OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Urban Sciences is 1. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Changing urban identity of a Mediterranean port city: from consistency to fragmentation	83
Rigidness of planning law causing fragile grounds for crafting planning tools: neoliberal power and ideology immersed on urban space	82
Can land prices be used to curb urban industrial land expansion? An explanation from the perspective of substitutability of land in production	32
Does Airbnb raise local rent in Seoul? Spatial 2SLS model approach	31
How is active travel associated with the scale, measurement of built environment and travel purpose: a GPS trajectory-based approach	28
Multidimensional educational inequality and settlement intentions of internal migrants: the case of China	22
The housing quality impacts on women’s self-efficacy during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Kerman, Iran	21
Housing market, social housing, and fertility: evidence from urban China	17
Redefining urban heritage boundaries for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the World Heritage property of the Hwaseong Fortress, Republic of Korea	16
Exploring the synergy between regional cooperation and transport connectivity for sustainable regional development: an empirical study of the pearl river delta (PRD) mega- city cluster, China	13
Equity-based linkages in the evolving process of industry enclaves: a case study of Suzhou Industrial Park, China	13
Research on institutional frameworks for historic preservation through sustainable management and adaptive reuse: a comparative study in Philadelphia and Seoul	12
Relationship between the degree and spatial pattern of urban shrinkage based on nighttime light data: a case study of the old industrial area in Northeast China	11
Examining the impact of bicycle-oriented multimodality on accessibility and transport equity in the metropolitan area of Athens, Greece	11
The spatial spillover effect of technological innovation network in cities: a case of the high-tech industry of Yangtze River Delta	10
Emergy analysis-based study of the sustainable development of Kunming’s urban eco-economic system	10
The role of cultural amenities in cities for employment growth of industrial clusters: evidence from a panel VAR model	10
Inclusive policy environment or quality of life: understanding city preferences of young talents based on a discrete choice experiment with university students in China	9
How to prevent the next pandemic: exploring the relationship between built environment, socioeconomic factors and the pandemic	9
Smart city as a social transition towards inclusive development through technology: a tale of four smart cities	9
Bridging the top-down and bottom-up approaches to smart urbanization? A reflection on Beijing’s Shuangjing International Sustainable Development Community Pilot	8
Are the poor getting poorer by connecting to the core? Exploring the impact of high-speed rail on the growth of small and medium-sized cities	8
The effect of building height regulation in Seoul	8
Dynamics in the governance of smart cities: insights from South Korean smart cities	8
The spatial interlocking of commercial office real estate and advanced producer services: a central flow theory lens	8

The question of sustainability through reuse in the case of the population-exchange heritage: a critical look at the reuse types and conservation status of the Bursa churches	7
Transferability of hometown landholdings and rural migrants’ entrepreneurship: evidence from a pilot rural land use reform in China	7
Value of travel time savings of autonomous vehicle commuters: a segmented valuation for local and inter-city travel	6
Evolution of the smart city: three extensions to governance, sustainability, and decent urbanisation from an ICT-based urban solution	6
Does urban rail transit promote the population growth of cities? Empirical evidence from China	6
Exploring the spatio-temporal characteristics and driving factors of urban expansion in Xi'an during 1930–2014	6
Exploring the interrelationship between local employment and income in gateway communities in the US Lake States: empirical evidence from spatial simultaneous equation models	5
Finding the old in the new: Smart cities in the national and local trajectories of urban development	5
The changing spatialities of China’s knowledge economy: introduction to the special issue	5
Understanding measurement of walkability in urban environments: a systematic review and research agenda	5
The role of spatial structure in driving the pace of structural economic change: empirical evidence from Vietnam	5
A trajectory data-driven approach for traffic risk prediction: incorporating variable interactions and pre-screening	5
The inception of housing pathways in urban China: the declining household formation of young adults from 2011 to 2017	4
The megaregion – forms, functions, and potential? A literature review and proposal for advancing research	4
Still prefer, but not that much: the premium of subway access on house prices during the COVID-19 pandemic period	4
Impact of solid waste classification on urban ecology and economy in Beijing: A quantitative research	4
A study of behavioural characteristics of the elderly based on computer vision technology	4
Exploration on prior driving modes for automated vehicle collisions	4
A critical review of activity participation decision: a key component of activity-based travel demand models	4
15-minute city, the basis of optimal allocation of land use in urban areas of Tabriz using a new multi-criteria decision making method	4
Is the gated community really safe? An empirical analysis based on communities with varying degrees of closure	4
Urban governance in an increasingly mobile society: the case of Chinese cities	3
Reading an adaptable urban form: Exploring the morphological patterns of the Iranian traditional bazaar	3
Sustainability-oriented monorail transit construction comprehensive evaluation	3
Alternative housing priorities for low-income migrants in Jakarta, Indonesia	3
Enhancing sustainability and heritage in the Anthropocene epoch: insights from the Seoul metropolitan fora 2024	3
Using nostalgia to increase tourists’ destination loyalty in heritage cities: from imagined to productive nostalgia	3
Transformations of smart governance during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
The examination of the relationship between Internet use at home, on the move and trip frequencies of public transport and private vehicle before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Framework for hourly demand forecasting of bike-sharing stations: case study of the four main gate areas in Seoul	3
The relationship between residential burglaries and urban environments in Taipei City: a data mining approach	3
Reshuffling city life: spatial and functional dynamics of urban activity in Tokyo during COVID-19	3
Spatial analysis and integrated multi-criteria decision making methods; a model to evaluate justice in the distribution of urban services in Tehran	3
Exploring the spatio-temporal driving mechanism of multi-dimensional urbanization on urban residential buildings based on GTWR: a case study of China	3
Sustainability and smartness interplay within city–renewables nexus: a bibliometric analysis from 1992 to 2022	3
Communicating particulate matter risk: the effects of empoweredness and trust in government information on protective behaviour	3
Measuring ecological effects and policy mechanisms of urban land use transition – a case study of Xi'an, China	2
Examining safe urban mobility for the improved welfare and wellbeing of older people in smart cities	2
Surviving the pandemic: COVID-19 and restaurant closures in Suzhou	2
Revealing the mechanism of urban form affecting energy footprint and carrying capacity: an empirical analysis of Nanjing, China	2
Unveiling ‘population concentration-economic growth’ mismatch in the urbanization process: evidence from the Yangtze River Delta region in China	2
Localizing SDGs at urban micro-scale: a comprehensive assessment tool for project decision makers	2
Spatial, mobility, or socio-economic inequity? A district level job accessibility evaluation in Jakarta, Indonesia	2
Analysing the relationship between space quality and place attachment in urban coasts using structural equation modelling: the Antalya Konyaaltı case	2
The influencing factors and regional heterogeneity of county-level public services quality in China	2
Neighbourhood rental market integration and private rent trajectories – evidence from the city of Vienna	2
The interaction between smartness and the urban economy	2
Socio-spatial differentiation in a Latin American metropolis: urban structure, residential mobility, and real estate in the high-income cone of Santiago de Chile	2
Analysis of urban management information technology systems: Ubiquitous City, Smart City, Metaverse, and Digital Twin	2
The effects of antecedent dry days and land use types on urban runoff quality in a semi-Arid region	2

Housing price dynamics within an integrated urban model: testing the spatial and temporal transferability	2
A review of integrating space syntax analysis into heritage impact assessment: a comprehensive framework for sustainable historic urban development	2
Dynamic effects of path dependence on regional entrepreneurship in transitional China	2
The deviation characteristics and influencing factors of urban scaling laws in China: industrial and sectoral perspective	2
An integrated framework for addressing urban challenges in smart cities: transitioning from the V-model to a knowledge-action approach	1
Performance-based evaluation on egress safety of disabled welfare facilities	1
Does low-carbon city pilot lead to adaptation? Empirical research from 267 prefecture-level cities in China	1
Do national urban agglomeration policies reduce regional disparity? Evidence from nineteen urban agglomerations in China	1
A joint model of residential mobility and location choice decisions	1
Scalable origin-destination travel demand prediction using stratified graph convolutional network	1
Intercity networks and urban performance: a geographical text mining approach	1
Building blocks for smart cities adoption and associated implementation drawbacks in sub-Saharan Africa	1
Spatial–temporal heterogeneous analysis of the coupling coordination between new urbanization and urban ecological resilience	1
The nature of urban sprawl in Western Balkan cities	1
Overheated behaviours and spread effects: an analysis of London’s housing market	1
The cost of working: measuring physical and virtual access to jobs	1
Modeling the intermodality between public transport and bike-sharing using smartcard trip Chain data	1
The effects of proximities on the evolving structure of intercity innovation networks in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area: comparison between scientific and technology knowledge	1
Traditional or alternative wine packaging: a study of consumer choices and perceptions	1
Creating a state strategic innovation space: the development of the Zhangjiang Science City in Shanghai	1
A systematic review of the 15-minute city framework: implications for environmental heritage preservation in the Anthropocene	1
Analysis of the factors influencing the spatial distribution of religious places: case study of Rui'an City, Zhejiang Province, China	1
The liveability of school-district housings within a 15-minute life circle: a case study of Hohhot in western China	1
The origin of industrial workers and rural in situ urbanization in Temanggung Regency, Indonesia	1
Bridging the gap in urban studies: combining topic modeling and discourse theory in big data analysis	1
The reciprocal relationship between social capital and community development in a Korean Chinese enclave: the case of Daerim 2-dong in Seoul	1
A critical review of social housing commodification in England	1
Assessment of residents for CPTED-based crime prevention services in South Korea	1
Resilient cultural landscapes: adaptive management and social innovation in heritage conservation	1
Spillover effects of business improvement districts on residential housing values: a focus on the northern region in Los Angeles county, California	1
City street landscape strategy with the consideration of urban wind corridors for mitigating traffic-generated PM _2.5 effect in pedestrian spaces	1
Coupling mechanism and coupling linkage effect between multiplex city networks – a case study of the Chengdu-Chongqing city cluster	1
State’s role in shaping the smart city industry development	1
Evaluating the walking accessibility of Cook County’s public schools to use as open space	1
Estimation of land surface temperature in response to land use/land cover transformation in Kolkata city and its suburban area, India	1
The evolution of urban innovation space and its spatial relationships with talents’ living demands: evidence from Hangzhou, China	1
The prospects of artificial intelligence in urban planning	1
How are urban design qualities associated with perceived walkability? An AI approach using street view images and deep learning	1
Does ‘low-carbon city pilot’ improve urban sustainability? Evidence from China	1
Impact of urban pattern on operating costs of public services: quantification through the economic weight of services ‘to property’	1
How do the poor survive in an unaffordable city? – An empirical study of informal housing households living in Hong Kong	1
The impact of green low-carbon finance on smog reduction and carbon mitigation: evidence from a spatial panel simultaneous equations model	1
Urban vibrancy and air pollution: avoidance behaviour and the built environment	1
Designing an intelligent emergency response system to minimize the impacts of traffic incidents: a new approximation queuing model	1