OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Development is 26. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of land use change on ecosystem services: A review	257
Renewable energy in reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Reaching the goals of the Paris agreement in Brazil	103
Soil erosion control practices in the Chinese Loess Plateau: A systematic review	66
Strategic mineral resources: Availability and future estimations for the renewable energy sector	62
Environmental sustainability assessment of land disposal of municipal solid waste generated in Indian cities – A review	53
Land-water-food nexus of biofuels: Discourse and policy debates in Brazil	51
Evidence and impact of climate change on South African national parks. Potential implications for tourism in the Kruger National Park	51
Evaluations of water yield and soil erosion in the Shaanxi-Gansu Loess Plateau under different land use and climate change scenarios	47
Spatial variability of sustainable development goals in China: A provincial level evaluation	46
Changes in land use and ecosystem services values in Pakistan, 1950–2050	45
Assessing the effects of ecological engineering on spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon storage from 2000 to 2016 in the Loess Plateau area using the InVEST model: A case study in Huining County, China	41
Smart energy cities: The evolution of the city-energy-sustainability nexus	39
Carbon capture and storage as a strategic reserve against China's CO2 emissions	36
Drivers and consequences of agricultural land abandonment and its reutilisation pathways: A systematic review	36
Carbon footprint reduction potential of waste management strategies in tourism	35
Comparative coastal and marine tourism, climate change, and the blue economy in African Large Marine Ecosystems	35
Managing the water-energy-food nexus on an integrated geographical scale	35
Impacts of climate change on the tourism sector of a Small Island Developing State: A case study for the Bahamas	33
Investigation of greenhouse gas emissions and energy recovery potential from municipal solid waste management practices	30
Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Land Degradation from 1990 to 2015 in Mongolia	30
Predictors of access to and willingness to pay for climate information services in north-eastern Ghana: A gendered perspective	30
Whose European bioeconomy? Relations of forces in the shaping of an updated EU bioeconomy strategy	30
Measuring sustainable development, its antecedents, barriers and consequences in agriculture: An exploratory factor analysis	29
Socioeconomic determinants of climate change adaptations in the flood-prone rural community of Indus Basin, Pakistan	29
Circular economy of water: Tackling quantity, quality and footprint of water	29

Climate change and variability awareness and livelihood adaptive strategies among smallholder farmers in semi-arid northern Ghana	27
Urban water security: A comparative assessment and policy analysis of five cities in diverse developing countries of Asia	26
Role and significance of restoration technologies for vulnerable ecosystems in building an ecological civilization in China	26