OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainable Cities and Society is 97. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Integrating morphology and vitality to quantify seasonal contributions of urban functional zones to thermal environment	432
Activity space compactness index from the viewpoint of trip arrival point by lifestyle activity purpose in a mature conurbation	405
Coupled simulation of urban water networks and interconnected critical urban infrastructure systems: A systematic review and multi-sector research agenda	330
Rethinking Japanese public libraries from the perspective of time	296
Model predictive control based optimal operation of smart city	237
Energy efficient behavior modeling for demand side recommender system in solar microgrid applications using multi-agent reinforcement learning model	228
Dynamics of human speech as aerosol transmission sources: Implications for sustainable urban health based on impulsive jet theory	226
Sequential action-based dynamic decision-support model for urban ecological planning	216
The joint health risks of PM2.5 pollution wave and cold spell in eastern China	211
Decision support for improved construction traffic management and planning	210
Riding smooth: A cost-benefit assessment of surface quality on Copenhagen’s bicycle network	207
Renewable energy technology innovation and urbanization: Insights from China	203
Multi-agent-based optimal power scheduling of shipboard power systems	200
Unveiling fine-scale urban third places for remote work using mobile phone big data	194
Enhancing SWMM-UrbanEVA for continuous long-term water balance analysis of green infrastructure	193
Analysing urban local cold air dynamics and climate functional zones using interpretable machine learning: A case study of Tianhe district, Guangzhou	190
Enabling maximum decarbonization from districts in Kyoto through rooftop PVs by integrating with EVs as battery	186
Accessibility assessment and optimization of public charging stations from a categorical perspective: A case study in Nanjing based on charging travel chains	181
Modeling dynamic competition among urban taxis and the impact on carbon emissions	179
UBEM-SER: Role of sufficiency, efficiency and renewable in the decarbonization of commercial building stock at city scale	172
A multi-objective probabilistic approach for smart voltage control in wind-energy integrated networks considering correlated parameters	171
Towards urban energy sustainability and resiliency through smart agriculture and effective renewable resource allocation	169
Spatial and social inequality of hierarchical healthcare accessibility in urban system: A case study in Shanghai, China	163
Dynamic impacts of vegetation growth and urban development on microclimate and building energy consumption	163
Responding to “city cooling action”: Assessing and visualizing community-level urban park cooling service performance in Nanjing, China	158

Fuzzy Q-learning-based approach for real-time energy management of home microgrids using cooperative multi-agent system	157
Spillover effects of built-environment vulnerability on resilience of businesses in urban crises	155
Projects as game changers for navigating sustainability transitions in societies: Multi-level effects from micro-level decisions	154
Passive over active: How low-cost strategies influence urban energy equity	153
Modeling NO2 concentrations in real urban areas using computational fluid dynamics: A comparative analysis of methods to assess NO2 concentrations from NOx dispersion results	151
Exploration of non-linear influence mechanisms of traditional courtyard forms on thermal comfort in winter and summer: A case study of Beijing, China	150
Strengthening individual preparedness for extreme cold weather through enhanced messaging, risk perception, and trust	150
How do time-bound practices initiate local sustainability pathways?	148
Analyzing the cooling effect, thermal comfort, and energy consumption of integrated arrangement of high-rise buildings and green spaces on urban heat island	147
Estimating casualties from urban fires: A focus on building and urban environment information	146
Fault detection and diagnosis for chiller based on feature-recognition model and Kernel Discriminant Analysis	145
A tactical transactive energy scheduling for the electric vehicle-integrated networked microgrids	140
Influence of the built environment on social capital and physical activity in Singapore: A structural equation modelling analysis	139
The impact of innovation-driven industrial clusters on urban carbon emission efficiency: Empirical evidence from China	137
Evaluating the association between morphological characteristics of urban land and pluvial floods using machine learning methods	137
Traffic noise assessment in urban Bulgaria using explainable machine learning	135
Developing indicators for sustainable urban regeneration in historic urban areas: Delphi method and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)	134
Data-driven prediction of energy consumption of district cooling systems (DCS) based on the weather forecast data	133
Exploring the complex relationship between metro and shared bikes in the built environment: Competition, connection, and complementation	132
Sustainable design of running friendly streets: Environmental exposures predict runnability by Volunteered Geographic Information and multilevel model approaches	132
Toward a societal smart city: Clarifying the social justice dimension of smart cities	131
Topological and functional vulnerability analysis and mitigation for single-source heating networks based on tree models	130
Reconstructing place attachment through social media: A systematic review for sustainable urban governance	128
Assessment of European cities from a smartness perspective: An integrated grey MCDM approach	127
Evaluation of resources and environmental carrying capacity and its spatial-temporal dynamic evolution: A case study in Shandong Province, China	125
Deep learning and dynamic simulation based progressive decarbonization roadmap in the building sector in Jiangsu Province	124
Urban-Rural Disparity in Community Resilience: A Multilevel Analysis of the Relief Progress after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake	124
Accessibility and Public Transport Mobility for a Smart(er) Island: Evidence from Sardinia (Italy)	119
Socially sustainable mobility: Strategic analysis to identify accessibility barriers	118
A new electro-biomembrane integrated renewable-based system to produce power, fresh water and hydrogen for sustainable communities	118
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	117
Spatially heterogeneous impacts of urban vitality on carbon emissions: A multi-source data-driven mechanistic analysis	116
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	115
Uncovering key components of semi-public spaces in multi-unit residences for enhancing social sustainability	115
The impact of dynamic traffic conditions on the sustainability of urban fire service	115
Application of structural equation modelling (SEM) and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) based approach toward a hybrid urban sustainability assessment system (USAS) of Jordan	114
Wildfire-resilient mechanical ventilation systems for single-detached homes in cities of Western Canada	113
An energy consumption model for the Algerian residential building's stock, based on a triangular approach: Geographic Information System (GIS), regression analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis	113
Measuring heat transfer index (HTI): A new method to quantify the spatial influence of land surface temperature between adjacent urban spaces	113
Spatial development indicators as a tool to determine thermal conditions in an urban environment	113
Assessing annual carbon emissions and its peak year in the Yangtze river economic belt (2021-2035) through land use/land cover analysis	112
Assessing the impact of normative messages in encouraging the use of sustainable mobility. An experimental study	112
Commercial urban agriculture: A review for sustainable development	112
Dynamic effects of frequent step changes in outdoor microclimate environments on thermal sensation and dissatisfaction of pedestrian during summer	111
Impacts of digital economy agglomeration on carbon emission: A two-tier stochastic frontier and spatial decomposition analysis of China	110
A comprehensive and comparative study of an innovative constant-pressure compressed air energy storage (CP-CAES) system	109
Morphological and functional polycentric structure assessment of megacity: An integrated approach with spatial distribution and interaction	108
An event-based model and a map visualization approach for spatiotemporal association relations discovery of diseases diffusion	107
Finding unrevealed landslide hazard area induced by climate change and topography - Case study for Inje-gun, Gangwon-do, ROK -	107
Parametric analysis of planting strategies and environmental factors for the thermal and aerodynamic effects of indirect green façades	106

Optimized protection coordination of microgrids considering power quality-based voltage indices incorporating optimal sizing and placement of fault current limiters	106
Identifying up-to-date urban land-use patterns with visual and semantic features based on multisource geospatial data	105
Enabling effective climate action plans at city level: Insights from India's metropolitan cities	105
Systematic review on cooling benefits of landscape strategies for urban thermal environments in the United States	105
Data-driven assessment framework of health cities for elderly individuals in China	105
A clustering method for measuring accessibility and equity in public transportation service: Case study of Melbourne	104
Comprehensively assessing seasonal variations in the impact of urban greenspace morphology on urban heat island effects: A multidimensional analysis	104
Assessment of the food-water-energy nexus suitability of rooftops. A methodological remote sensing approach in an urban Mediterranean area	104
Nature's hand in megacity cluster progress: Integrating SDG11 with ecosystem service dynamics	103
Synergies or trade-offs between surface urban heat island and hot extreme: Distinct responses in urban environments	103
Towards flood risk mapping based on multi-tiered decision making in a densely urbanized metropolitan city of Istanbul	102
Assessing Nature-based solutions in the face of urban vulnerabilities: A multi-criteria decision approach	101
Assessing the electric demand-side management potential of Helsinki's public service building stock in ancillary markets	101
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban road dust from Tianjin, China: pollution characteristics, sources and health risk assessment	101
Enhancing water management and urban flood resilience using Hazard Capacity Factor Design (HCFD) model: Case study of Eco-Delta city, Busan	100
Sustainability-oriented maintenance management of highway bridge networks based on Q-learning	100
Experimental investigations of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of an energy pile with groundwater seepage	100
Effects of sea-land breeze on air pollutant dispersion in street networks with different distances from coast using WRF-CFD coupling method	99
CFD simulations of wind flow and pollutant dispersion in a street canyon with traffic flow: Comparison between RANS and LES	99
Hesitant fuzzy for conflicting criteria in multi-objective deployment of electric vehicle charging stations	99
Are New Towns Prone to Urban Heat Island Effect? Implications for Planning Form and Function	99
How to optimize the 2D/3D urban thermal environment: Insights derived from UAV LiDAR/multispectral data and multi-source remote sensing data	97
Effective ventilation and air disinfection system for reducing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection risk in office buildings	97
Urban form centrality and thermal environment: An empirical study of Chinese megacities	97
Dynamics of cool surface performance on urban microclimate: A full-scale experimental study in Singapore	97
Spatially resolved air quality index prediction in megacities with a CNN-Bi-LSTM hybrid framework	97