OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Climate is 58. 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
Net impact of London Strand-Aldwych pedestrianisation project on air quality and noise	192
Climate policy and inequality in urban areas: Beyond incomes	170
Understanding heat exposure risks and adaptation behaviors among elderly Asian communities in New York City	152
Predicting environmental pollutants in the apartment public space: Evaluating the impact of spatial enclosure and monitoring locations	151
Land-surface-physics-based downscaling versus conventional dynamical downscaling for high-resolution urban climate change information: The case study of two cities	146
Outdoor ventilation evaluation and optimization based on spatial morphology analysis in Macau	145
The independent and joint effects of meteorological factors on influenza: A nationwide time series study in China	132
The divergent effects of spatial structure of urban agglomerations on carbon emission reduction capacity	127
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission interferes with real-time regulatory monitoring of ozone in urban atmosphere	116
Introducing evaporating water channels in urban canyons: Assessment of ventilation and thermal effects through Large-Eddy Simulation	112
Evaluating inter-site similarity and model transferability for machine learning prediction of CO2 and CH4 concentrations across urban typologies	108
Integrating urban-rural gradient differences into regional climate resilience governance: Insights from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, China	106
Assessment of key air pollutants in an eastern Indian urban area: Levels, characteristics, and risk assessment	105
Do hot temperatures reduce health-related quality of life among inpatients? A 10-year population-based survey using EQ-5D-5L in Hong Kong	104
Assessing microclimate and solar potential in courtyard morphologies: A comparative study of European urban blocks	102
Energy savings in buildings applying ASHRAE 55 and regional adaptive thermal comfort models	97
The study of enhancing urban flood management for riverless cities with high external runoff intrusion characteristics	93
Impact of trees with varying size on street canyon flow under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions using water channel PIV measurements	92
Landscape patterns and diurnal thermal effects of golf courses in urban and suburban settings	89
Tropospheric ozone variability in Delhi during pre & post monsoon periods: Decoding influence of seasonal variation, diurnal variation, short-range and long-range transport	89
“Investigating and mapping day-night urban heat island and its driving factors using Sentinel/MODIS data and Google Earth Engine. Case study: Greater Cairo, Egypt”	86
Collaborative scenario building: Engaging stakeholders to unravel opportunities for urban adaptation planning	86
A geospatial-based framework for rapid simulation of storm-induced flooding and comprehensive risk assessment leveraging GWDD and fuzzy-SWARA	83
Street-scale traffic emission inventory derived from GeoVideo and coupled WRF/Chem–MUNICH modelling for urban air quality management: A case study in Kaifeng, China	82
Mitigating urban heat stress through green infrastructure: A climate service approach	81

Health-centred climate adaptation: Insights from local governments in western Sydney, Australia	75
Impact of refined 2D/3D urban morphology on hourly air temperature across different spatial scales in a snow climate city	74
Measuring shaded bike lanes for heat stress mitigation with deep learning: A case study in Amsterdam, Netherlands	73
Assessment of the TsHARP method for spatial downscaling of land surface temperature over urban regions	73
Urban heat and pollution island in the Moscow megacity: Urban environmental compartments and their interactions	71
Correspondence between urbanization and surface wind in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Observations and idealized large-eddy simulation	70
Assessing urban heat island intensity and emissions with compressed natural gas in non-commercial vehicles	70
Source apportionment of PM2.5 before and after COVID-19 lockdown in an urban-industrial area of the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal	70
Derivation of nonstationary rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves considering the impacts of climate change and urbanization	70
Climate-resilient urban housing in sub-Saharan Africa: A decision support framework integrating cultural behavior modeling with multi-objective optimization	69
Interpretable machine learning reveals nonlinear green space cooling across urban density zones: A multidimensional study in Wuhan	69
Comparative evaluation of LULC classification methods and urban expansion simulation using CA-Markov in Hyderabad, Sindh (1990–2050)	68
Assessing the impact of urban climate anomalies and exogenous drivers on human development	66
Analysis of decoupling between CO2 emissions and economic growth in China's provincial capital cities: A Tapio model approach	65
Resilient urbanization assessment framework: A new perspective on urban resilience	65
Integrating nature-based solutions into heritage-sensitive flood risk management: A case study of Liwan District, Guangzhou	65
Effective street tree and grass designs to cool European neighbourhoods	64
The synergistic effects of urbanization and an extreme heatwave event on urban thermal environment in Paris	64
Does the spatial configuration of urban parks matter in ameliorating extreme heat?	64
Do wetland parks outperform conventional urban parks in cooling? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in Wuhan, China	63
Assessing the influence of urban scene characteristics on urban heat island: An interpretable machine learning approach in New York City	63
Spatial-temporal evolution of urban form resilience to climate disturbance in adaptive cycle: A case study of Changchun city	63
Comparing universal thermal climate index (UTCI) with selected thermal indices to evaluate outdoor thermal comfort in traditional courtyards with BWh climate	63
Drought, heatwave, and fires: The impact on air quality during São Paulo's record-breaking fire season in 2024	61
Ventilation analysis of urban functional zoning based on circuit model in Guangzhou in winter, China	60
The influences of 2D/3D urban morphology on land surface temperature at the block scale in Chinese megacities	59
Investigation of air-conditioning anthropogenic heat dissipation and thermal discomfort in street canyons toward sustainable urban cooling	59
Heavy metal pollution in groundwater of urban Delhi environs: Pollution indices and health risk assessment	59
Climate change transformation in built environments – A policy instrument framework	59
Community perceptions of flood risks and their attributes: A case study of rural communities of Khipro, District Sanghar, Pakistan	59
Quantitative analysis and evaluation of rainwater absorption and thermal environment for residential design plan with consideration of LID strategies	58
Dual carbon and sulfur isotopes as tracers of PM1 pollution sources after COVID-19 confinement in Vilnius, Lithuania	58
Street-level surface and air temperatures in the Urban Center of Málaga, Spain	58