OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology is 13. 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
The nexus of industrial employment, financial development, urbanization, and human capital in promoting environmental sustainability in E7 economies	165
‘Mértola, a lab for the future’ as a transformational plan for the mediterranean semi-arid region: A learning case based on landsenses ecology	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

Building a sustainable environment in EU countries: the critical role of infrastructure investments and institutional quality	31
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
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
Popularization of plant protection UAVs and farmers’ income increases: a quasinatural experiment	28
Impact of environmental policy stringency on sectoral GHG emissions: evidence from Finland and Sweden by nonlinear quantile-based methods	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
Integrating ecosystem service importance and ecological sensitivity to identify priority areas for ecological conservation and restoration in Miyun Reservoir Basin	22
Agricultural mechanization and land productivity in China	22
Future mining based on internet of things (IoT) and sustainability challenges	22
Promoting synergies for sustainability through peer-to-peer sharing: an analysis of drivers and barriers	21
A path towards environmental sustainability: exploring the effects of technological innovation and investment freedom on load capacity factor	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
Livelihood and climate vulnerability of coastal communities to natural disaster in south-western Bangladesh	19
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
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
Advancing sustainability in China by uncovering the role of eco-innovation, sustainable urbanization and financial development: evidence from novel wavelet approaches	16
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
Is climate change a monetary phenomenon? Evidence from time series analysis	15
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
Impact of economic growth, natural resources and trade on ecological footprint: do education and longevity promote sustainable development in Algeria?	14
Invasive plants and agri-food waste extracts as sustainable alternatives for the pre-emergence urban weed control in Portugal Central Region	13
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