OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Geographical Sciences is 28. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Evolutionary process and development implications of traditional trade routes in the Himalayan region	73
Contribution of China’s carbon budget on global radiative forcing	71
Dust storm variation in arid West Asia regulated by subtropical high during the Holocene	64
Energy dissipation caused by boundary resistance in a typical reach of the lower Yellow River and the implications for riverbed stability	53
Chemical fertilizer rate, use efficiency and reduction of cereal crops in China, 1998–2018	48
Extraction and spatiotemporal evolution analysis of tidal flats in the Bohai Rim during 1984–2019 based on remote sensing	48
Distribution patterns of SOC/TN content and their relationship with topography, vegetation and climatic factors in China’s north-south transitional zone	45
Incorporation of intra-city human mobility into urban growth simulation: A case study in Beijing	42
Exploring zonal heterogeneities of primary school students’ commute-mode choices through a geographically weighted regression model	42
The recent evolution of dune landforms and its environmental indications in the mid-latitude desert area (Hexi Corridor)	42
Evaluating flash flood simulation capability with respect to rainfall temporal variability in a small mountainous catchment	41
Assessment of the socioeconomic development levels of six economic corridors in the Belt and Road region	39
Moving towards synergistic reductions on PM2.5 and CO2 and its mechanism: A case study of Yangtze River Economic Belt, China	37
Spatial pattern of knowledge innovation function among Chinese cities and its influencing factors	36
On integrated urban and rural development	35
Patterns, processes, and differentiation mechanisms of China’s transition from old to new economic drivers	35
Literature review of accessibility measures and models used in land use and transportation planning in last 5 years	34
The impact of economic development on urban livability: Evidence from 40 large and medium-sized cities of China	33
Farmland use behavior and its influencing factors from the perspective of population migration	32
Spatial distribution and influencing factors of Surface Nibble Degree index in the severe gully erosion region of China’s Loess Plateau	32
Temperature trends in some major countries from the 1980s to 2019	31
Measuring Chinese cities’ economic development with mobile application usage	30
Evaluation method and empirical application of human activity suitability of land resources in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	30
Tourism development potential and obstacle factors of cultural heritage: Evidence from traditional music in Xiangxi	29
Growing impacts of low-flow events on vegetation dynamics in hydrologically connected wetlands downstream Yangtze River Basin after the operation of the Three Gorges Dam	29

Changes over flood season in turbidity maximum zone in a mountainous macrotidal estuary from 1986 to 2020	28
Substrate damage and recovery after giant clam shell mining at remote coral reefs in the southern South China Sea	28
Spatial and temporal changes of glaciers and glacial lakes in the Northern Tianshan Mountains over the past 30 years	28