OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of the American Planning Association is 19. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods: Renaissance and Resurgence	91
Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change	50
The Urban Planning Imagination	46
Necessary Considerations When Framing Urban Heat Resilience as an Infrastructure Issue	43
Just Distribution of Tree Canopy? A Digital Approach to Tree Equity	40
Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems	33
Trophy Cities: A Feminist Perspective on New Capitals	32
Arrested Mobility: Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement	30
Aesthetics of Gentrification: Seductive Spaces and Exclusive Communities in the Neoliberal City	29
Navigating Forward: Sustaining and Enhancing JAPA ’s Legacy of Impact	27
Centennial Reflections: A Century of Shaping Tomorrow’s Cities	26
Spent Behind the Wheel: Drivers’ Labor in the Uber Economy	25
Advancing Pedestrian Models: A Comparative Review and Vision for the Future	24
Cases of a “Not so New” Suburban Reality in the United States *Liberty Road: Black Middle-Class Suburbs and the Battle Between Civil Rights and Neoliberalism*	21
Digital Technology Use and Future Expectations	21
Replumbing the City: Water Management as Climate Adaptation in Los Angeles	21
The Changing American Neighborhood: The Meaning of Place in the Twenty-First Century The Changing American Neighborhood Alan Mallach and T	20
Homeownership and the White–Black Wealth Gap	19
A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences	19
Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power, and Repression under Gentrification	19