OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Climate is 45. 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
Impact of lockdown on air quality over major cities across the globe during COVID-19 pandemic	154
Land use/land cover change and its impact on surface urban heat island and urban thermal comfort in a metropolitan city	116
Investigating the diversity of land surface temperature characteristics in different scale cities based on local climate zones	110
Intersectional climate justice: A conceptual pathway for bridging adaptation planning, transformative action, and social equity	96
The evaluation on artificial neural networks (ANN) and multiple linear regressions (MLR) models for predicting SO2 concentration	95
Combined nonlinear effects of urbanization and economic growth on CO2 emissions in Malaysia. An application of QARDL and KRLS	92
Review of urban computing in air quality management as smart city service: An integrated IoT, AI, and cloud technology perspective	90
Predict the effect of meteorological factors on haze using BP neural network	85
Spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of haze and pollution particles in China based on spatial statistics	85
Simulation and design of joint distribution of rainfall and tide level in Wuchengxiyu Region,China	81
Smog prediction based on the deep belief - BP neural network model (DBN-BP)	81
Impact of the wind conditions on COVID-19 pandemic: A new insight for direction of the spread of the virus	75
Influences of joint action of natural and social factors on atmospheric process of hydrological cycle in Inner Mongolia, China	75
Rapid urbanization and climate change significantly contribute to worsening urban human thermal comfort: A national 183-city, 26-year study in China	74
Non-linear relationship between urbanization paths and CO2 emissions: A case of South, South-East and East Asian economies	72
Impact of urban expansion on land surface temperature and carbon emissions using machine learning algorithms in Wuhan, China	69
Evaluating the role of the albedo of material and vegetation scenarios along the urban street canyon for improving pedestrian thermal comfort outdoors	67
Assessing urban heat islands and thermal comfort in Noida City using geospatial technology	66
Impervious surface growth and its inter-relationship with vegetation cover and land surface temperature in peri-urban areas of Delhi	66
Heavy metal pollution in groundwater of urban Delhi environs: Pollution indices and health risk assessment	65
Assessing the role of SuDS in resilience enhancement of urban drainage system: A case study of Gurugram City, India	63
Statistical analysis of regional air temperature characteristics before and after dam construction	61
The heat-health nexus in the urban context: A systematic literature review exploring the socio-economic vulnerabilities and built environment characteristics	60
The effects of land use on spatial pattern of urban green spaces and their cooling ability	60
Policy innovation in low carbon pilot cities: lessons learned from China	59

Disaster management cycle and its application for flood risk reduction in urban areas of Pakistan	59
Machine learning algorithm based prediction of land use land cover and land surface temperature changes to characterize the surface urban heat island phenomena over Ahmedabad city, India	59
Land use optimization research based on FLUS model and ecosystem services–setting Jinan City as an example	58
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of urban land area and PM2.5 concentration in China	57
Multi-directional temporal convolutional artificial neural network for PM2.5 forecasting with missing values: A deep learning approach	57
Economic agglomeration and emissions reduction: Does high agglomeration in China's urban clusters lead to higher carbon intensity?	57
Urban form, land use, and cover change and their impact on carbon emissions in the Monterrey Metropolitan area, Mexico	57
Evaluation of the effect of geographical parameters on the formation of the land surface temperature by applying OLS and GWR, A case study Shiraz City, Iran	52
Climate change adaptation in Indian cities: A review of existing actions and spaces for triple wins	52
Effects of landscape composition and patterns on land surface temperature: Urban heat island case study for Nigde, Turkey	50
The use of local climate zones in the urban environment: A systematic review of data sources, methods, and themes	50
Characterization, seasonal variation, source apportionment and health risk assessment of black carbon over an urban region of East India	49
Is Urban Heat Island intensity higher during hot spells and heat waves (Dijon, France, 2014–2019)?	49
An integrated indicator-based approach for constructing an urban flood vulnerability index as an urban decision-making tool using the PCA and AHP techniques: A case study of Alexandria, Egypt	49
A review of the inter-correlation of climate change, air pollution and urban sustainability using novel machine learning algorithms and spatial information science	49
Modelling approach for carbon emissions, energy consumption and economic growth: A systematic review	49
Experimental study of urban microclimate on scaled street canyons with various aspect ratios	48
Assessment methods of urban microclimate and its parameters: A critical review to take the research from lab to land	46
Impacts of urbanization on extreme precipitation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area	46
NO2 levels after the COVID-19 lockdown in Ecuador: A trade-off between environment and human health	46
Urban microclimate and its impact on building performance: A case study of San Francisco	45
Urban heat island mitigation in Singapore: Evaluation using WRF/multilayer urban canopy model and local climate zones	45
Surface and canopy urban heat islands: Does urban morphology result in the spatiotemporal differences?	45