OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cities is 56. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Political and cultural memory in urban space: Public naming practices in Northern Cyprus	432
Determinants of the level of informality amongst female street food vendors in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from two regions in Ghana	365
Unveiling the dynamics and determinants of world city network: Insights from global airline data	191
Do the developers need government assistance? The effect of TIF policy on affordable housing construction budgets	167
The attraction gradient of urban functions: How does functional mix at multiple scales predict urban vitality	156
Cork City, Ireland: A blueprint for transformation in second-tier urban centres	142
Urban planning responses to the tweaking of approved residential subdivisions by developers in urban Ghana: Case of Kodiekrom, Kumasi	142
Does COVID-19 lockdown restriction reduce graduate mobility intentions in China? Learning from high frequency job searching behaviors	138
Block clubs and crime in Chicago: The transplant hypothesis	134
Pandemic urban citizenship: Cities, migrants, and Covid-19 crisis. Introduction to the special issue	134
Relationship between POI configurations and environmental benefits of dockless bike-sharing system: A case study of Shenzhen	131
US cities' permitting or restriction of housing development	128
Editorial Board	126
An investigation into the health related quality of life (HRQoL) of older women living in nursing homes in Iran with particular reference to physical activity	122
Editorial Board	122
How do urban function and development level effect construction level of green infrastructure? A case study of 110 built-up areas of cities in the Yangtze River Economic Zone	120
Times and spaces of crime in the Historic Centre of Porto: Evidence from official data	116
Exploring the role of the counties in preventing financial exclusion in population shrinking territories	112
Local responses to climate change: Navigating mainstreaming and transformative adaptation	105
Parametric, semiparametric and nonparametric models of urban growth	98
Intra-urban relocation patterns and correlation with built environment factors of population by age groups: A case study of Wuhan	95
Mega-mall, global city and social issues of our times the case of Europacity in Paris	88
Joint optimal pricing strategy of shared autonomous vehicles and road congestion pricing: A regional accessibility perspective	86
Exploring the impact of under-reported cases on the COVID-19 spatiotemporal distributions using healthcare workers infection data	86
Household characteristics or neighborhood conditions? Exploring the determinants of housing spells among U.S. public housing residents	82

Exploring the linkage between the neighbourhood environment and mental well-being: Mediating roles of stress, physical activity, and neighbourhood satisfaction	80
Do immigrants build regional resilience? An analysis of U.S. regions from 1980 to 2010	78
The effect of a multi-school zoning policy on the capitalization of educational resources: A quasi-natural experiment in Beijing	76
Investigating the socio-spatial relations of the built environment using the Space Syntax analysis – A case study of Tirana City	75
Economic impacts of shopping malls: The Accra (Ghana) case study	75
The theory and praxis of mixed-use development - An integrative literature review	73
Perceptions on barriers and opportunities for integrating urban agri-green roofs: A European Mediterranean compact city case	71
After moving back to the nest: The heterogeneous effect of returning to parental home on the employment outcomes by income group	70
Economic opportunities for creating smart cities in Poland. Does wealth matter?	69
Denser habitats: A longitudinal study of the impacts of residential density on objective and perceived neighbourhood amenity in Brisbane, Australia	68
Key predictors of greenhouse gas emissions for cities committing to mitigate and adapt to climate change	67
Evolution of China's intercity venture capital network: Preferential attachment vs. path dependence	67
Innovative initiatives to improve access to education in urban slums: A critical review of mobile school education programs	65
Reconciling data-driven crime analysis with human-centered algorithms	65
Revealing non-work travel patterns under the influence of multiple actors: An integrated geospatial agent-based approach	65
A key to urban economic growth or an unnecessary burden? Opening airports in small and medium-sized cities	63
Spatial concentration of gambling opportunities: An urban scale perspective	63
Developing circular cities in emerging economies: Investigating circular economy initiatives in the urban food system of two Indonesian cities	62
Assessing energy efficiency at urban scale through the use of energy performance certificates: An application in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy	61
Multi-scenario urban growth boundaries and trade-offs among land use functions	60
Public preferences for government supply of public open space: A neo-institutional economic and lifecycle governance perspective	60
Does compact city shape matter to residents' happiness?	60
Kunz and post-communist geographies of urban poverty in Romania	59
Measuring urban shrinkage in India using night-light data from DMSP-OLS and VIIRS-NPP satellite sensors	59
Nighttime light derived assessment of regional inequality of socioeconomic development across Taiwan Strait since the 21st century	59
How does commuting influence time use and domain and life satisfaction? Evidence from dual-earner couples with school-age children in a small Chinese city	58
Pedaling through the cityscape: Unveiling the association of urban environment and cycling volume through street view imagery analysis	58
Examining the non-linear association between the built environment around residence and the risk of obesity among children and adolescents at different school stages in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China	58
Unveiling citizen-government interactions in urban renewal in China: Spontaneous online opinions, reginal characteristics, and government responsiveness	57
Use of machine learning in understanding transport dynamics of land use and public transportation in a developing city	57
Transmission pattern and city-based network of COVID-19 during sporadic outbreaks	57