OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Regional Science is 4. 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
A decision-support framework for industrial green transformation: empirical analysis of the northeast industrial district in China	47
Firm growth in the Portuguese footwear industry: the location dilemma	45
Does private education pay off?	41
Jurisdictional homogeneity and coterminous local government borders: a comparison of counties in New Jersey and New York State	38
Correction to: Urban environmental quality and out-migration intentions	35
How does digital transformation affect the emissions of environmental pollutants? From the perspective of nonlinear nexuses	34
Economic consequences of inland waterway disruptions in the Upper Mississippi River region in a changing climate	30
The shifting relationship between educational attainment and poverty: analysis of seven deep southern states	29
Innovation and regional economic convergence: evidence from China	21
Reexamining a classical question: Does development push migration?	20
Willingness to pay for green buildings post COVID-19 pandemic outbreak: differences between high- and low-income areas and high- and low-price settlements	20
Government employment and local multipliers in Greek municipalities	20
Self-employment career patterns in the Netherlands: exploring individual and regional differences	20
Regional income convergence in Colombia: population, space, and long-run dynamics	18
Do population density, socio-economic ranking and Gini Index of cities influence infection rates from coronavirus? Israel as a case study	18
Modelling health mobility for equity distribution services in the emergency health sector	16
Geographical accessibility to upper secondary education: an Italian regional case study	16
Economic vulnerability in US metropolitan areas	16
How regional economic structure matters in the era of COVID-19: resilience capacity of U.S. states	15
Residential segregation patterns in Istanbul: internal and international migrant profiles	15
What factors contribute to uneven suburbanisation? Predicting the number of migrants from Warsaw to its suburbs with machine learning	14
Income inequality in Italian regions: an empirical study on the mitigating role of organisation-based volunteering	14
Exploring variations in local land use regulations in the U.S.: What matters and at what level?	14
What makes German manufacturing plants move locations?	13
Is Europe prepared to live without emissions? A dynamic analysis of the energy transition in economic sectors	13

The spatial spillover effect of carbon emission trading scheme on green innovation in China’s cities	12
Study on the impact of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway on regional economic equity based on economic performance	12
Entrepreneurship and geography—some thoughts about a complex relationship	12
Remote work and location preferences: a study of post-pandemic trends in Italy	12
The role of employment, labour productivity and trade linkages in the evolution of European regional disparities	12
Labor force diversity and new firm formation	11
The relationship between patriotism and regional identification: a cross-country analysis	11
The role of commuter rail accessibility in the formation of residential land values: exploring spatial heterogeneity in peri-urban and remote areas	11
Social capital and regional innovation in the aftermath of crisis: evidence from Italian provinces	10
Migrations in Spain: econometric models with demographic and economic variables (1950–2021)	10
Employment protection and regional self-employment rates in an economic downturn: a multilevel analysis	9
Simple geographies for complex problems? Revisiting long-term urbanization and settlement population mismatches using elasticity indicators and context-based nonparametric analysis	9
Uneven spatial patterns and disparate socioeconomic impacts of intercity labor mobility in China	8
The impact of 2010–11 Christchurch earthquakes on the individuals’ income by sector and income level	8
Space and technology in catching-up economies: “the city as a laboratory for innovation”	8
Dynamics of collaboration among high-growth firms: results from an agent-based policy simulation	7
Correction to: Jurisdictional homogeneity and coterminous local government borders: a comparison of counties in New Jersey and New York State	7
The impact of short-term rental activity on house prices: evidence from coastal Virginia	7
The role of collaboration and external knowledge for innovation in small food firms	7
Exploring the direct rebound effects for residential electricity demand in urban environments: evidence from Nice	7
An uneven landscape of public services for people of color: identifying endogeneity in the relationship between local race composition and public expenditure	7
Knowledge networks in joint research projects, innovation and economic growth across European regions	6
Entrepreneurial ecosystems in conflict regions: evidence from Ukraine	6
Integrating perspectives for conversations on territory: turning to indigenous knowledge to inform policy and practice	6
Unveiling core-periphery disparities through multidimensional spatial resilience maps	6
Heterogeneous labour market trajectories in the EU: convergence, divergence and stagnation across regions	6
Understanding rural development policies: a proposal for a typology of the seven main policy repertoires in Europe and locally, based on French case studies	6
Uncovering the impact of cultural heritage on economic growth: empirical evidence from Greek regions, 2000–2019	6
The spatial dimension of ageing and growth in European regions	6
The spatiotemporal effects of green fiscal expenditure on low-carbon transition: empirical evidence from china’s low-carbon pilot cities	6
The growth and development of Nordic regional science research 1982–2022: bibliometric evidence from thirteen regional science journals	6
Welfare costs of shopping trips	6
Regional income convergence and conditioning factors in Turkey: revisiting the role of spatial dependence and neighbor effects	6
The emergence of artificial intelligence in European regions: the role of a local ICT base	6
Effects on sectors and regions of a carbon tax increase in Sweden: analysis with an SCGE model	5
Technological, institutional, and geographical peripheries: regional development and risk of poverty in the European regions	5
Intra-city Tiebout: the economic consequences of crossed borders	5
Air pollution and income inequality: a spatial econometric approach	5
Face-to-face contact and university–industry collaboration: evidence from mobile signaling data in Beijing	5
Does intermunicipal cooperation favor higher firm creation? French evidence from a natural experiment	5
Inter-municipal cooperation and public employment: evidence from French municipalities	5
Do municipal mergers internalise spatial spillover effects? empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities	5
Piped water supply and usage and the question of services of general interest: a spatial panel data analysis	5
Ranking the Spanish regions according to their resilience capacity during 1965–2011	5
Introduction to the special issue on the centenary of the birth of Charles M. Tiebout	5
Unveiling urban spatial dynamics in climate and air quality indicators: a local estimation of the environmental Kuznets curve and the impact of green infrastructure	4
Club convergence of regional housing prices in China: evidence from 70 major Cities	4
Welcome to the Punch. Local exposure to refugees and hate events in Italy	4
Cooperation bias in regional policy: Is competition neglected?	4
Climate change, carbon neutrality: the role of spatial economics	4

Analysis of the income effect by the digital divide: focus on Korean farmers	4
Public good provision and progressive income taxation in a spatial economy	4
Spatial machine learning: new opportunities for regional science	4
Green and digital entrepreneurship in smart cities	4
An aggregate approach to estimating quality of life in micropolitan areas	4
Anxiety about the pandemic and trust in financial markets	4
Macroeconomic and environmental consequences of circular economy measures in a small open economy	4
Social and economic determinants of materials recycling and circularity in Europe: an empirical investigation	4