evidence from Istanbul for climate-resilient cities	182
Parametric analysis of planting strategies and environmental factors for the thermal and aerodynamic effects of indirect green façades	180
Assessing Nature-based solutions in the face of urban vulnerabilities: A multi-criteria decision approach	176
Climate-driven changes in city-scale building energy demand under urban-adjusted future climate scenarios	175

Regulation of blue-green landscape fragmentation on day-night surface urban heat island: A case study of Kunming	161
Exploring the impact of POI cores accessibility on urban vitality in TODs and Emerging TODs: A novel Node-Place model across three TOD-ness typologies	160
Towards urban energy sustainability and resiliency through smart agriculture and effective renewable resource allocation	158
Synergistic dynamics of the thermal-energy-carbon nexus in the Yangtze River Delta: Spatiotemporal measurement, mechanisms, and spatial econometric analysis	151
Unveiling hidden allergenic hotspots: A fine-scale, parameter-optimized approach for spatiotemporal mapping of urban allergenicity assessments	149
Enhancing SWMM-UrbanEVA for continuous long-term water balance analysis of green infrastructure	148
A tactical transactive energy scheduling for the electric vehicle-integrated networked microgrids	147
Urban form centrality and thermal environment: An empirical study of Chinese megacities	147
Mapping urban heatscapes with isotherms: pedestrian-height insights	147
Enabling effective climate action plans at city level: Insights from India's metropolitan cities	145
Global investigation of 2D and 3D urbanization-induced impacts on urban extreme heat	144
Two birds with one stone: Can digital transformation of companies help address climate change while improving air quality?	140
Enabling maximum decarbonization from districts in Kyoto through rooftop PVs by integrating with EVs as battery	138
How to optimize the 2D/3D urban thermal environment: Insights derived from UAV LiDAR/multispectral data and multi-source remote sensing data	136
Corrigendum to “Research on the Traditional Courtyard Typology and Wind Environment Comfort - A case study of Qingshan Fishing Village in Qingdao, China” [Sustainable Cities and Society 130 (2025) 106	134
Measuring heat transfer index (HTI): A new method to quantify the spatial influence of land surface temperature between adjacent urban spaces	134
Identifying up-to-date urban land-use patterns with visual and semantic features based on multisource geospatial data	132
A comprehensive and comparative study of an innovative constant-pressure compressed air energy storage (CP-CAES) system	132
Impact of impervious surface spatial morphologies on urban waterlogging: Insights from a cascade modeling chain at catchment scale	128
UBEM-SER: Role of sufficiency, efficiency and renewable in the decarbonization of commercial building stock at city scale	126
Impacts of digital economy agglomeration on carbon emission: A two-tier stochastic frontier and spatial decomposition analysis of China	125
Modeling NO2 concentrations in real urban areas using computational fluid dynamics: A comparative analysis of methods to assess NO2 concentrations from NOx dispersion results	124
Embodied energy in existing buildings as a tool for sustainable intervention on urban heritage	124
Exploring diurnal spatiotemporal heterogeneity in urban heat exposure: A novel perspective from urban form-function coupling	123
Developing indicators for sustainable urban regeneration in historic urban areas: Delphi method and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)	122
Coupled simulation of urban water networks and interconnected critical urban infrastructure systems: A systematic review and multi-sector research agenda	121
Sequential action-based dynamic decision-support model for urban ecological planning	120
Activity space compactness index from the viewpoint of trip arrival point by lifestyle activity purpose in a mature conurbation	119
Synergies or trade-offs between surface urban heat island and hot extreme: Distinct responses in urban environments	118
Exploring the complex relationship between metro and shared bikes in the built environment: Competition, connection, and complementation	117
How to improve the environmental friendliness of the thermal power industry: A perspective on constructing cross-regional collaborative emission reduction mechanisms tailored to local conditions	117
A cumulative perspective reveals urbanization exacerbates compound extreme heat-air pollution events in China	116
Accessibility assessment and optimization of public charging stations from a categorical perspective: A case study in Nanjing based on charging travel chains	116
A cost-effective and high-efficient EV shared fast charging scheme with hierarchical coordinated operation strategy for addressing difficult-to-charge issue in old residential communities	115
Nature's hand in megacity cluster progress: Integrating SDG11 with ecosystem service dynamics	114
The joint health risks of PM2.5 pollution wave and cold spell in eastern China	114
Fuzzy Q-learning-based approach for real-time energy management of home microgrids using cooperative multi-agent system	114
Are New Towns Prone to Urban Heat Island Effect? Implications for Planning Form and Function	113
Dynamic simulation of urban agglomeration network resilience under disturbances: An integrated deep learning and agent-based approach – Case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region	112
Unveiling fine-scale urban third places for remote work using mobile phone big data	111
Assessing annual carbon emissions and its peak year in the Yangtze river economic belt (2021-2035) through land use/land cover analysis	111
Influence of the built environment on social capital and physical activity in Singapore: A structural equation modelling analysis	109
The impact of innovation-driven industrial clusters on urban carbon emission efficiency: Empirical evidence from China	108
Cross-examination of country-specific archetypes generation for urban building energy modelling (UBEM)	108
Systematic review on cooling benefits of landscape strategies for urban thermal environments in the United States	107
An event-based model and a map visualization approach for spatiotemporal association relations discovery of diseases diffusion	107
Energy efficient behavior modeling for demand side recommender system in solar microgrid applications using multi-agent reinforcement learning model	106
Spatially heterogeneous impacts of urban vitality on carbon emissions: A multi-source data-driven mechanistic analysis	106
Assessment of European cities from a smartness perspective: An integrated grey MCDM approach	106
Comprehensively assessing seasonal variations in the impact of urban greenspace morphology on urban heat island effects: A multidimensional analysis	105

Traffic noise assessment in urban Bulgaria using explainable machine learning	105
Strengthening individual preparedness for extreme cold weather through enhanced messaging, risk perception, and trust	105
Spillover effects of built-environment vulnerability on resilience of businesses in urban crises	105
Spatially resolved air quality index prediction in megacities with a CNN-Bi-LSTM hybrid framework	104
A new electro-biomembrane integrated renewable-based system to produce power, fresh water and hydrogen for sustainable communities	104
Application of structural equation modelling (SEM) and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) based approach toward a hybrid urban sustainability assessment system (USAS) of Jordan	103
Analysing urban local cold air dynamics and climate functional zones using interpretable machine learning: A case study of Tianhe district, Guangzhou	103
Commercial urban agriculture: A review for sustainable development	102
Cooling effects of urban green spaces: A systematic review of methods applied in the past two decades	101
Renewable energy technology innovation and urbanization: Insights from China	101
Exploration of non-linear influence mechanisms of traditional courtyard forms on thermal comfort in winter and summer: A case study of Beijing, China	101
Accessibility and Public Transport Mobility for a Smart(er) Island: Evidence from Sardinia (Italy)	100
Sustainable design of running friendly streets: Environmental exposures predict runnability by Volunteered Geographic Information and multilevel model approaches	100
Uncovering key components of semi-public spaces in multi-unit residences for enhancing social sustainability	99
Hesitant fuzzy for conflicting criteria in multi-objective deployment of electric vehicle charging stations	99
Analyzing the cooling effect, thermal comfort, and energy consumption of integrated arrangement of high-rise buildings and green spaces on urban heat island	98
Integrating morphology and vitality to quantify seasonal contributions of urban functional zones to thermal environment	98
A cascading failure-based approach for assessing the resilience of urban stormwater networks	98
Responding to “city cooling action”: Assessing and visualizing community-level urban park cooling service performance in Nanjing, China	97
Data-driven prediction of energy consumption of district cooling systems (DCS) based on the weather forecast data	97
Dynamic impacts of vegetation growth and urban development on microclimate and building energy consumption	96
Long-term dynamics of PM2.5 exposure and modeled health gains in Beijing’s central urban area: Spatiotemporal differentiation and layered constraints across multidimensional environmental conditions	96