OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health & Place is 30. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Association between ambient temperatures and cardiovascular disease: A time series analysis using emergency ambulance dispatches in Chongqing, China, 2019–2021	103
Reduction in the use of green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health	83
Hunting for fresh food: The impact of online fresh food platforms on health	80
Characteristics of movers and predictors of residential mobility in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort	59
Children's experiences of care on walking and cycling journeys between home and school in Healthy New Towns: Reframing active school travel	58
Examining the geographical distribution of air pollution disparities across different racial and ethnic groups: Incorporating workplace addresses	54
Using geospatial trajectories to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affects the associations between environmental attributes and runnability of park trails	53
Mobile daily diaries to characterize stressors and acute health symptoms in an environmental justice neighborhood	51
Coal to swole: A survey of anabolic steroid use and muscularity concerns in coalfield areas of Wales	45
Residential green and blue spaces and working memory in children aged 6–12 years old. Results from the INMA cohort	45
Spatial accessibility and equity of residential care facilities in Beijing from 2010 to 2020	45
COVID-19 brought the water struggles in Ghana into our homes in Canada: Collective emotions and WASH struggles in distant locations during health emergencies	42
Which dimensions of nature contact in Urban Green Spaces most significantly contribute to mental wellbeing? A multidimensional analysis in Brazilian metropolitan cities	40
Inside and outside the neighborhood: Short-term and long-term subjective well-being by geographical context	39
Unequal ecosystems of global health authorial expertise: Decolonising noncommunicable disease	39
Entanglements of affect, space, and evidence in pandemic healthcare: An analysis of Australian healthcare workers’ experiences of COVID-19	39
“We just don’t have the space for it”: Geographies of survival and spatial triage in overdose prevention sites	38
“I have to stay inside …”: Experiences of air pollution for people with asthma	36
Drinking alcohol at home feels different from drinking in public places: a qualitative study of midlife Australians	36
Forces at play: A qualitative study of risk aversion, policy and decision making for children's physically active play in schools	35
Frames of agency in a school with poor indoor-air quality: A longitudinal composite narrative study	35
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
Understanding perceived park access and physical activity among older adults: A structural equation modeling approach	33
Rapid review on healthy ageing interventions that incorporate action on climate change and sustainability in cities and communities	33
Advancing geospatial preconception health research in primary care through medical informatics and artificial intelligence	33

Regional and neighbourhood-based variation in three types of vaccine attitude in Britain	33
Hard-to-reach communities in the rural Ecuador: A qualitative perspective on dietary habits and physical activity	32
Highs, lows, and fault lines: The geography of suicide clusters in Ecuador	32
Association between preschooler outdoor play and home yard vegetation as measured by high resolution imagery: Findings from the PLAYCE study	32
Neighbourhood social cohesion, loneliness and multimorbidity: Evidence from a UK longitudinal panel study	30
Exploring residential relocation– differences between newcomers and settled residents in health, travel behaviour and neighbourhood perceptions	30