OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Urban Sciences 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Multidimensional educational inequality and settlement intentions of internal migrants: the case of China	44
Rigidness of planning law causing fragile grounds for crafting planning tools: neoliberal power and ideology immersed on urban space	41
The housing quality impacts on women’s self-efficacy during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Kerman, Iran	21
How is active travel associated with the scale, measurement of built environment and travel purpose: a GPS trajectory-based approach	20
Size or scale? Examining their key themes and relationships in smart cities	19
Changing urban identity of a Mediterranean port city: from consistency to fragmentation	19
Geospatial perspective on low-carbon city pilot and urban green transition: empirical insights from China	17
Housing market, social housing, and fertility: evidence from urban China	15
Does Airbnb raise local rent in Seoul? Spatial 2SLS model approach	14
The pulse of urban: how cross-city metro network drives twin cities’ innovation performance in China?	14
Research on institutional frameworks for historic preservation through sustainable management and adaptive reuse: a comparative study in Philadelphia and Seoul	13
Urbanometric analysis of data-driven urban wellbeing – an exploration of spatially dependent city love in Flanders	13
Equity-based linkages in the evolving process of industry enclaves: a case study of Suzhou Industrial Park, China	12
Examining the impact of bicycle-oriented multimodality on accessibility and transport equity in the metropolitan area of Athens, Greece	12
Income trajectories of public housing residents in mixed-income housing: the case of Seoul	11
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	10
Emergy analysis-based study of the sustainable development of Kunming’s urban eco-economic system	10
Redefining urban heritage boundaries for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the World Heritage property of the Hwaseong Fortress, Republic of Korea	10
The spatial spillover effect of technological innovation network in cities: a case of the high-tech industry of Yangtze River Delta	9
Reconfiguring living labs: urban experimentation and developmental governance in Korea’s smart city context	9
The role of cultural amenities in cities for employment growth of industrial clusters: evidence from a panel VAR model	9
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	9
How to prevent the next pandemic: exploring the relationship between built environment, socioeconomic factors and the pandemic	9
Study on smart city in League of Arab States (LAS): status and trend in 2024	8
The spatial interlocking of commercial office real estate and advanced producer services: a central flow theory lens	8

The effect of building height regulation in Seoul	8
Inclusive policy environment or quality of life: understanding city preferences of young talents based on a discrete choice experiment with university students in China	8
Does smart city policy promote sustainable cities? Exploring the co-benefits of smart city policy on carbon reduction, pollution mitigation and economic growth	8
A data-driven urban regeneration index utilising ahp and fuzzy logic for sustainable redevelopment planning	8
Adaptive behaviors in response to high levels of fine particulate matter: the influence of risk perception and risk communication	7
A machine learning analysis of density structure and public health risk from the perspective of urban agglomerations a case study of Seoul and Busan	7
The impact of retirement-age extension on young adult unemployment and urban economic stability	7
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	7
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	7
Spatial cognition and emotion simulation in urban interior environments using agent-based modelling	7
Finding the old in the new: Smart cities in the national and local trajectories of urban development	6
Assessing public open spaces in high density urban areas using a structural equation modelling approach: a case study of Chennai metropolitan city, India	6
Understanding measurement of walkability in urban environments: a systematic review and research agenda	6
Does urban rail transit promote the population growth of cities? Empirical evidence from China	6
A trajectory data-driven approach for traffic risk prediction: incorporating variable interactions and pre-screening	6
The changing spatialities of China’s knowledge economy: introduction to the special issue	6
Evolution of the smart city: three extensions to governance, sustainability, and decent urbanisation from an ICT-based urban solution	6
The role of spatial structure in driving the pace of structural economic change: empirical evidence from Vietnam	6
A study of behavioural characteristics of the elderly based on computer vision technology	5
Is the gated community really safe? An empirical analysis based on communities with varying degrees of closure	5
Understanding social innovation and governance in urban redevelopment: systematic literature review	5
Evaluation of architectural colour comfort and harmony based on street view images: a case study of Caidian	5
How does new quality of productivity drive urban low-carbon transition? – evidence from 169 prefecture-level cities in China	5
From spatial mismatch to urban equity: a governance-oriented supply–demand coupling framework for evaluating urban park green space equity in high-density Tianjin	5
15-minute city, the basis of optimal allocation of land use in urban areas of Tabriz using a new multi-criteria decision making method	5
Exploring transit bus related fatal crash patterns at intersections and roadway segments using association rule mining	5
Transforming cities: how fiscal decentralisation shapes urban agglomeration in Indonesia	5
Exploring the interrelationship between local employment and income in gateway communities in the US Lake States: empirical evidence from spatial simultaneous equation models	5
Impact of solid waste classification on urban ecology and economy in Beijing: A quantitative research	5
Economic value of neighbourhood perception on housing price: applications of unstructured multimodal big data and deep learning techniques	5
Exploration on prior driving modes for automated vehicle collisions	5
The evolving role of urban designers in generative AI-assisted urban design: mini-block Izmir, Turkey	4
Still prefer, but not that much: the premium of subway access on house prices during the COVID-19 pandemic period	4
Transformations of smart governance during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
A spatio-temporal analysis of single-family home values in the greater Orlando region	4
A critical review of activity participation decision: a key component of activity-based travel demand models	4
Evaluating inclusivity and efficiency in university open spaces: a user-centric approach	4
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	4
Reshuffling city life: spatial and functional dynamics of urban activity in Tokyo during COVID-19	4
The megaregion – forms, functions, and potential? A literature review and proposal for advancing research	4
Reading an adaptable urban form: Exploring the morphological patterns of the Iranian traditional bazaar	4