OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Climate is 55. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Net impact of London Strand-Aldwych pedestrianisation project on air quality and noise	182
Climate policy and inequality in urban areas: Beyond incomes	148
Assessment of the TsHARP method for spatial downscaling of land surface temperature over urban regions	148
Understanding heat exposure risks and adaptation behaviors among elderly Asian communities in New York City	143
Predicting environmental pollutants in the apartment public space: Evaluating the impact of spatial enclosure and monitoring locations	141
Does the spatial configuration of urban parks matter in ameliorating extreme heat?	128
Measuring shaded bike lanes for heat stress mitigation with deep learning: A case study in Amsterdam, Netherlands	123
Land-surface-physics-based downscaling versus conventional dynamical downscaling for high-resolution urban climate change information: The case study of two cities	113
“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”	110
Estimating urban PM2.5 concentration: An analysis on the nonlinear effects of explanatory variables based on gradient boosted regression tree	102
Urban heat and pollution island in the Moscow megacity: Urban environmental compartments and their interactions	100
Tropospheric ozone variability in Delhi during pre & post monsoon periods: Decoding influence of seasonal variation, diurnal variation, short-range and long-range transport	99
Correspondence between urbanization and surface wind in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Observations and idealized large-eddy simulation	99
Exploring socio-environmental effects on community health in Edmonton, Canada to understand older adult and immigrant risk in a changing climate	95
Health-centred climate adaptation: Insights from local governments in western Sydney, Australia	94
Outdoor ventilation evaluation and optimization based on spatial morphology analysis in Macau	91
Assessing the influence of urban scene characteristics on urban heat island: An interpretable machine learning approach in New York City	90
The independent and joint effects of meteorological factors on influenza: A nationwide time series study in China	90
The divergent effects of spatial structure of urban agglomerations on carbon emission reduction capacity	81
Community perceptions of flood risks and their attributes: A case study of rural communities of Khipro, District Sanghar, Pakistan	81
Assessing urban heat island intensity and emissions with compressed natural gas in non-commercial vehicles	80
Impact of refined 2D/3D urban morphology on hourly air temperature across different spatial scales in a snow climate city	77
Derivation of nonstationary rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves considering the impacts of climate change and urbanization	76
The study of enhancing urban flood management for riverless cities with high external runoff intrusion characteristics	75
Energy savings in buildings applying ASHRAE 55 and regional adaptive thermal comfort models	75

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission interferes with real-time regulatory monitoring of ozone in urban atmosphere	72
Climate change transformation in built environments – A policy instrument framework	70
Introducing evaporating water channels in urban canyons: Assessment of ventilation and thermal effects through Large-Eddy Simulation	69
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	68
Mitigating urban heat stress through green infrastructure: A climate service approach	67
The influences of 2D/3D urban morphology on land surface temperature at the block scale in Chinese megacities	67
A geospatial-based framework for rapid simulation of storm-induced flooding and comprehensive risk assessment leveraging GWDD and fuzzy-SWARA	66
Assessment of key air pollutants in an eastern Indian urban area: Levels, characteristics, and risk assessment	66
Evaluating inter-site similarity and model transferability for machine learning prediction of CO2 and CH4 concentrations across urban typologies	66
Integrating urban-rural gradient differences into regional climate resilience governance: Insights from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, China	66
Do hot temperatures reduce health-related quality of life among inpatients? A 10-year population-based survey using EQ-5D-5L in Hong Kong	65
Source apportionment of PM2.5 before and after COVID-19 lockdown in an urban-industrial area of the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal	65
Resilient urbanization assessment framework: A new perspective on urban resilience	64
Spatial-temporal evolution of urban form resilience to climate disturbance in adaptive cycle: A case study of Changchun city	63
Collaborative scenario building: Engaging stakeholders to unravel opportunities for urban adaptation planning	62
Ventilation analysis of urban functional zoning based on circuit model in Guangzhou in winter, China	62
Climate-resilient urban housing in sub-Saharan Africa: A decision support framework integrating cultural behavior modeling with multi-objective optimization	61
Assessing microclimate and solar potential in courtyard morphologies: A comparative study of European urban blocks	61
Investigation of air-conditioning anthropogenic heat dissipation and thermal discomfort in street canyons toward sustainable urban cooling	61
Analysis of decoupling between CO2 emissions and economic growth in China's provincial capital cities: A Tapio model approach	61
Comparative evaluation of LULC classification methods and urban expansion simulation using CA-Markov in Hyderabad, Sindh (1990–2050)	59
Interpretable machine learning reveals nonlinear green space cooling across urban density zones: A multidimensional study in Wuhan	59
Integrating nature-based solutions into heritage-sensitive flood risk management: A case study of Liwan District, Guangzhou	58
Landscape patterns and diurnal thermal effects of golf courses in urban and suburban settings	58
Comparing universal thermal climate index (UTCI) with selected thermal indices to evaluate outdoor thermal comfort in traditional courtyards with BWh climate	57
The synergistic effects of urbanization and an extreme heatwave event on urban thermal environment in Paris	57
Heavy metal pollution in groundwater of urban Delhi environs: Pollution indices and health risk assessment	56
Impact of trees with varying size on street canyon flow under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions using water channel PIV measurements	56
Effective street tree and grass designs to cool European neighbourhoods	56
The risk management tools'role for urban infrastructure resilience building	55