OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Geographical Information Science is 9. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Permutation entropy-based quantification for joint effect of gestalt principles on grouping segments of cross-curves	119
Scene-GCN: a time-series prediction method in complex monitoring environments through spatial–temporal knowledge graph (ST-KG)	115
Capturing spatial heterogeneity of population-level human mobility via a prior-guided graph neural network	77
From public discourse to place semantics: modeling semantic similarity of places using geosocial media data	65
A probabilistic framework with the gradient-based method for multi-objective land use optimization	55
Reasoning over higher-order qualitative spatial relations via spatially explicit neural networks	53
GPU-accelerated parallel all-pair shortest path routing within stochastic road networks	50
There’s no best model! Addressing limitations of land-use scenario modelling through multi-model ensembles	50
Geospatial foundation models for image analysis: evaluating and enhancing NASA-IBM Prithvi’s domain adaptability	48
Incorporating multimodal context information into traffic speed forecasting through graph deep learning	46
GeoXCP: uncertainty quantification of spatial explanations in explainable AI	45
Predicting short-term PM _2.5 concentrations at fine temporal resolutions using a multi-branch temporal graph convolutional neural network	44
STAGE: a spatiotemporal-knowledge enhanced multi-task generative adversarial network (GAN) for trajectory generation	43
Fine-grained geographic named entity recognition with few-shot learning	43
PathVGAE: a path-based variational graph autoencoder for learning to rank roads	40
The influence of uncertainty visualization on cognitive load in a safety- and time-critical decision-making task	40
Human dynamics in GIScience: emerging opportunities, challenges, and the road toward SplatialAI	39
A hierarchical deep reinforcement learning method for solving urban route planning problems under large-scale customers and real-time traffic conditions	38
A novel approach for cluster detection in trajectory data with low cluster-to-noise density ratio	37
A mobile phone-based multilevel localization framework for field scenes	36
A new two-step estimation approach for retrieving surface urban heat island intensity and footprint based on urban-rural temperature gradients	36
A linearization for stable and fast geographically weighted Poisson regression	34
StreetSenser: a novel approach to sensing street view via a fine-tuned multimodal large language model	34
Children’s walking to urban services: an analysis of pedestrian access to social infrastructures and its relationship with land use	33
A streamlined approach to uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for models with spatial outputs with an example from geodiversity assessment	33

MNCD-KE: a novel framework for simultaneous attribute- and interaction-based geographical regionalization	30
Decision making under uncertainty: increasing the impact of public Participatory GIS	30
Simplification of contour lines, based on axial splines, with high-quality results	29
Efficient matrix algebra encoding for urban solar irradiation simulation: fine-grid ground-level estimation with vector data	29
A review of representation and similarity measurement methods for geospatial scenes	29
Addressing the challenge of spatiotemporal data sparsity in disasters: predicting flood risks by aggregating distant neighbors on the basis of the principle of geographic similarity	28
Next location prediction using heterogeneous graph-based fusion network with physical and social awareness	27
HMLPA: a hierarchical multi-target LPA pathfinding algorithm designed for dynamic indoor path network	27
A multi-hierarchical method to extract spatial network structures from large-scale origin-destination flow data	27
GeoFM: how will geo-foundation models reshape spatial data science and GeoAI?	26
Statistical tests for the local spatial variance	25
An explainable spatial interpolation method considering spatial stratified heterogeneity	23
Exploring geospatial digital twins: a novel panorama-based method with enhanced representation of virtual geographic scenes in Virtual Reality (VR)	23
Simulation of urban perforation after random vacant plot generation: application of the thinning point process	23
Lane extraction from trajectories at road intersections based on Graph Transformer Network	22
Trend surface analysis of geographic flows	21
A backfitting maximum likelihood estimator for hierarchical and geographically weighted regression modelling, with a case study of house prices in Beijing	21
Vision-HD: road change detection and registration using images and high-definition maps	19
Toward urban traffic scenarios and more: a spatio-temporal analysis empowered low-rank tensor completion method for data imputation	19
Predicting crowd flows via compressed sensing with spatial heterogeneity: an efficient GeoAI framework	18
Developing an integrated approach to validate 3D ownership spaces in complex multistorey buildings	18
Filling gaps of cartographic polylines by using an encoder–decoder model	18
Efficient cell navigation methods and applications of an aperture 4 hexagonal discrete global grid system	18
Dynamic mode decomposition and short-time prediction of PM _2.5 using the graph Neural Koopman network	18
A topography-aware approach to the automatic generation of urban road networks	18
Online map-matching assisted by object-based classification of driving scenario	18
TBSI: a Transformer-based spatial learned index for efficient construction and query	18
Enhancing drive-by sensing power in urban hotspots through multi-objective vehicle selection optimization	18
Topology-based terrain segmentation using Apache Spark	18
Detecting road network errors from trajectory data with partial map matching and bidirectional recurrent neural network model	17
On ignoring the heterogeneity in spatial autocorrelation: consequences and solutions	17
A reinforcement learning-based routing algorithm for large street networks	17
Automatic measurement of building setbacks and streetscape widths and their spatial variability along streets and in plots: integration of streetscape skeletons and plot geometry	16
An entity alignment approach coupling NGBoost and SHAP for constructing spatio-temporal evolution knowledge graph from historical atlases	16
A matrix factorization model with local and global consistency for flow prediction in bike-sharing systems	16
Uncertainty analysis of geodata derived from digital map processing	16
SEMINT: an LLM-empowered long-term vessel trajectory prediction framework	16
Polycenter: fast and precise polygon center identification for GIS and beyond	16
Explainable artificial intelligence approach for road network selection based on a neural additive model	15
Enhanced scan statistic with tightened window for detecting irregularly shaped hotspots	15
A spatial–temporal graph convolutional network enhanced by geospatial knowledge to forecast origin–destination flows	15
Geospatiality: the effect of topics on the presence of geolocation in English text data	15
Integrating hydrological knowledge into deep learning for DEM super-resolution	15
A multi-view bidirectional spatiotemporal graph network for urban traffic flow imputation	15
Addressing the fixed effects in gravity model based on higher-order origin-destination pairs	15
Extracting geographic relations from large social media text data	14
Scheduling distributed multiway spatial join queries: optimization models and algorithms	13
A hexagon-based method for polygon generalization using morphological operators	13
Multi-agent reinforcement learning to unify order-matching and vehicle-repositioning in ride-hailing services	13
STICC: a multivariate spatial clustering method for repeated geographic pattern discovery with consideration of spatial contiguity	13

Analytically articulating the effect of buffer size on urban green space exposure measures	13
Efficient inference of large-scale air quality using a lightweight ensemble predictor	13
An evaluation of geo-located Twitter data for measuring human migration	12
Automated building outline extraction from digital surface models and orthophoto: a novel contour-based approach	12
A skeleton extraction method for large-scale spatial interaction networks considering spatial distribution characteristics	12
Deconstructing rurality to better “place” health data	12
Foundation models for geospatial reasoning: assessing the capabilities of large language models in understanding geometries and topological spatial relations	12
Visit probability and accessibility within space–time prism of activity program	12
SIMPLINET: a transmission network simplification method for spatiotemporal epidemic modelling	12
Alleviating the resolution limit problem in spatial community detection: a local network structure-based method	12
Exploring the integration of auxiliary modal information from remote sensing images for DEM super-resolution	12
Unsupervised domain adaptation for cross-style, cross-year land use understanding from historical maps	12
Estimating urban noise along road network from street view imagery	11
Is the radial distance really a distance? An analysis of its properties and interest for the matching of polygon features	11
A multi-glimpse deep learning architecture to estimate socioeconomic census metrics in the context of extreme scope variance	11
Scalable spatio-temporal autoregressive modeling by designing equivalent graph convolutional neural networks	11
A structural catalogue of the settlement morphology in refugee and IDP camps	11
Micromobility systems and disease transmission: a spatially explicit agent-based approach	11
Global GNSS PDOP calculation method based on hexagonal discrete grid	11
How good is TanDEM-X 50 m forest/non-forest map? Product validation using temporally corrected geo-browser supplied imagery through Collect Earth	11
Observing the dynamic community structure of urban travel networks based on navigation data	10
Accurate three-dimensional mapping for detecting shaded urban sidewalks and assessing tree canopy coverage	10
Multiscale cooperative optimization in multiscale geographically weighted regression models	10
Identifying dynamic functions of urban areas with a multi-temporal collaborative graph neural network model	10
ColorBlindGAN: a generative adversarial network framework for color-blind-friendly maps conversion	10
Measuring accessibility of hierarchical healthcare facilities from the spatio-sentimental perspective	10
A learning-based parallel geocomputation engine for heterogeneous spatial domain	10
A local encryption method for large-scale vector maps based on spatial hierarchical index and 4D hyperchaotic system	10
A novel aggregation strategy for producing population density surfaces using poll tax data: the case of Vyborg in 1880	10
Automatic sketch map creation from labeled planar graph	10
Geographically and temporally weighted co-location quotient: an analysis of spatiotemporal crime patterns in greater Manchester	9
GeoAI in urban analytics	9
Detecting synthetic population bias using a spatially-oriented framework and independent validation data	9
Enhancing the accessibility of regionalization techniques through large language models: a case study in conversational agent guidance	9
Urban traffic flow prediction: a dynamic temporal graph network considering missing values	9
Deriving map images of generalised mountain roads with generative adversarial networks	9
Differential effects of data omissions and positional errors on the minimum acceptable geocoding hit rate	9
On the local modeling of count data: multiscale geographically weighted Poisson regression	9
HiPerMovelets: high-performance movelet extraction for trajectory classification	9
MapReader: a framework for learning a visual language model for map analysis	9
Fuzzy Bayesian inference for mapping vague and place-based regions: a case study of sectarian territory	9