OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of South African Geographical Journal is 1. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Drought and its impacts on small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: a review	30
Mapping the impacts of cyclone Idai in Mozambique using Sentinel-2 and OBIA approach	21
Trend analysis of long-term rainfall and temperature data for Ethiopia	15
Gully erosion susceptibility modelling to support avoided degradation planning	13
Broken bridges over troubled waters: COVID-19 and the urban poor residing in Dinaweng informal settlement, Bloemfontein, South Africa	10
Use of multispectral satellite data to assess impacts of land management practices on wetlands in the Limpopo Transfrontier River Basin, South Africa	10
Extreme Temperature Events (ETEs) in South Africa: a review	8
Using land cover, population, and night light data to assess urban expansion in Kimberley, South Africa	8
Earth science research on Marion Island (1996–2020): a synthesis and new findings	8
Integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Geographical Information System in mapping flood vulnerability in informal settlements in a South African context: a critical review	7
Towards quantifying climate suitability for Zimbabwean nature-based tourism	7
Impact of agricultural finance on technology adoption, agricultural productivity and rural household economic wellbeing in Ghana: a case study of rice farmers in Shai-Osudoku District	6
National health insurance in the face of COVID-19: urban tendencies in South Africa	6
A new flood chronology for KwaZulu-Natal (1836–2022): the April 2022 Durban floods in historical context	6
Development of cosmogenic nuclide capabilities in South Africa and applications in Southern African geomorphology	6
Development or destruction? Impacts of mining on the environment and rural livelihoods at Connemara Mine, Zimbabwe	5
A closer look at mineral aerosol emissions from the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana, using automated SEM-EDS (QEMSCAN®)	4
Nature-based solutions for coastal resilience in South Africa	4
Sensitivity of a standard Land Use Cover change cellular automata model to resample input Land Use Cover maps	4
Invasiveness of biofuel crops: implications for energy research and policy in Botswana	4
Erosion studies on Mauritius: overview and research opportunities	4
Exploring the concept of place in the literature on smallholder farmers and climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Investigating waste separation at source behaviour among South African households: the case of Abaqulusi Local Municipality	3
Knowledge of and attitudes towards Sustainable Development Goals among adults in South Africa	3
Blurring the boundaries between ‘urban’ and ‘rural’: oral route directions and the invention of street names in Ulco and Delportshoop	3

Explaining land size demand among potential emerging farmers in South Africa: what does it mean for land redistribution policy?	3
A review of sediment fingerprinting for erosion hotspot assessment in southern Africa	3
The application of forensic geomorphology in rhinoceros poaching investigations in Africa	3
Spatio-temporal clustering of active wildfire pixels over a 19-year period in a southern African savanna ecosystem of Zimbabwe	2
Domestic waste disposal in a small urban wetland area by Ga-Makanye Community, Limpopo Province, South Africa	2
A century of human geography at Stellenbosch University: Reflections on urban and tourism geography	2
Parks, participation and the Parkrun ‘move-ment’ in South Africa	2
Birdwatching in a southern African context: explaining highlights on bird lists	2
Fostering land-sharing scheme as alternative resettlement to the inevitable Old Fadama evictions and challenges in Ghana	2
An easy target: studentification, crime and safety of students in Johannesburg	2
Analysing factors influencing fire frequency in Hwange National Park	2
Google trends and water conservation awareness: the internet’s contribution in South Africa	2
Role of citizen participation in local development planning in Murewa district	2
Determinants of potential land reform beneficiaries’ willingness to relocate from their former homeland homestead farms to commercial farms	2
Spatiotemporal pattern of road traffic fatalities in Africa: the effect of economic development	2
Navigating livelihoods in the midst of COVID-19: experiences of women in informal cross-border trading in Accra, Ghana	2
Introduction to reflections on a century of geography at Stellenbosch University	2
The relationship between barchan size and barchan morphology: a case study from Northern Namibia	2
A triangulation approach for assessing and mapping land degradation in the Lepellane catchment of the greater Sekhukhune District, South Africa	2
Small towns as research sites: the impacts of deindustrialisation on urban livelihoods in Norton, Zimbabwe	2
From ‘hydrology of hope’ to ‘hydrology of despair’: a feminist review of Mushandike small-scale irrigation scheme in the semi-arid region of Southern Zimbabwe	1
LiDAR derived shack footprint for the City of Cape Town, South Africa	1
Multispectral remote sensing of potential groundwater dependent vegetation in the greater Floristic region of the Western Cape, South Africa	1
Building neighbourhood-level resilience to crime: the case of Khayelitsha, South Africa	1
A categorization of gated eco-developments in South Africa	1
Can Social Impact Assessments (SIAs) be a sustainable strategy to address the skills development gap and community sustainability challenges in Just Energy Transition (JET) policy decision-making? Evi	1
The ‘contestation of crime’: Using a spatial theory of crime to examine livestock theft among small-scale farmers in Swartruggens, North West province	1
Choosing between environmental conservation and survival: Exploring the link between livelihoods and the natural environment in rural Zimbabwe	1
Understanding students’ environmental perceptions and some of their determinants in Gauteng province: a case study at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa	1
Remotely sensed applications in monitoring the spatio-temporal dynamics of pools and flows along non-perennial rivers: a review	1
Bibliometric analysis on African Urbanization studies: patterns and trends of published articles	1
Conservation corridors and ecological networks in South Africa: shortcomings of environmental legislation and policies	1
Geology and climate: a novel method to estimate indoor radon exposure risk in South Africa	1
A divided schooling system: the spatial nature of secondary education in Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa	1
The geomorphic origin of large wetlands in Africa’s elevated drylands: a Geographic Information System and Earth Observation approach	1
The state of public participation in the EIA process and its role in South Africa: a case of Xolobeni	1
Land tenure conflict and agribusiness development in sub-Saharan Africa	1
The use of the routine activities theory on policing informal settlements in the Global South	1
Investigating the physical infrastructural aspects as determinants of tourism development in South African cities: a case of Mahikeng	1