OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Development is 9. 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
Strategic mineral resources: Availability and future estimations for the renewable energy sector	89
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	55
Drivers and consequences of agricultural land abandonment and its reutilisation pathways: A systematic review	54
Smart energy cities: The evolution of the city-energy-sustainability nexus	53
Changes in land use and ecosystem services values in Pakistan, 1950–2050	50
Carbon footprint reduction potential of waste management strategies in tourism	47
Impacts of climate change on the tourism sector of a Small Island Developing State: A case study for the Bahamas	45
Carbon capture and storage as a strategic reserve against China's CO2 emissions	45
Comparative coastal and marine tourism, climate change, and the blue economy in African Large Marine Ecosystems	44
Impacts of renewable energy, trade globalization, and technological innovation on environmental development in China: Evidence from various environmental indicators and novel quantile methods	43
The impact of renewable energy and urbanization on CO2 emissions in Europe – Spatio-temporal approach	40
Urban water security: A comparative assessment and policy analysis of five cities in diverse developing countries of Asia	39
Review on energy conservation and emission reduction approaches for cement industry	37
Predictors of access to and willingness to pay for climate information services in north-eastern Ghana: A gendered perspective	36
Circular economy of water: Tackling quantity, quality and footprint of water	35
A review on bioaccessibility and the associated health risks due to heavy metal pollution in coal mines: Content and trend analysis	33
Measuring sustainable development, its antecedents, barriers and consequences in agriculture: An exploratory factor analysis	32
Climate change and variability awareness and livelihood adaptive strategies among smallholder farmers in semi-arid northern Ghana	31
Socioeconomic determinants of climate change adaptations in the flood-prone rural community of Indus Basin, Pakistan	31
Does hydropower energy help to reduce CO2 emissions in European Union countries? evidence from quantile estimation	31
Cooperation or competition? State environmental relations and the SDGs agenda in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region	27
How does digital finance affect environmental total factor productivity: A comprehensive analysis based on econometric model	26
Can green finance improve China's haze pollution reduction? The role of energy efficiency	26
Modeling adaptation policies to increase the synergies of the water-climate-agriculture nexus under climate change	26
The living marine resources in the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem	24

Food-energy-water security in sub-Saharan Africa: Quantitative and spatial assessments using an indicator-based approach	24
Towards weather and climate services that integrate indigenous and scientific forecasts to improve forecast reliability and acceptability in Ghana	22
Evolutionary game analysis of strategic interaction of environmental regulation among local governments	21
Recent advancement and applications of biochar technology as a multifunctional component towards sustainable environment	21
Farmers’ maladaptation: Eroding sustainable development, rebounding and shifting vulnerability in smallholder agriculture system	21
Fisheries yields, climate change, and ecosystem-based management of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem	20
Putting the Ecosystem Services idea at work: Applications on impact assessment and territorial planning	20
Topography intensifies variations in the effect of human activities on forest NPP across altitude and slope gradients	20
Ecological conservation pattern based on ecosystem services in the Qilian Mountains, northwest China	20
Contribution to low-carbon cement studies: Effects of silica fume, fly ash, sugarcane bagasse ash and acai stone ash incorporation in quaternary blended limestone-calcined clay cement concretes	19
Fisheries of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem: From capture to trade with a consideration of migratory fisheries	19
Green development level, resource utilization, and ecological protection across China from 2006 to 2017: Based on the national standard indicator system	19
Kyoto Protocol and global value chains: Trade effects of an international environmental policy	19
Do ecosystem insecurity and social vulnerability lead to failure of water security?	19
Recent trends in the fire dynamics in Brazilian Legal Amazon: Interaction between the ENSO phenomenon, climate and land use	18
The law is spider's web: An assessment of illegal deforestation in the Argentine Dry Chaco ten years after the enactment of the “Forest Law”	18
The stock-flow-service nexus of personal mobility in an urban context: Vienna, Austria	18
Geomorphological regional mapping for environmental planning in developing countries	17
Final consumer embedded carbon emissions and externalities: A case of Chinese consumers	17
Comparative production of fisheries yields and ecosystem overfishing in African Large Marine Ecosystems	16
Could community science drive environmental management in Nigeria's degrading coastal Niger delta? Prospects and challenges	16
Assessing the value of forest resources to rural households: A case of forest-fringe communities in the Northern Region of Ghana	16
Assessment of land use and climate change effects on hydrology in the upper Siem Reap River and Angkor Temple Complex, Cambodia	16
Life cycle assessment (LCA) in the olive oil value chain: A descriptive review	15
Valuation of coastal ecosystem services in the Large Marine Ecosystems of Africa	15
Analyzing water policy impacts on vulnerability: Cases across the rural-urban continuum in the arid Americas	15
Eco-efficiency measurement as an approach to improve the sustainable development of municipalities: A case study in the Midwest of Brazil	15
Pursuing sustainable development goals: A review of renewable energy and poverty alleviation nexus	15
The limits of livelihood diversification and sustainable household well-being, evidence from China	15
Predicting recycling intention in New York state: The impact of cognitive and social factors	15
Trends in sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a in the seven African Large Marine Ecosystems	14
Marine Spatial Planning in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem	14
Semantic network analysis of sustainable development goals to quantitatively measure their interactions	14
Approach on water-energy-food (WEF) nexus and climate change: A tool in decision-making processes	14
Circular economy and the resource nexus: Realignment and progress towards sustainable development in Saudi Arabia	14
Prospects for treated wastewater reuse in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic analysis and decision-making trees for diverse management approaches	14
Using radical terraces for erosion control and water quality improvement in Rwanda: A case study in Sebeya catchment	13
Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent – What is changing, and what are our options?	13
Livelihood resilience of vulnerable groups in the face of climate change: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Spatio-temporal evolution of the social-ecological landscape resilience and management zoning in the loess hill and gully region of China	13
Sensitivity analysis of trends in environmental education in schools and its implications in the built environment	13
Effects of cumulative energy aid projects on renewable energy generation capacity	13
Socio-economic determinants of land use and land cover change in South-Kivu wetlands, eastern D.R. Congo: Case study of Hogola and Chisheke wetlands	13
Coping with environmental hazards and shocks in Kiribati: Experiences of climate change by atoll communities in the Equatorial Pacific	13
Explaining environmental performance: Insights for progress on sustainability	13
Smallholder farmers’ perceptions and knowledge on climate variability and perceived effects in vulnerable rural communities in the Offinso Municipality, Ghana	12
Livelihood sustainability of rural households in adapting to environmental changes: An empirical analysis of ecological shrimp aquaculture model in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta	12
Forest co-management in the Sundarban mangrove forest: Impacts of women's participation on their livelihoods and sustainable forest resource conservation	12
Predicting environmental sustainability performances of firms using trigonometric grey prediction model	12
Setting priorities to achieve Sustainable Development Goals through appropriate waste management systems in Uganda	12

Participatory and rapid vulnerability assessments to support adaptation planning in small-scale fishing communities of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem	12
Stakeholder analysis and prioritization of management measures for a sustainable development in the social-ecological system of the Mar Menor (SE, Spain)	11
An index-based approach to assess the vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to aridity and drought in the Danube Delta, Romania	11
A systematic literature review on public participation in decision-making for local authority planning: A decade of progress and challenges	11
Globalisation's impact on the environment's quality: Does the proliferation of information and communication technologies services matter? An empirical exploration	11
The coordinated relationship among industrialization, environmental carrying capacity and green infrastructure: A comparative research of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China	11
Identifying intrinsic drivers to changes in riparian ecosystem services by using PSR framework: A case study of the Grand Canal in Jiangsu, China	10
Classification modeling of intention to donate for victims of Typhoon Odette using deep learning neural network	10
An integrated methodology for assessment of drinking-water quality in low-income settings	10
Forecasting and the influence of socioeconomic factors on municipal solid waste generation: A literature review	10
Contested novel ecosystems: Socio-ecological processes and evidence from Italy	10
Areas of the Terai Arc landscape in Nepal at risk of forest fire identified by fuzzy analytic hierarchy process	10
Ex ante mapping of favorable zones for uptake of climate-smart agricultural practices: A case study in West Africa	10
The impact of climate change on economic growth: Evidence from a panel of Asian countries	10
Political construction of carbon pricing: Experience from New Zealand emissions trading scheme	10
Study on the spatial changes in land use and landscape patterns and their effects on ecosystem services in Ghana, West Africa	9
Economic valuation of restoring and conserving ecosystem services of Indian Sundarbans	9
Assessment of the natural flow regime and its variability in a tributary of Ganga River: Impact of land use and land cover change	9
Domestic water poverty in a semi-arid district of eastern India: Multiple dimensions, regional pattern, and association with human development	9
Distribution patterns of lake-wetland cultural ecosystem services in highland	9
Modeling the impacts of water-land allocation alternatives on food security and agricultural livelihoods in Egypt: Welfare analysis approach	9
Assessment of regional environmental quality using cluster analysis	9
The influence of ore grade decline on energy consumption and GhG emissions: The case of gold	9
Nitrogen emissions in Latin America: A conceptual framework of drivers, impacts, and policy responses	9
Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of social media on awareness' socio-environmental and sustainable consumption: Consolidating lessons from the pandemic	9
Dialogic science-policy networks for water security governance in the arid Americas	9