OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Climate is 57. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The study of enhancing urban flood management for riverless cities with high external runoff intrusion characteristics	229
Net impact of London Strand-Aldwych pedestrianisation project on air quality and noise	189
A geospatial-based framework for rapid simulation of storm-induced flooding and comprehensive risk assessment leveraging GWDD and fuzzy-SWARA	157
Feminization of surface temperature: Environmental justice and gender inequality among socioeconomic groups	154
Assessment of the TsHARP method for spatial downscaling of land surface temperature over urban regions	134
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission interferes with real-time regulatory monitoring of ozone in urban atmosphere	129
Collaborative scenario building: Engaging stakeholders to unravel opportunities for urban adaptation planning	113
Land-surface-physics-based downscaling versus conventional dynamical downscaling for high-resolution urban climate change information: The case study of two cities	113
Predicting environmental pollutants in the apartment public space: Evaluating the impact of spatial enclosure and monitoring locations	112
Assessment of pollutant dispersion in deep street canyons under different source positions: Numerical simulation	106
Does the spatial configuration of urban parks matter in ameliorating extreme heat?	104
“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”	102
Urban heat and pollution island in the Moscow megacity: Urban environmental compartments and their interactions	99
Correspondence between urbanization and surface wind in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Observations and idealized large-eddy simulation	98
Tropospheric ozone variability in Delhi during pre & post monsoon periods: Decoding influence of seasonal variation, diurnal variation, short-range and long-range transport	98
Impact of trees with varying size on street canyon flow under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions using water channel PIV measurements	96
Long-term airborne particle pollution assessment in the city of Coyhaique, Patagonia, Chile	92
Exploring socio-environmental effects on community health in Edmonton, Canada to understand older adult and immigrant risk in a changing climate	90
Climate policy and inequality in urban areas: Beyond incomes	88
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 in the metropolitan zone of Mexico Valley: Impact of air quality management programmes	86
The independent and joint effects of meteorological factors on influenza: A nationwide time series study in China	85
Community perceptions of flood risks and their attributes: A case study of rural communities of Khipro, District Sanghar, Pakistan	83
Ventilation analysis of urban functional zoning based on circuit model in Guangzhou in winter, China	83
Introducing evaporating water channels in urban canyons: Assessment of ventilation and thermal effects through Large-Eddy Simulation	81
Outdoor ventilation evaluation and optimization based on spatial morphology analysis in Macau	79

The divergent effects of spatial structure of urban agglomerations on carbon emission reduction capacity	79
Understanding heat exposure risks and adaptation behaviors among elderly Asian communities in New York City	77
Health-centred climate adaptation: Insights from local governments in western Sydney, Australia	76
Spatial-temporal evolution of urban form resilience to climate disturbance in adaptive cycle: A case study of Changchun city	75
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	75
Resilient urbanization assessment framework: A new perspective on urban resilience	75
Climate change transformation in built environments – A policy instrument framework	75
Mitigating urban heat stress through green infrastructure: A climate service approach	75
Derivation of nonstationary rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves considering the impacts of climate change and urbanization	73
Source apportionment of PM2.5 before and after COVID-19 lockdown in an urban-industrial area of the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal	72
Impact of refined 2D/3D urban morphology on hourly air temperature across different spatial scales in a snow climate city	70
Assessing urban heat island intensity and emissions with compressed natural gas in non-commercial vehicles	69
Heavy metal pollution in groundwater of urban Delhi environs: Pollution indices and health risk assessment	68
Effective street tree and grass designs to cool European neighbourhoods	67
Assessing the influence of urban scene characteristics on urban heat island: An interpretable machine learning approach in New York City	67
Comparing universal thermal climate index (UTCI) with selected thermal indices to evaluate outdoor thermal comfort in traditional courtyards with BWh climate	65
Measuring shaded bike lanes for heat stress mitigation with deep learning: A case study in Amsterdam, Netherlands	63
Investigation of air-conditioning anthropogenic heat dissipation and thermal discomfort in street canyons toward sustainable urban cooling	62
Assessing microclimate and solar potential in courtyard morphologies: A comparative study of European urban blocks	62
The influences of 2D/3D urban morphology on land surface temperature at the block scale in Chinese megacities	61
Estimating urban PM2.5 concentration: An analysis on the nonlinear effects of explanatory variables based on gradient boosted regression tree	61
Analysis of decoupling between CO2 emissions and economic growth in China's provincial capital cities: A Tapio model approach	60
Dual carbon and sulfur isotopes as tracers of PM1 pollution sources after COVID-19 confinement in Vilnius, Lithuania	60
Energy savings in buildings applying ASHRAE 55 and regional adaptive thermal comfort models	60
Investigation of landslide hazard areas in the municipality of Cunha (Brazil) and climate projections from 2024 to 2040	60
The synergistic effects of urbanization and an extreme heatwave event on urban thermal environment in Paris	60
Increasing importance of regional emission controls for further reduction of PM2.5 in Beijing	59
Dynamics of water-soluble inorganic ions in Qinhuangdao: Particle size association and influences of environmental conditions	59
Street-level surface and air temperatures in the Urban Center of Málaga, Spain	59
Satellite image analysis of thermal comfort for a sustainable urban ecology of Winneba, Ghana	59
Quantitative analysis and evaluation of rainwater absorption and thermal environment for residential design plan with consideration of LID strategies	58
Air pollution dynamics in Fortaleza, Brazil: Exploring the interplay of traffic and high-rise development	58