OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Regional Studies is 29. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Transcending borders: conceptualising and empirically grasping individual readiness in cross-border collaboration in the Dutch–German borderland	148
Place leadership through local planning: integrating urban design and economic development	101
Geographical and organised proximities influencing circular economy practices: the closer partners, the better?	88
Regional studies and frugal innovation: a missing link?	63
Identifying Brazilian functional regions: a network approach, 1980–2010	62
Making the Ontario craft beer market	59
Coping with extreme events: on solving decentralised budgetary crises	55
Place-based public investment in regional infrastructure, the locational choice of firms and regional performance: the case of India	53
Studying human agency in regional development	52
Regional innovation impact of universities	50
EU Cohesion Policy: A multidisciplinary approach	48
The financialization of urban development and urban labour productivity: evidence from China	48
Does urban polycentricity contribute to regional economic growth? Empirical evidence from a panel of Chinese urban regions	47
Learning from place-based flood prevention policies: a realist approach	46
Regional artificial intelligence and the geography of environmental technologies: does local AI knowledge help regional green-tech specialization?	45
Cultural proximity and interregional industrial linkages: knowledge diffusion or transaction costs?	43
Generalised morality and contemporary fertility dynamics across European regions	42
Agglomeration externalities, industry life cycle and firm survival: evidence from Chinese manufacturing start-ups	40
Environmental sustainability in polycentric urban regions: an urban resilience perspective	38
Decentralisation and the governance of extreme events	38
Women in innovative start-ups and regional inclusiveness: ‘green’ and socially-responsible companies	38
Spatial inequalities and wellbeing: A multidisciplinary approach	36
How much does state aid mitigate employment losses? Local policy effects at a time of economic crisis	36
Computational social science in regional analysis and the European real estate market	33
Influence of capital allocation on interregional inequality of public services: differentiated evidence of investment by the government and market in China	31

Work, places and industries in the post-COVID-19 economy	30
The regional economic impacts of the railway gauge muddle in Australia	30
The role of immigrants, emigrants and locals in the historical formation of European knowledge agglomerations	29
Effects of cluster policies on regional inventor networks: evidence from France	29