OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
‘Mértola, a lab for the future’ as a transformational plan for the mediterranean semi-arid region: A learning case based on landsenses ecology	165
The nexus of industrial employment, financial development, urbanization, and human capital in promoting environmental sustainability in E7 economies	165
Effects of individual and community-level environment components on the subjective well-being of poverty alleviation migrants: the case in Guizhou, China	154
Carbon taxes, resources efficiency, and environmental sustainability in a developed country	138
A Tribute to Dr. Jingzhu Zhao, Editor-in-Chief (2010-2021)	119
Social innovation for sustainable development: assessing current trends	85
Exploring the dynamic linkages among human health, climate change, and food insecurity in the top twenty emitters	70
Impacts of local conservation strategies on forest flora species of the Ambalara forest reserve in the Wa East District, Ghana	67
Evaluating the nexus between energy transition and load capacity factor in Germany: evidence from novel quantile-based approaches	61
Green buildings in Chilean public higher education: a trend or a must-have in university strategic guidelines?	56
Green days in the Park: a case study on Landsenses Ecology	51
How much is an urban stream worth? Using land senses and economic assessment of an urban stream restoration	48
A comparison of waste education in schools and colleges across five European cities	48
Green innovation, foreign investment and carbon emissions: a roadmap to sustainable development via green energy and energy efficiency for BRICS economies	47
The largest cooperative banks in Continental Europe: a sustainable model of banking	47
Does adaptation to climate change promote household food security? Insights from Indonesian fishermen	46
Can consumption of local food contribute to sustainable tourism? Evidence from the perception of domestic tourists	40
Forecasting China’s CO2 emissions and identifying key drivers: an application of the improved RFAGM model and LMDI decomposition methods	39
Assessing decarbonization: a comparison of the green sacrifice ratio for China and India	39
Sustainability indicators for evaluation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in urban agriculture	38
Why is the ‘counter-tradition’ room setting harmonious for an ancient village of China? An analysis based on landsenses ecology	38
More is not always better: the role of Social Media Information in shaping individual low-carbon behavioral intention	37
Lost harvest: examining the association between postharvest food loss and food insecurity in semi-arid Ghana	36
Impact-oriented assessment of carbon, water and energy footprints for maize production: a case study in Shandong, China	35
Crop intensification effects on soil quality and organic carbon stocks: a case study of Haramosh Valley in Central Karakorum, Pakistan	33

The spatial effects of innovation agglomeration on air quality in China: from the perspective of industrial development	31
How sustainable is happiness? An enquiry about the sustainability and wellbeing performance of societies	31
Building a sustainable environment in EU countries: the critical role of infrastructure investments and institutional quality	31
The impact of ecological footprint in West Africa: the role of biocapacity and renewable energy	30
Formulating sustainable development policy for a developed nation: exploring the role of renewable energy, natural gas efficiency and oil efficiency towards decarbonization	29
Impact of environmental policy stringency on sectoral GHG emissions: evidence from Finland and Sweden by nonlinear quantile-based methods	28
Popularization of plant protection UAVs and farmers’ income increases: a quasinatural experiment	28
Towards sustainable greener Earth	27
Has information and communication technology improved environmental quality in the OECD? —a dynamic panel analysis	26
Urban spontaneous vegetation helps create unique landsenses	24
Agricultural mechanization and land productivity in China	22
Future mining based on internet of things (IoT) and sustainability challenges	22
Integrating ecosystem service importance and ecological sensitivity to identify priority areas for ecological conservation and restoration in Miyun Reservoir Basin	22
A path towards environmental sustainability: exploring the effects of technological innovation and investment freedom on load capacity factor	21
Promoting synergies for sustainability through peer-to-peer sharing: an analysis of drivers and barriers	21
Solar energy and sustainable development: evidence from 35 countries	20
Impacts of digital agricultural extension on allocation inefficiency costs:Evidence from cotton farmers in China	20
Income impacts of rural household livelihood strategies: insights from Chongqing, Southwest China	19
The role of renewable energy consumption and financial development in environmental sustainability: implications for the Nordic Countries	19
Livelihood and climate vulnerability of coastal communities to natural disaster in south-western Bangladesh	19
Integrating ecosystem reference conditions and vulnerability to identify ecological restoration priority areas	18
Investigation of the effect of natural resource dependence on environmental sustainability under the novel load capacity curve hypothesis	18
Evaluation of the barriers to and drivers of the implementation of solar energy in Saudi Arabia	17
Nitrogen use efficiency of rice in India: A regional analysis	17
Sustainability measurement with a non-compensatory approach in Cuban nature-based tourism	17
African biopower investment and policy sufficiency: a qualitative comparative analysis	17
The impact of collaborative agglomeration of manufacturing and services on carbon emission efficiency: spatial effect and mechanism analysis	16
Re-envisioning par for the course: an assessment of desert golf sustainability from a landscape perspective	16
Impacts of plot size on maize yields and farm profits: Implications for sustainable land use and food security	16
Modeling circular economic activities: a business ecosystem perspective through the value exchange network framework	16
Advancing sustainability in China by uncovering the role of eco-innovation, sustainable urbanization and financial development: evidence from novel wavelet approaches	16
Digital transformation and sustainable development in higher education in a post-pandemic world	15
China’s poverty alleviation policy promoted ecological-economic collaborative development: evidence from poverty-stricken counties on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	15
Is climate change a monetary phenomenon? Evidence from time series analysis	15
Impact of economic growth, natural resources and trade on ecological footprint: do education and longevity promote sustainable development in Algeria?	14
A new approach to analyze determinants of environmental quality: evidence from E7 countries by panel approaches	13
How to establish a sustainable sea area governance mechanism? The case of marine waste	13
Invasive plants and agri-food waste extracts as sustainable alternatives for the pre-emergence urban weed control in Portugal Central Region	13
An approach of landsenses ecology and landsenseology in Greece	12
Extended applications of landsenses ecology: an introduction	12
Sensitivity analysis of sustainability indicators using a shifted geometric assessment model	12
Integrated spatial prioritization of urban nature-based solutions for climate adaptation, mitigation, and justice	11
Sustainable agriculture in Northeastern India: how do tribal farmers perceive and respond to climate change?	11
Hyperfeedback: meliorization regulation mechanism towards sustainable development based on landsenses ecology	11
Energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa	11
Exploring the dynamic capability of green technology innovation for achieving sustainable development: an empirical insight from China	11
Diaspora income, financial development and ecological footprint in Africa	11
Can green resource productivity, renewable energy, and economic globalization drive the pursuit of carbon neutrality in the top energy transition economies?	11
If tourism induces the EKC hypothesis, how does governance moderate its impact in the EU without the UK?	10
On the shadow economy-environmental sustainability nexus in Africa: the (ir)relevance of financial development	10

Unravelling the role of renewable energy, information and communication technology and agricultural credit for sustainable agricultural productivity in developing countries	10
Urban land expanded closer to protected areas in China: a three decade investigation over 2622 protected areas	10
Pathways to environmental sustainability: exploring the role of FinTech, natural resources and globalization in North Africa	10
Barriers and solutions for just and equitable access to urban ecosystem services: a critical analysis	10
Declining glaciers endanger sustainable development of the oases along the Aksu-Tarim River (Central Asia)	9
Assessment and driving factor analysis of eco-environmental security for the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau	9
Sustainable usage of carrot discards in food processing	9
Sustainable industrialization performance evaluation of European Union countries: an integrated spherical fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and grey relational analysis approach	9
Optimal options of ecological restoration patterns in semi-arid regions: Lessons learned from two-decade ecological restoration projects in Bashang Plateau of China	8
Investigating political stability effect on the environment in the Netherlands by Fourier-based approaches	8
Expanding protected areas in a Neotropical hotspot	8
Factors affecting green building consumer behaviour: evidence from Brazil	8
Characterizing agroecology’s practice in the Niayes, Senegal: A typology of agricultural models on family farms	8
What factors affect the structural resilience of urban networks during COVID-19 epidemic? A comparative analysis in China	8
European SMEs and non-financial information on sustainability	7
Assessment of China’s green governance performance based on integrative perspective of technology utilization and actor management	7
Type division and spatial differentiation characteristics of cities in China: on the perspective of sustainable urban regeneration	7
Ecological intensification measures to improve productivity and decrease nitrogen surplus in wheat-maize/watermelon intercropping system	7
Assessing the progress and spatial patterns of sustainable eco-environmental development based on the 2030 Agenda for SDGs in China	7
Sustainability factors influencing para rubber resources for the implementation of circular economy in Songkhla province, southern Thailand	7
Using artificial intelligence to implement the UN sustainable development goals at higher education institutions	6
Sustainable development implications of human wildlife conflict: an analysis of subsistence farmers in Bhutan	6
Assessing socio-economic vulnerability aiming for sustainable development in Serbia	6
Transit-oriented development (TOD) or development-oriented transit (DOT): how does it matter for sustainable urban growth?	6
The role of technology innovation, R&D, and quality governance in pollution mitigation for EU economies: fresh evidence from method of moment quantile regression	6
The influence of forest proximity to harvesting and use of provisioning ecosystem services from tree species in traditional agroforestry landscapes	6
CDP (carbon disclosure project) emissions of CO ₂ and environmental disclosure quality: the mediating role of media legitimacy and governance	6
Unveiling energy efficiency and renewable electricity’s role in achieving sustainable development goals 7 and 13 policies	6
Can clean energy adoption and international trade contribute to the achievement of India’s 2070 carbon neutrality agenda? Evidence using quantile ARDL measures	6
Analyzing the role of economic globalization in achieving carbon neutrality in Australia	6
Citizen science in China’s water resources monitoring: current status and future prospects	6
Mapping key features and dimensions of the inclusive city: A systematic bibliometric analysis and literature study	6
Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into the strategy of higher education institutions	6
Examining the dynamics of ecological footprint in China with spectral Granger causality and quantile-on-quantile approaches	5
A comparative analysis of the circular economy performances for European Union countries	5
Sustainable development, renewable energy transformation and employment impact in the EU	5
Heterogeneous impact of green energy innovation on energy transition in the G7 nations: an aggregated and disintegrated analysis through advanced quantile approach	5
The criticality of financial development and energy consumption for environmental sustainability in OECD countries: Evidence from dynamic panel analysis	5
Do world uncertainty and income inequality moderate the efficacy of environmental innovation in driving global renewable energy generation?	5
Plant compensatory growth: its mechanisms and implications to agricultural sustainability under global environmental changes	5
Material productivity and material intensity as drivers of environmental sustainability in G-7 economies	5
Role of technological innovation and globalization in BRICS economies: policy towards environmental sustainability	5
Modelling a sustainable credit score system (SCSS) using BWM and fuzzy TOPSIS	5
Natural resources-sustainable environment conflicts amidst COP26 resolutions: investigating the role of renewable energy, technology innovations, green finance, and structural change	5
Urban green and blue infrastructure effect on the micro-scale thermal environment in a residential neighborhood: Mueller, Austin, TX	5
Assessing the value of agroforestry and food security among households in Isingiro District, South-western Uganda	4
An assessment of the aggregated and disaggregated effects of natural resources rents on environmental sustainability in BRICS economies	4
Investigating the decoupling effects between global sustainable development and multi-disaster crises	4
Green bonds and sustainable development: theoretical model and empirical evidence from Europe	4
Status of research on Sustainable Development Goal 11: a visual analysis using citespace and ArcGIS	4
Urbanization-environment conundrum: an invitation to sustainable development in Saudi Arabian cities	4
Moving towards a sustainable environment: do disaggregated energy consumption, natural resources, financial development and economic globalization really matter?	4
Regional differences in China’s ecological civilization construction from an evolutionary perspective and the influencing factors	4
Implementation of the UN sustainable development goals in the agri-food system of Russia: regional and sectoral features	4
Spatial coupling mechanism of biocultural diversity: case of Beichuan-River-Source National Nature Reserve, Qinghai, China	4
The influence of nuclear energy research and development investments on environmental sustainability: evidence from the United States and France	4
Assessment of eco-environment quality using multi-source remote sensing data	4
Examining the roles of labour standards, economic complexity, and globalization in the biocapacity deficiency of the ASEAN countries	4
Green policymaking in top emitters: assessing the consequences of external conflicts, trade globalization, and mineral resources on sustainable development	4
Construction of ecological security patterns based on multi-scenario simulations in arid and semi-arid areas in Northwest China	4