OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Geographical Sciences is 10. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
China’s rural revitalization and development: Theory, technology and management	178
Spatio-temporal evolution and influencing factors of urban green development efficiency in China	99
Development of land use transitions research in China	83
Designing a spatial pattern to rebalance the orientation of development and protection in Wuhan	67
Geomorphology-oriented digital terrain analysis: Progress and perspectives	65
The coupling relationship between urbanization and ecological resilience in the Pearl River Delta	57
Spatiotemporal variations of cultivated land use efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt based on carbon emission constraints	53
Analysis of ecological quality in Lhasa Metropolitan Area during 1990–2017 based on remote sensing and Google Earth Engine platform	46
Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving mechanism of the coupling coordination degree of urbanization and ecological environment in Kazakhstan	43
Sustainable poverty alleviation and green development in China’s underdeveloped areas	42
Spatiotemporal evolution of urban carbon emission performance in China and prediction of future trends	40
Ecosystem carbon storage under different scenarios of land use change in Qihe catchment, China	40
Multidimensional measurement of poverty and its spatio-temporal dynamics in China from the perspective of development geography	39
Spatial pattern reconstruction of regional habitat quality based on the simulation of land use changes from 1975 to 2010	38
Beautiful China Initiative: Human-nature harmony theory, evaluation index system and application	38
Characteristics and progress of land use/cover change research during 1990–2018	37
Effect of human settlements on urban thermal environment and factor analysis based on multi-source data: A case study of Changsha city	35
Geographical thoughts on the relationship between ‘Beautiful China’ and land spatial planning	34
A review of the balance of regional development in China from the perspective of development geography	34
Assessment and analysis of ecosystem services value along the Yangtze River under the background of the Yangtze River protection strategy	33
The conservation patterns of grassland ecosystem in response to the forage-livestock balance in North China	30
Coupled effect of climate change and human activities on the restoration/degradation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau grassland	30
Spatial-temporal characteristics and decoupling effects of China’s carbon footprint based on multi-source data	29
Ecological changes and the tradeoff and synergy of ecosystem services in western China	28
Revealing ecosystem services relationships and their driving factors for five basins of Beijing	27

Recent signal and impact of wet-to-dry climatic shift in Xinjiang, China	27
A comparison and case analysis between domestic and overseas industrial parks of China since the Belt and Road Initiative	27
Urban vacant land in growing urbanization: An international review	27
A strategy of the rural governance for territorial spatial planning in China	27
Land use transition and rural spatial governance: Mechanism, framework and perspectives	25
Identification of the key factors affecting Chinese carbon intensity and their historical trends using random forest algorithm	25
Construction of ecological security patterns and ecological restoration zones in the city of Ningbo, China	24
Urbanization of county in China: Spatial patterns and influencing factors	24
Impacts of traffic accessibility on ecosystem services: An integrated spatial approach	24
Spatio-temporal evolution and dynamic simulation of the urban resilience of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration	24
The impact of COVID-19 on China’s regional economies and industries	23
Identification and alleviation pathways of multidimensional poverty and relative poverty in counties of China	23
Attribution analysis for water yield service based on the geographical detector method: A case study of the Hengduan Mountain region	23
Exploring detailed urban-rural development under intersecting population growth and food production scenarios: Trajectories for China’s most populous agricultural province to 2030	21
Spatiotemporal changes of land desertification sensitivity in northwest China from 2000 to 2017	21
Interaction between urbanization and eco-environment in the Tibetan Plateau	21
Global poverty dynamics and resilience building for sustainable poverty reduction	21
Exploring temporal heterogeneity in an intercity travel network: A comparative study between weekdays and holidays in China	21
China’s food security situation and key questions in the new era: A perspective of farmland protection	21
Evaluating changes in ecological land and effect of protecting important ecological spaces in China	20
Comparison of spatio-temporal transmission characteristics of COVID-19 and its mitigation strategies in China and the US	20
Analysis of city centrality based on entropy weight TOPSIS and population mobility: A case study of cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt	20
Air pollution effects of industrial transformation in the Yangtze River Delta from the perspective of spatial spillover	20
Effect of Three Gorges Dam on Poyang Lake water level at daily scale based on machine learning	19
Impact of cultivated land fragmentation on spatial heterogeneity of agricultural agglomeration in China	19
Dynamic changes and transitions of agricultural landscape patterns in mountainous areas: A case study from the hinterland of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area	18
Space diversification process and evolution mechanism of typical village in the suburbs of Guangzhou: A case study of Beicun	18
Chemical fertilizer rate, use efficiency and reduction of cereal crops in China, 1998–2018	18
Evolution characteristics and drivers of the water level at an identical discharge in the Jingjiang reaches of the Yangtze River	17
Rural vulnerability in China: Evaluation theory and spatial patterns	17
Game strategies in government-led eco-compensation in the Xin’an River Basin from the perspective of the politics of scale	17
Urbanization and eco-environment coupling circle theory and coupler regulation	17
Effects of vegetation restoration on local microclimate on the Loess Plateau	16
Spatiotemporal evolution of PM2.5 concentrations in urban agglomerations of China	16
Understanding land for high-quality development	16
Evaluation and spatiotemporal characteristics of glacier service value in the Qilian Mountains	16
The impact of energy-intensive industries on air quality in China’s industrial agglomerations	15
Research progress and prospect on development geography	15
Agent-based model of land system: Theory, application and modelling framework	15
Multi-scale analysis of trade-off/synergistic effects of forest ecosystem services in the Funiu Mountain Region, China	15
Monitoring periodically national land use changes and analyzing their spatiotemporal patterns in China during 2015–2020	14
Sensitivity and areal differentiation of vegetation responses to hydrothermal dynamics on the northern and southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi province	14
Influence of canopy and topographic position on soil moisture response to rainfall in a hilly catchment of Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	14
China’s agricultural land use change and its underlying drivers: A literature review	14
A comparative study of land price estimation and mapping using regression kriging and machine learning algorithms across Fukushima prefecture, Japan	14
Spatio-temporal patterns and driving mechanism of farmland fragmentation in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain	13
Spatiotemporal variation and hotspots of climate change in the Yangtze River Watershed during 1958–2017	13
Traffic accessibility and the coupling degree of ecosystem services supply and demand in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, China	13
Ecological risk assessment and ecological security pattern optimization in the middle reaches of the Yellow River based on ERI+MCR model	13
Energy globalization of China: Trade, investment, and embedded energy flows	13

Dynamic evolution trend of comprehensive transportation green efficiency in China: From a spatio-temporal interaction perspective	13
Effects of land use and cultivation time on soil organic and inorganic carbon storage in deep soils	13
Progress in watershed geography in the Yangtze River Basin and the affiliated ecological security perspective in the past 20 years, China	13
On integrated urban and rural development	13
Investigation on flood event variations at space and time scales in the Huaihe River Basin of China using flood behavior classification	12
Post-earthquake economic resilience and recovery efficiency in the border areas of the Tibetan Plateau: A case study of areas affected by the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake in Sichuan, China in 2008	12
Integrating the ecosystem service in sustainable plateau spatial planning: A case study of the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin	12
Climate change and multi-dimensional sustainable urbanization	12
Quantitative relationship between channels and bars in a tidal reach of the lower Yangtze River: Implications for river management	12
The poverty evolution of typical countries along the Belt and Road and implications from China’s poverty reduction experiences	12
Spatio-temporal analysis of human wellbeing and its coupling relationship with ecosystem services in Shandong province, China	12
Urban planning construction land standard and its revision based on climate and topography in China	12
Relationship of minimum winter temperature and temperature seasonality to the northern range limit and species richness of trees in North America	12
Differences and dynamics of multidimensional poverty in rural China from multiple perspectives analysis	12
Iterative construction of low-altitude UAV air route network in urban areas: Case planning and assessment	12
Spatial expansion effects on urban ecosystem services supply-demand mismatching in Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration of China	12
Priority sites and conservation gaps of wintering waterbirds in the Yangtze River floodplain	12
Differential changes in precipitation and runoff discharge during 1958–2017 in the headwater region of Yellow River of China	12
Characteristics of industrial structure evolution and isomorphism in Central Asia	12
Spatio-temporal pattern and driving forces of urbanization in China’s border areas	12
Heterogeneity of water-retention capacity of forest and its influencing factors based on meta-analysis in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region	12
Theory and measurement model of administrative region potential from a perspective of administrative division adjustment: Taking Chongqing city as a case study	12
Regional eco-efficiency evaluation and spatial pattern analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Zone	12
Spatio-temporal analysis of the human footprint in the Hengduan Mountain region: Assessing the effectiveness of nature reserves in reducing human impacts	11
Energy geopolitics in Central Asia: China’s involvement and responses	11
Comprehensive urbanization level and its dynamic factors for five Central Asian countries	11
Urban forest loss using a GIS-based approach and instruments for integrated urban planning: A case study of João Pessoa, Brazil	11
The historical logics and geographical patterns of rural-urban governance in China	11
Spatiotemporal evolution and influencing mechanism of ecosystem service value in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area	11
Spatial evolution and growth mechanism of urban networks in western China: A multi-scale perspective	11
Glacier changes in the Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve of China during 2000–2018	11
The spatial pattern and governance of Zhongyuan Urban-Rural System in its development trajectory	10
Literature review of accessibility measures and models used in land use and transportation planning in last 5 years	10
A review of the ecohydrology discipline: Progress, challenges, and future directions in China	10
Examining spatio-temporal variations in carbon budget and carbon compensation zoning in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration based on major functional zones	10
Spatial variation of altitudinal belts as dividing index between warm temperate and subtropical zones in the Qinling-Daba Mountains	10
Policy transfer and scale reconstruction of China’s overseas industrial parks: A case study of the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park	10
Variegated transnational partnerships: Multi-scalar actor networks in China’s overseas industrial parks	10
Rocky desertification poverty in Southwest China: Progress, challenges and enlightenment to rural revitalization	10
Economic sustainability of China’s growth from the perspective of its resource and environmental supply system: National scale modeling and policy analysis	10
Spatio-temporal differentiation of climate warming (1959–2016) in the middle Qinling Mountains of China	10
Spatial and temporal variabilities of rainstorms over China under climate change	10