OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Climate is 42. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of lockdown on air quality over major cities across the globe during COVID-19 pandemic	141
Are urban water bodies really cooling?	102
Investigating the diversity of land surface temperature characteristics in different scale cities based on local climate zones	100
Land use/land cover change and its impact on surface urban heat island and urban thermal comfort in a metropolitan city	93
A multi-layer urban canopy meteorological model with trees (BEP-Tree): Street tree impacts on pedestrian-level climate	86
Examining the nexus between land surface temperature and urban growth in Chattogram Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh using long term Landsat series data	84
Spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of haze and pollution particles in China based on spatial statistics	79
Combined nonlinear effects of urbanization and economic growth on CO2 emissions in Malaysia. An application of QARDL and KRLS	79
The evaluation on artificial neural networks (ANN) and multiple linear regressions (MLR) models for predicting SO2 concentration	78
Simulation and design of joint distribution of rainfall and tide level in Wuchengxiyu Region,China	76
Modeling mean radiant temperature in outdoor spaces, A comparative numerical simulation and validation study	74
Review of urban computing in air quality management as smart city service: An integrated IoT, AI, and cloud technology perspective	72
Smog prediction based on the deep belief - BP neural network model (DBN-BP)	72
Influences of joint action of natural and social factors on atmospheric process of hydrological cycle in Inner Mongolia, China	71
Impact of the wind conditions on COVID-19 pandemic: A new insight for direction of the spread of the virus	68
Non-linear relationship between urbanization paths and CO2 emissions: A case of South, South-East and East Asian economies	65
Predict the effect of meteorological factors on haze using BP neural network	62
Statistical analysis of regional air temperature characteristics before and after dam construction	60
Intersectional climate justice: A conceptual pathway for bridging adaptation planning, transformative action, and social equity	58
Rapid urbanization and climate change significantly contribute to worsening urban human thermal comfort: A national 183-city, 26-year study in China	56
Trend of extreme rainfall events using suitable Global Circulation Model to combat the water logging condition in Kolkata Metropolitan Area	56
Assessing urban heat islands and thermal comfort in Noida City using geospatial technology	52
Multi-directional temporal convolutional artificial neural network for PM2.5 forecasting with missing values: A deep learning approach	51
The heat-health nexus in the urban context: A systematic literature review exploring the socio-economic vulnerabilities and built environment characteristics	51
The effects of land use on spatial pattern of urban green spaces and their cooling ability	50

Disaster management cycle and its application for flood risk reduction in urban areas of Pakistan	50
Assessing the relationship between local climatic zones (LCZs) and land surface temperature (LST) – A case study of Sriniketan-Santiniketan Planning Area (SSPA), West Bengal, India	50
Assessing the role of SuDS in resilience enhancement of urban drainage system: A case study of Gurugram City, India	49
Impervious surface growth and its inter-relationship with vegetation cover and land surface temperature in peri-urban areas of Delhi	49
Understanding the seasonal variations of land surface temperature in Nanjing urban area based on local climate zone	48
Land use optimization research based on FLUS model and ecosystem services–setting Jinan City as an example	48
Impact of urban expansion on land surface temperature and carbon emissions using machine learning algorithms in Wuhan, China	48
Evaluating the role of the albedo of material and vegetation scenarios along the urban street canyon for improving pedestrian thermal comfort outdoors	48
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of urban land area and PM2.5 concentration in China	48
Enrichment of road dust particles and adjacent environments with metals and metalloids in eastern Moscow	48
Policy innovation in low carbon pilot cities: lessons learned from China	47
Heavy metal pollution in groundwater of urban Delhi environs: Pollution indices and health risk assessment	46
Local climate zones in five southern European cities: An improved GIS-based classification method based on Copernicus data	45
Economic agglomeration and emissions reduction: Does high agglomeration in China's urban clusters lead to higher carbon intensity?	44
Climate change adaptation in Indian cities: A review of existing actions and spaces for triple wins	43
NO2 levels after the COVID-19 lockdown in Ecuador: A trade-off between environment and human health	42
Effects of landscape composition and patterns on land surface temperature: Urban heat island case study for Nigde, Turkey	42
Modelling approach for carbon emissions, energy consumption and economic growth: A systematic review	42
Characterization, seasonal variation, source apportionment and health risk assessment of black carbon over an urban region of East India	42