OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health & Place is 32. 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
Urban neighborhood factors influencing adolescent health and well-being: A qualitative study among adolescent boys in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands	154
Coal to swole: A survey of anabolic steroid use and muscularity concerns in coalfield areas of Wales	100
‘This is where I can be myself’: places that enable flourishing in older age	97
Hunting for fresh food: The impact of online fresh food platforms on health	81
Residential green and blue spaces and working memory in children aged 6–12 years old. Results from the INMA cohort	62
“We just don’t have the space for it”: Geographies of survival and spatial triage in overdose prevention sites	61
Inside and outside the neighborhood: Short-term and long-term subjective well-being by geographical context	60
COVID-19 brought the water struggles in Ghana into our homes in Canada: Collective emotions and WASH struggles in distant locations during health emergencies	57
Drinking alcohol at home feels different from drinking in public places: a qualitative study of midlife Australians	53
How public open spaces co-construct solitary experiences in densely populated urban environments	49
Which dimensions of nature contact in Urban Green Spaces most significantly contribute to mental wellbeing? A multidimensional analysis in Brazilian metropolitan cities	49
Perceived housing inadequacy and health: Cumulative and gendered effects beyond objective housing standards	47
Heatwaves and health vulnerabilities of older informal workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A qualitative study	47
Reduction in the use of green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health	45
Examining the geographical distribution of air pollution disparities across different racial and ethnic groups: Incorporating workplace addresses	44
Using geospatial trajectories to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affects the associations between environmental attributes and runnability of park trails	44
Spatial accessibility and equity of residential care facilities in Beijing from 2010 to 2020	38
“I have to stay inside …”: Experiences of air pollution for people with asthma	38
Association between ambient temperatures and cardiovascular disease: A time series analysis using emergency ambulance dispatches in Chongqing, China, 2019–2021	37
Socializing smartly: Differentiated health benefits from online and place-based in-person socialization among older adults in urban China	37
Children's experiences of care on walking and cycling journeys between home and school in Healthy New Towns: Reframing active school travel	37
Hard-to-reach communities in the rural Ecuador: A qualitative perspective on dietary habits and physical activity	35
Child and youth physical activity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: The changing role of the neighbourhood built and social environments	35
Regional and neighbourhood-based variation in three types of vaccine attitude in Britain	34
Advancing geospatial preconception health research in primary care through medical informatics and artificial intelligence	34

Highs, lows, and fault lines: The geography of suicide clusters in Ecuador	34
Labour will progress where māmā feel safe: Constructing birth-place decision making in primary birth centres	34
Does work-related and commuting physical activity predict changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the transition to retirement? GPS and accelerometer study	34
Built environment in early life is linked to heterogeneous trajectories of loneliness from childhood to adolescence in the ABCD study	33
Association between preschooler outdoor play and home yard vegetation as measured by high resolution imagery: Findings from the PLAYCE study	33
Exploring residential relocation– differences between newcomers and settled residents in health, travel behaviour and neighbourhood perceptions	33
Frames of agency in a school with poor indoor-air quality: A longitudinal composite narrative study	32