OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine is 7. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Bringing Sectors Together in Da Nang, Vietnam: Participatory Systems Mapping	232
Does Urban Greenspace Reduce Mortality Inequalities Based on Poverty, Race, or Both in Philadelphia, PA?	131
Promoting Inclusive Recruitment: a Qualitative Study of Black Adults’ Decision to Participate in Genetic Research	104
Housing Discrimination and Health of Public Housing Residents in Korea: An Examination of Gender Heterogeneity	92
Extreme Heat and Firearm Violence in New York City Public Housing: The Mitigating Role of Air Conditioning	51
Examining Experiences of Gender Identities, Roles, and Relations among Men with Same-Gender Sexual Histories: Implications of Gender Nonconformity on Access to Quality Healthcare in Urban Ghana	49
Assessing Market Food Diversity of Three Food Environments of Nairobi, Kenya, Using Spatial and Descriptive Analyses	44
Actual and Virtual Parks Benefit Quality of Life and Physical Activity: A Cluster Trial	40
The Unequal Effects of Social Distancing Policy on Subway Ridership during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Seoul, South Korea	36
Gun Violence Exposure and Quality of Life in Nine US States	34
Urban–Rural Disparity in Birth Cohort Effects on Breast Cancer Incidence	33
Is it Time to Antiquate the Term “Landlord?”	33
Temporal and Spatial Trends of Adverse Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes in a Sample of Births from a Public Hospital in Chile	33
New York City’s Stop, Question, and Frisk Policy and Psychiatric Emergencies among Black Americans	31
Strategies That Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Black Communities: a Review	30
The Impact of US County-Level Factors on COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality	29
Association Between Park Use and Moderate-to-Vigorous Activity During COVID-19 Years among a Cohort of Low-Income Youth	28
The Relationship between Youth Police Stops and Depression among Fathers	27
Experiences, Expectations, and Satisfaction with Police—a Population-Based Study of Differences by Race and Ethnicity in Two Counties	27
Resident-Led Research Policy and Power (RRPP): A Framework for Centering Community Voice in Participatory Research	25
Characterizing Multisystem Barriers to Women’s Residential SUD Treatment: A Multisite Qualitative Analysis in Los Angeles	25
Feasibility and Acceptability of Standardizing Portions in Restaurants	25
Impact of Different Greenspace Metrics on Cardiovascular Disease Incidence in Urban Settings: A Comparative Analysis	24
Per Capita Spending on Parks and Associations with Cardiovascular Disease and Other Health Outcomes	24
Impact of Urban Green on Population Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review	23

Implications and Lessons Learned While Using Social Media Advertisements to Promote Longitudinal Social Network Study Participation in Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men (LMSM): A Brief Report	23
Drug Overdose Death among Residents of Urban Census Tracts: How Granular Geographical Analyses Uncover Socioenvironmental Correlates in Cuyahoga County, Ohio	22
Urban Nutrition in the Global South: A Narrative Review of Current Research	21
Latent Class Profiles of Police Violence Exposure in 4 US Cities and Their Associations with Anticipation of Police Violence and Mental Health Outcomes	21
Designing for a Healthier Indore, India: Participatory Systems Mapping	21
Measuring Spatial Social Polarization in Public Health Research: A Scoping Review of Methods and Applications	21
Healthy Governance for Cities: Synergizing Health in All Policies (HiAP) and Healthy Cities Approaches	20
Gayborhoods as Spaces of Risk and Resilience: Associations of Gayborhood Residence with Psychological Distress and Substance Use among Ethnically Diverse Sexual Minority Men	20
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Association of Victimization by Sex among Public Facing Bus and Subway Transit Workers, New York City	20
Patterns of Socioeconomic Marginalization among People Who Use Drugs: A Gender-Stratified Repeated Measures Latent Class Analysis	20
Scale-Up of COVID-19 Testing Services in NYC, 2020–2021: Lessons Learned to Maximize Reach, Equity and Timeliness	19
Principles and Metrics for Evaluating Oregon’s Innovative Drug Decriminalization Measure	19
Small Business Support Is Associated with the Quantity, Quality, and Usage of Youth Physical Activity Opportunities in Urban, Low-Income, African American Neighborhoods	19
Smartphone GPS-Based Exposure to Greenspace and Walkability and Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Early Postpartum—Evidence from the MADRES Cohort	18
Less-Lethal Weapons and Civilian Injury in Police Use of Force Encounters: A Multi-agency Analysis	18
Examining Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Childhood Gun Violence Exposure: Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Gender	18
Association between Land Use Mix and Respiratory Symptoms and Asthma in Children from the Generation XXI Birth Cohort	16
Community Acceptability of the First State-Authorized Overdose Prevention Center in the United States	16
Changes of Grocery Shopping Frequencies and Associations with Food Deserts during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States	16
Trends in Temperature-associated Mortality in São Paulo (Brazil) between 2000 and 2018: an Example of Disparities in Adaptation to Cold and Heat	15
Programmatic, Environmental, and Temporal Predictors of Violence, Overdose, and Self-Injury in Homeless Shelters in Toronto, Canada, 2012–2021	15
The Relationship between Concealed Carry Licenses and Firearm Homicide in the US: A Reciprocal County-Level Analysis	15
Acceptability of Overdose Prevention Sites in the Business Community in Baltimore, Maryland	15
Urban Care for Unpaid Caregivers: Community Voices in the Care Block Program, in Bogotá, Colombia	14
Effectiveness of an Energy-Counseling Intervention in Reducing Energy Poverty: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Study in a Southern European City	14
From the Compact City to the X-Minute neighborhood: A Systematic Review of the Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Sustainable Urban Development Models (SUDMs) on Women	14
Mortality Risk from Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease Associated with Short-Term Co-Exposure to Summer Heatwave and Ozone	14
Historical Bias in Mortgage Lending, Redlining, and Implications for the Uncertain Geographic Context Problem: A Study of Structural Housing Discrimination in Dallas and Boston	13
Trends in Suicidality and Bullying among New York City Adolescents across Race and Sexual Identity: 2009–2019	13
The Differences by Sex and Gender in the Relationship Between Urban Greenness and Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review	13
Global Measures of HIV Care Accessibility Across Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas	13
Associations of Urban Built Environment with Cardiovascular Risks and Mortality: a Systematic Review	13
Individual and Interactive Effects of Housing and Neighborhood Quality on Mental Health in Hong Kong: A Retrospective Cohort Study	13
2023 Reviewer List	13
Risk Behaviors Associated with Patterns of Sexualized Stimulant and Alcohol Use among Men Who Have Sex with Men: a Latent Class Analysis	12
Barriers and Facilitators to Trust in the COVID-19 New York City Test and Trace Program	12
“What Good Is That?”—Perspectives of Using Telehealth to Discuss Serious Illness with Urban-Dwelling Low-Income Older Adults in Assisted Living	12
Still Separate, Still Not Equal: An Ecological Examination of Redlining and Racial Segregation with COVID-19 Vaccination Administration in Washington D.C.	12
Area-Level Factors of Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents in European Neighborhoods — a Systematic Review	12
Trading-Off Transit and Non-Transit Physical Activity among Older People: Evidence from Longitudinal Accelerometer Data of a Natural Experiment Study	12
A Good Farewell? Positive Exits from Federal Housing Assistance and Lower Acute Healthcare Utilization	12
Healthcare in the Margins: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Access and Utilization in Bangladesh’s Informal Urban Settlements	12
Challenges Unique to Transgender Persons in US Correctional Settings: a Scoping Review	12
Emergency Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular Causes Attributable to Air Pollution and Extreme Temperatures in Spain: Influence of Economic and Demographic Factors in a Nationwide Study	11
Effect of Perceived Neighborhood Environment on Cannabis Use during Pregnancy among African American Women	11
“I am a survivor!”: Violently Injured Black Men’s Perceptions of Labeling After a Violent Firearm Injury	11
Predicting Short Time-to-Crime Guns: a Machine Learning Analysis of California Transaction Records (2010–2021)	11
Urban Form Metrics for Promoting Walking: Street Layouts and Destinations	11
Erosion of the Capital City Advantage in Child Survival and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Intervention Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa	11
Relationship between Civilian Injuries Caused during Contact with Law Enforcement and Community-Level Sociodemographic Characteristics	11

Can New-type Urbanization Pave a Way against Depression? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China	11
Factors Associated with Progression to Type 2 Diabetes among Women with Gestational Diabetes	11
Examining Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Young Survivors of Urban Violence	10
Building a Culture of Health Through the Built Environment: Impact of a Cluster Randomized Trial Remediating Vacant and Abandoned Property on Health Mindsets	10
Associations Between Historical Redlining and Present-Day Heat Vulnerability Housing and Land Cover Characteristics in Philadelphia, PA	10
Strategies to Reduce Frequent Emergency Department Use among Persons Experiencing Homelessness with Mental Health Conditions: a Scoping Review	10
Participatory Systems Mapping for Municipal Prioritization and Planning	10
Protective Places: the Relationship between Neighborhood Quality and Preterm Births to Black Women in Oakland, California (2007–2011)	10
High Child Mortality and Interventions Coverage in the City of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Are the Poorest Paying an Urban Penalty?	10
Is Income and Racial Residential Segregation Associated with 13-Year Changes in Body Mass Index? A Longitudinal Analysis in the Brazilian Pró-Saúde Cohort Study	10
Psychophysiological Responses of College Students to Audio-Visual Forest Trail Landscapes	9
Latinx: Sí, Se Puede? A Reflection on the Terms Past, Present, and Future	9
Not a New Story: Place- and Race-Based Disparities in COVID-19 and Influenza Hospitalizations among Medicaid-Insured Adults in New York City	9
Telehealth as a Tool to Improve Access and Reduce No-Show Rates in a Large Safety-Net Population in the USA	9
Social Vulnerability and Biological Aging in New York City: An Electronic Health Records-Based Study	9
Overdose Prevention and Housing: a Qualitative Study Examining Drug Use, Overdose Risk, and Access to Safer Supply in Permanent Supportive Housing in Vancouver, Canada	9
A Price Too High: Injury and Assault among Delivery Gig Workers in New York City	9
Virtual Assessment of Physical Activity–Related Built Environment in Soweto, South Africa: What Is the Role of Contextual Familiarity?	9
The Inherent Violence of Anti-Black Racism and its Effects on HIV Care for Black Sexually Minoritized Men	9
Trends and Inequalities in Maternal and Newborn Health Services for Unplanned Settlements of Lusaka City, Zambia	9
Perceptions of Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy Among People Living with HIV Who Use Drugs and Service Providers: a Qualitative Analysis in Rhode Island	9
Examining a Hypothesized Causal Chain for the Effects of the 2007 Repeal of the Permit-to-Purchase Licensing Law in Missouri: Homicide Guns Recovered in State and within a Year of Purchase	8
The Relationship of Historical Redlining with Present-Day Neighborhood Environmental and Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model	8
Modeling Geographical Accessibility and Inequalities to Childbirth Services in the Grand Nokoué Metropolitan Area, Benin	8
Income Loss and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States—Investigating the Moderating Role of Race and Metro-Level Co-ethnic Density	8
Effect of In utero Exposure to Air Pollution on Adulthood Hospitalizations	8
Community-Academic Partnership to Assess the Role of Physical Disinvestment on Firearm Violence in Toledo, OH	8
The U-Shape Association Between Noise and Individual Depression: Nationwide Longitudinal Evidence from Three Waves of CHARLS	8
Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Mobility, Safety, and Equity for Persons with Vision Loss in Urban Environments	8
County-Level COVID-19 Policy Comprehensiveness and Adult Behavioral Health during 2021	8
Austerity, Health and Public Safety in Low-Income Neighborhoods: Grassroots Responses to the Decline of Local Services in Southeast England	8
The Health and Economic Impact of Using a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax to Fund Fruit and Vegetable Subsidies in New York City: A Modeling Study	8
Spatial and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Cesarean Section Deliveries in Urban Settings in Dakar, Senegal	7
Severe and Fatal Cycling Crash Injury in Britain: Time to Make Urban Cycling Safer	7
The Association of Exposure to Urban Greenspace and Depression in Women	7
Mental Health and Substance Use Among Black Women Attending STD Clinics in Baltimore: The Role of Overt and Subtle Discrimination	7
Risky Party and Nightclub Attendance during the COVID-19 Nightlife Shutdown in New York City	7
Exploring the Relationship between Debt and Health after Incarceration: a Survey Study	7
Parenting Students and Indicators of Financial Stability, Health, and Academic Success: Findings from a Population-Based Sample of Public Urban University Students	7
Built Environment Change over Time Using Google Street View Assessments of Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Cities	7
Using Wastewater to Monitor Suggested Changes in Dietary Intake: A Participatory Experiment	7
Impact of Guaranteed Income on Health, Finances, and Agency: Findings from the Stockton Randomized Controlled Trial	7
Key Age-Friendly Components of Municipalities that Foster Social Participation of Aging Canadians: Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging	7
Neighborhood Factors as Correlates of Alcohol Use in the N2 Cohort Study of Black Sexually Minoritized Men and Transgender Women	7
HealthyPlan.City: A Web Tool to Support Urban Environmental Equity and Public Health in Canadian Communities	7