OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Sustainable Development 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
Green growth as a pathway toward sustainable development: A systems thinking on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau in China	265
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Sustainable Development in Africa: The Contribution of Chinese Investment and Trade to Environmental Goods	154
The Challenge of Introducing Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation—An Ethnographic Study	147
Corporate board diversity, environmental compliance, and occupational health and safety disclosure for achieving sustainable development goals in an emerging economy	144
An evaluation methodological approach to support the definition of effective urban projects: A case study in the city of Rome (Italy)	132
Macroeconomic Drivers of Sustainable Tourism Development in Bangladesh: An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach	126
Exploring Asia's Sustainable Future: A Panel Causality Analysis of Financial Growth, Technology, and Institutional Quality in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals	126
Evaluating the Potential of Information and Communication Technologies to Increase Aquaculture Sustainability	124
How Do Path Dependencies in Family Farming Affect Behavioural Intentions to Adopt Sustainable Practices? Exploring the Potential of Developing Carbon Farming by Smallholders in Serbia	123
Does industrial sustainable development policy act as a booster for urban economic growth? Evidence from China's eco‐industrial parks	121
Biomimetic Approaches for Renewable Energy and Carbon Neutrality: Advancing Nature‐Inspired Approaches for Sustainable Development	100
Environmental Performance and SDGs: How Do Income Disparity, Urbanization, Resource Consumption, and Female Employers Affect the Ecological Footprint in Emerging Economies?	99
Quantification of systemic importance of SDGs in Asian‐African countries: A network hierarchy analysis	96
Microplastics in global rivers: Sustainable practices	91
Environmental sustainable development through modeling and ranking of influential factors of reference groups on consumer behavior of green products: The case of Iran	88
Ecological and social poverty traps: Complex interactions moving toward sustainable development	86
Tourism development level and tourism eco‐efficiency: Exploring the role of environmental regulations in sustainable development	85
Assessing the influence of research quality on policy citations: Quantitative analysis finds non‐academic factors more likely to influence how papers get cited in SDG policy	85
Development sustainability levels in EU countries	83
The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on the Sustainable Development of the Logistics Industry in the Baltic Sea Region	82
Current research trends in child poverty and psychological resilience research: A bibliometric analysis approach	82
Does industry 5.0 model optimize sustainable performance of Agri‐enterprises? Real‐time investigation from the realm of stakeholder theory and domain	81
A Leap Toward Sustainable Consciousness: SCQ‐S Validation for Spanish Adolescents	81

Exploring the relationship between sustainable entrepreneurship and the United Nations sustainable development goals: A comprehensive literature review	75
Extended producer responsibility in e‐waste recycling: A secure path to a sustainable future for UAE	74
Circular Economy Practices in the Hotel Industry: An Urban Destination Versus a Sun and Beach Island Destination	73
Forecasting sustainable development goals scores by 2030 using machine learning models	73
Environmental sustainability in developing countries: Understanding the criticality of financial inclusion and globalization	69
Local resilience for low‐carbon transition in Poland: Frameworks, conditions and opportunities for Central European countries	68
Does sustainable corporate governance have an impact on materiality disclosure quality in integrated reporting? International evidence	68
Fostering sustainable production via the Amazon Fund collaborative platform	66
Financial development and sustainable development: A review of literature	65
Green Innovation and Fiscal Spending: Decoding the Path to Sustainable Development	64
Sustainable practices in hospitality pre and amid COVID‐19 pandemic: Looking back for moving forward post‐COVID‐19	63
Financing methods for solid waste management: A review of typology, classifications, and circular economy implications	62
Non‐state shareholder governance and corporate sustainability: Evidence from environmental, social and governance ratings	62
Do command‐and‐control environmental regulations realize the win‐win of “pollution reduction” and “efficiency improvement” for enterprises? Evidence from China	61
Impact of environmental policies on the profitability of greenhouse agriculture in southeastern Spain	60
Community Social Sustainability: Unpacking the Concept for Urban Governance and Planning	60
Redefining sustainable urban development: A critical analysis in the wake of COVID‐19	58
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Factors Influencing Technology Adoption for Sustainability in Manufacturing Firms: An Empirical Analysis and Literature Review	57
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How ecoefficient is European food consumption? A frontier‐based multiregional input–output analysis	56
Mapping social impacts of agricultural commodity trade onto the sustainable development goals	55
Informality and poverty in Africa: Which comes first?	55
Trending topics and themes in environmental innovation research based on topic modeling	54
Determinants of corporate climate change disclosure: Is the mediating role of corporate strategic response to environmental governance and policy matter? Evidence from emerging market	53
Moving toward sustainable development: Social, economic and environmental value as antecedents of purchase intention in the sustainable crafts sector	53
Symbiosis coordination between industrial development and ecological environment for sustainable development: Theory and evidence	52
I feel and I invest: Social emotions and sustainable investing in Germany and Japan	51
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Gold mining in Ghana and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring community perspectives on social and environmental injustices	49
Realizing environmental sustainability development through the efficiency of Web 3.0 on supply chain resilience	47
Supplier–buyer (in)congruence in environmental management accounting for sustainable development in the context of Japan	47
Environmental education for sustainable development in Bangladesh and its challenges	46
Energy Communities Toward Sustainable Development: The Role of Economic Factors in a Social Analysis	44
Environmental sustainability in South Africa: Understanding the criticality of economic policy uncertainty, fiscal decentralization, and green innovation	43
Measuring regions' vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in China: An application of hybrid assessment approach	43
Advancing Sustainable Development Goal 15: The Role of Corporate Governance Structures and Environmental Regulations in Emerging Economies	42
Exploring the impacts of spatial regulation on environmentally sustainable development: A new perspective of quasi–experimental evaluation based on the National Key Ecological Function Zones in China	42
Climate change and rural livelihoods: The potential of extension programs for sustainable development	41
Financing water investment for global sustainable development: Challenges, innovation, and governance strategies	39
Factors influencing purchase intention for recycled products: A comparative analysis of Germany and South Africa	39
Environmental information disclosure, environmental innovation, and firms' growth performances: The moderating role of media attention	39
Offshore wind energy and fisheries: Sustainable development goals, enterprise practices, and fishermen's perspectives	39
Dynamic Configurations of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Elements for Blended Value Creation	38
Barriers of social sustainability: an improved interpretive structural model of Indian textile and clothing supply chain	38
Empowering Sustainable Production: Firm Governance, Finance Strategies, and Tech‐Innovation in Advancing Circular Economy for SDG 12 in the US, China and Japan	38
Governance, Corruption, Trade Openness, and Innovation: Key Drivers of Green Growth and Sustainable Development in Türkiye	37
A framework for measuring the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 4.2 (Quality Preprimary Education) at the local scale: an empirical study in Nanjing, China	36
Beyond the direct effect of economic growth on child mortality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: does environmental degradation matter?	36
Health insurance uptake, poverty and financial inclusion in the Democratic Republic of Congo	36

A step toward the modern and sustainable agriculture: Evaluating the impact of information and communication technology on cereal production in China	36
Unlocking Africa's Green Potentials for Sustainable Growth: Examining the Role of Renewable Energy Technologies, Biocapacity Protection, and Government Policies on CO₂ Emissions	36
Measuring food systems sustainability in heterogenous countries: The Brazilian multidimensional index updated version applicability	35
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Intellectual property rights protection and sustainable innovation performance: The mediating role of technology spillover	35
Ranking our future: University students' prioritization of Sustainable Development Goals and their connection to nature	35
Leveraging stakeholder engagement for market value growth: Empirical evidence on sustainable development leadership in Europe	35
Trust in Sustainability: Unraveling the CSR‐Performance Nexus Through Organizational Trust and Past Performance in the Banking Sector	35
Spillover effects and influencing factors of tourism eco‐efficiency for sustainable development: A case study of cities in the Yangtze River Delta	34
Beyond Growth: The Triple Green Strategy (Green Energy, Green Innovation, and Green Finance) for Sustainable Emissions Reduction in BRICS Countries	34
Students' Perspectives on Sustainability Competences and Pedagogical Approaches: Groupings and Interrelations Results From 17 International Case Studies	34
Resilience in action: Kosovo's National Development Strategy to incorporate sustainable development goals	34
The Role of Green Finance in Driving Artificial Intelligence and Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development	34
Understanding Among Societal Groups as a Prerequisite for Constructive Conflict Handling in Sustainable Land Use Change	34
Assessment of digital platforms for the quantification of co‐benefits in nature‐based solutions	34
The impact of environmental policy on renewable energy innovation: A systematic literature review and research directions	33
The synergistic effect of green trade and economic complexity on sustainable environment: A new perspective on the economic and ecological components of sustainable development	33
Factors influencing green purchases: An emerging market perspective	33
Enhancing the Adoption Intensity of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Southeast Nigeria: The Role of Education and Mediating Factors of Trust and Belief	33
Greening African economies: Investigating the role of financial development, green investments, and institutional quality	32
Social dimension of the circular economy: Impact categories through fuzzy Delphi method	32
Importance of women empowerment for eco‐efficiency of small farms in the context of other social factors: Building sustainable agriculture in Central and Eastern European countri	32
Sustainable development through digital innovation: Unveiling the impact of big data comprehensive experimental zones on energy utilization efficiency	32
Sustainable manufacturing adoption in textile industries: A systematic state‐of‐art literature review and future research outline	31
Path to sustainable development: Does digital economy matter in manufacturing green total factor productivity?	31
Understanding transgender persons' careers to advance sustainable development: The case of Trans for Career Thailand	31
A green path towards sustainable development: Optimal behavior of the duopoly game model with carbon neutrality instruments	31
Enhancing supply chain resilience and realizing green sustainable development through the virtual environment of the metaverse	31
Enhancing disaster risk reduction and community resilience for sustainable development	30
Going Green in ASEAN: Assessing the Role of Eco‐Innovation, Green Energy, Industrialization, and Environmental Taxes in Achieving Carbon Neutrality	30
How do higher education institutions promote sustainable development? A literature review	30
Barriers and Strategies in Implementing Design for Disassembly and Adaptability Principles in Singapore: A Pathway to Circular Economy in the Construction Industry	30
UN‐SDGs framework for child development in India: Evidence from a decentralized analysis	29
Overcoming barriers to sustainable development: Evaluating what information frameworks matter and how they work in reducing consumer food waste	29
Introducing the New ESG‐Based Sustainability Uncertainty Index (ESGUI)	29
Global SDG composite indicator: A new methodological proposal that combines compensatory and non‐compensatory aggregations	29
Sustainable Managers for the Future: Are Italian Universities Aligned With Best Practices?	29
Bridging the gap: Exploring urban resilience and sustainability in Finnish regional development	29
Import competition and sustainable development of global value chains: Evidence from China	28
Attaining multiple sustainable development goals through storage hydropower development amidst community vulnerabilities	28
Exploring the role of sustainability reporting strategies in promoting sustainable development in social economy entities: The circular economy as a mediator	28
Sustainable policies for air pollution reduction after COVID‐19 pandemic: Lessons learnt from the impact of the different lockdown periods on air quality	28
Tracking sustainable development from the dual perspective of environmental and economic performance: A dynamic framework and coupling coordination degree	28
The sustainable development of mobility in the green transition: Renewable energy, local industrial chain, and battery recycling	28
Special issue: Corporate sustainability and stakeholder management in tourism and hospitality	28
Sustainable development of carbon sinks? Lessons from three types of peatland partnerships in Indonesia	28
Assessing the progress toward achieving energy‐ and climate‐related sustainable development goals under four global energy transition outlooks	28
Sustainable development of the green bond markets in India: Challenges and strategies	28
Impact of regional investment on the sustainable development goals: A group analysis of economic and territorial development	28
Do top management team diversity and chief sustainability officer make firms greener? Moderating role of top management team behavioral integration	27
Do you believe it? Green advertising skepticism and perceived value in buying electric vehicles	27
Understanding the behavior of ESG in both OPEC and non‐OPEC countries? The implications for sustainable development reaching	27
The Dark Sides of Artificial Intelligence Implementation: Examining How Corporate Social Responsibility Buffers the Impact of Artificial Intelligence‐Induced Job Insecurity on Pro‐Environmental Behavi	27
Achieving Sustainable Development: Bridging Economic Growth and Environmental Resilience Through EKC and LCC	27
Bridging energy transition and income inequality: The moderating effect of institutional transparency	27
Sustainable development: Notions, numbers, and narratives	27
A sustainable trajectory for the 2030 Agenda: Targeting historical lock‐ins to accelerate progress on all SDGs	27
Balancing profit and sustainability: Investigating the eco‐innovation strategies of G20 polluting industries	27
Empowering Sustainability: Examining the Psychological Benefits of Sustainable Consumption for Self‐Esteem Enhancement	26
Unleashing the dynamic linkages among natural resources, economic complexity, and sustainable economic growth: Evidence from G‐20 countries	26
Does Women Empowerment Promote Sustainable Development in Developing Countries?	26
Sustainable developments, renewable energy, and economic growth in Canada	26
Advancing Sustainability Assessment of Renewable Energy: A Study on Indicator‐to‐Framework Methods and Associated Rule Mining	26
Residential exposure to environmental nuisances in Cameroon	26
Linking institutional quality to environmental sustainability	26
Disruptive Solutions for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development: Evidence From CS‐ARDL Approach	26
Environmental Performance and Firm Value: The Moderating Role of ESG‐Executive Compensation	26
Territorial Digital Twins: A key for increasing the community resilience of fragile mountain inner territories?	25
Assessing environmental impacts of response strategies for sustainable food system transformation	25
Scrutinizing the nexus: Energy, economic growth, and environmental quality: An approach toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (7, 13, and 8)	25
How to further develop the integrated planting and breeding mode: A case study of the western region of Shandong Province	25
Corporate governance code and voluntary disclosure of integrated reporting: Evidence from an emerging economy	25
The linkage between Agile project management and sustainable development: A theoretical and empirical view	25
Russia‐Ukrainewar, the leadership question and sustainable food security in Africa	25
Fintech and urban environmental sustainability: Exploring the impact of financial technology on urban carbon emissions	25
The Priority Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Underdeveloped Mountain Regions	24
Sustainable development, environmental innovation and export firms: The moderating roles of external collaboration, creativity enhancement and internal development processes	23
Adoption of renewable energy sources, low‐carbon initiatives, and advanced logistical infrastructure—an step toward integrated global progress	23
Barriers to sustainable development: Critical social factors influencing the sustainable building development based on Swedish experts' perspectives	23
Implementing sustainability in teaching: The role of sustainability leadership and transformational leadership in the context of higher education institutions	23

Environmental effects of growth and global value chains: The case of East and Southeast Asian economies	23
Understanding the nonlinear effect of digital technology development on CO₂ reduction	23
The importance of sustainability engagement in small businesses supplier collaboration	23
Carbon performance evaluation system and practice analysis for the sustainable enterprises	22
When and how the implementation of green human resource management and data‐driven culture to improve the firm sustainable environmental development?	22
Impediments of product recovery in circular supply chains: Implications for sustainable development	22
Glowing Indicators: Nighttime Luminosity as a Tool for Assessing SDG‐8 Progress in Emerging Economies	22
Does labor out‐migration affect the sustainability of disaster mitigation? Insight from the social–ecological system perspective	22
Nexus between green technology innovation, green financing, and CO₂ emissions in the G7 countries: The moderating role of social globalisation	22
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Do green innovation and financial globalization contribute to the ecological sustainability and energy transition in the United Kingdom? Policy insights from a bootstrap rolling window approach	22
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Sustainable development goals implementation in a post‐colonial African State: Any future for the African Continental Free Trade Area?	22
Rural sustainability methods, drivers, and outcomes: A systematic review	22
Are institutional investors “in love” with the sustainable development goals? Understanding the idyll in the case of governments and pension funds	22
Climate Change, Land Degradation and Sustainable Development in Africa? Evidence for AfCFTA Implementation	22
Assessing the efficiency and the justice of energy transformation for the United States of America, China, and the European Union	22
Unlocking Informatization's Potential: The Impact of Smart City Initiatives on Inclusive Green Growth	21
The Impact of Corporate Governance on the Contribution of Listed Firms to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Disclosures in Ghana	21
Managing Social Sustainability With IoT Implementation: An Industry 5.0 Perspective	21
Trade‐offs and synergies between dimensions of well‐being among smallholder farmers in Savannakhet province, Lao PDR	21
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Carrots rather than sticks: Governance of voluntary sustainability standards and farmer welfare in Peru	21
Financing sustainable development goals in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Does international capital flows matter?	21
Demarcating transdisciplinary research in sustainability science—Five clusters of research modes based on evidence from 59 research projects	21
Impact of renewable energy consumption on sustainable development in Central Asia	21
Capacity Determinants of Climate Action in Developing Countries	21
Multidimensional assessment of regional inequality toward sustainable development	20
How do emerging multinationals achieve sustainable development globally? The enabling mechanism of headquarter‐subsidiary structure in subsidiary sustainability	20
How does global trade in environmental goods contribute to theSDGsin developing countries?	20
Deconstructing knowledge and reconstructing understanding: Designing a knowledge architecture for transdisciplinary co‐creation of energy futures	20
Achieving sustainable population: Fertility decline in many developing countries follows modern contraception, not economic growth	20
Targeting zero hunger to ensure sustainable development: Insights from a panel structure	20
Natural resource dependence, policy and institutions for environmental sustainability and African welfare	20
Conceptual framework for analyzing the sustainability of socio‐ecological systems with a focus on ecosystem services that support water security	20
Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development Nexus: Where Is the Synergy?	20
The impact of penalties for environmental violations on corporate environmental responsibility	20
Sustainable wastewater management: An imperative for urban development in Lagos, Nigeria	20
Can sustainability be achieved through sustainable oriented innovation practices? Empirical evidence of micro, small and medium scale manufacturing enterprises	20
The extrication of complex dynamics and the impact of government policies on tourism supply chain behavior for sustainable tourism in Zimbabwe	20
Sustainability in Agave tequilana weber farming: A life cycle assessment	20
The sustainable development goals: How does their implementation affect the financial sustainability of the largest Spanish municipalities	20
Evaluating Biodiversity Criteria in Green Building Rating Schemes: Toward ‘Nature Positive’ Development	19
Multidirectional analysis for sustainable development: An examination of sustainable policies, corporate social responsibility, and organizational performance	19
Sustainable development practices in public higher education: A new conceptual framework for nurturing student satisfaction and reinforcing attractiveness to international students	19
From Commitment to Transparency: What Drives SDG Disclosure in Asian Universities?	19
Gender economic inclusion, governance institutions and economic complexity in Africa	19
An econometric study of eco‐innovation, clean energy, and trade openness toward carbon neutrality and sustainable development in OECD countries	19
Community resilience implications for institutional response under uncertainty: Cases of the floods in Wayanad, India and the earthquake in Port‐au‐Prince, Haiti	19
Gender diversity, inclusive innovation and firm performance	19
Knowledge co‐production and researcher roles in transdisciplinary environmental management projects	18
Understanding the roles of universities for sustainable development transformations: A framing analysis of university models	18
Sources of knowledge and innovation for sustainable development: A multifaceted perspective	18
Quest for SDG‐13: The Aptness of Green Investments and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Emission Mitigation Among Central‐African States	18
Energy and the social contract: From “energy consumers” to “people with a right to energy”	18
Alignment of the 2030 Agenda to the port industry	18
Toward low‐carbon emissions and green growth for sustainable development in emerging economies: Do green trade openness, eco‐innovation, and carbon price matter?	18
Global lessons from local actions: A typology of polish local government approaches to sustainable development	18
Assessing the impacts of formal and informal regulations on ecological footprint	18
Enabling transdisciplinary research collaboration for planetary health: Insights from practice at the environment‐health‐development nexus	18
Sustainable futures: Toward institutionalizing green industrial policy	18
Indigenous knowledge and sustainable development: Rüza—A traditional water management practice in Phek district, Nagaland	18
Current status, prospects, and implications of renewable energy for achieving sustainable development goals in Nepal	18
Exploring moderating role of blockchain adoption on economic and environmental sustainability of organizations: A SEM‐fsQCA technique	18
Turning “green” into “gold”: A study on the impact of green finance pilot zone policy on energy carbon emission efficiency	18
Sustainable use of a smartphone and regulatory needs	18
Links between the sustainable development goals: An analysis for Italy	18
Renewable energy and sustainable development goals: Insights from latent dirichlet allocation thematic and bibliometric analysis	18
How Uncertain is the Emergence of Knowledge Related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? An Analysis of Scientific Knowledge Diversification at Utrecht University	18
Building a unified sustainable development goal database: Why does sustainable development goal data selection matter?	18
Sustainable innovation: Case studies from product development	17
Failing to attain sustainable development in Bangladesh: A potential comprehensive strategy for sustainability	17
Dismantling linear lock‐ins in the Australian AEC industry: A pathway to a circular economy	17
Correction to “Equitable and Sustainable Well‐Being Indicators: A Study of Italian Regional Disparities Towards Sustainable Development”	17
Evolution, trends and future research lines in corporate social responsibility and tourism: A bibliometric analysis and science mapping	17
Towards the development of a systematic approach for sustainability assessment of educational infrastructure: A system of priority areas and design quality indicators	17
Analysis of green total factor productivity in China's forestry industry: Technological, organizational, and environmental framework for sustainable economic development	17
Toward Circular Economy: Digital‐Enabled Circular Economy Practices Enhancing the European Enterprise's Performance	17
A framework for the assessment of qualitative and quantitative sustainable development of groundwater system	17
Unleashing digital transformation to achieve the sustainable development goals across multiple sectors	17
An integrated mechanism and challenges of mountainous sustainable development: A review of Hani Terraces, China	17
Sustainable economic development and geopolitics: The role of energy trilemma policies	16
Using web GIS to promote stakeholder understanding of scientific results in sustainable urban development: A case study in Bergen, Norway	16
Why is ecological sustainability so difficult to achieve? An in‐context discussion of conceptual barriers	16
Sustainability in Tequila Production: A Life Cycle Assessment	16
New Oil Price Crisis, and Health Costs: Impact on the OECD Economy: Insights From a Novel IV‐Quantile–Quantile Analysis	16
Improving human development through urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy consumption	16
Does improved cooking fuel empower women? Evidence from India	16
Business cycle synchronization and sustainable trade development in Africa: The role of capital mobility	16
How financial performance influences investment in sustainable development initiatives in the airline industry: The moderation role of state‐ownership	16
Implications of Deep Meaningfulness for Sustainability: Reimagining the Literature on Vocational Calling	16
The monitoring and evaluation challenges of the sustainable development goals: An assessment in three European countries	16
The Contingency Effects of Five Sustainable Development Goals (Big Five SDGs): A Cross‐National Study of Socially Responsible HRM and Well‐Being	16
Malta's low carbon transition towards sustainability	16
Resourcification: A non‐essentialist theory of resources for sustainable development	16