OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Science & Policy is 47. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Co-production in global sustainability: Histories and theories	201
Urban green spaces for the social interaction, health and well-being of older people— An integrated view of urban ecosystem services and socio-environmental justice	185
The effects of environmental innovations on CO2 emissions: Empirical evidence from Europe	168
Impacts of human capital, exports, economic growth and energy consumption on CO2 emissions of a cross-sectionally dependent panel: Evidence from the newly industrialized countries (NICs)	153
The role of ecosystems in mitigation and management of Covid-19 and other zoonoses	137
The role of informal green spaces in reducing inequalities in urban green space availability to children and seniors	126
Projections of soil loss by water erosion in Europe by 2050	118
Weaving notions of justice into urban ecosystem services research and practice	110
Association between temperature, humidity, and COVID-19 outbreaks in Bangladesh	109
Decoupling for ecological sustainability: A categorisation and review of research literature	109
An integrative analytical model for the water-energy-food nexus: South Africa case study	106
Digital transformation and environmental sustainability in industry: Putting expectations in Asian and African policies into perspective	106
Conceptualising transdisciplinary integration as a multidimensional interactive process	101
A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries	96
Adaptation pathways: A review of approaches and a learning framework	88
The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery	87
From elite folk science to the policy legend of the circular economy	85
Policy windows for the environment: Tips for improving the uptake of scientific knowledge	82
Nature-based solutions for urban biodiversity governance	78
Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future	76
Strategies for building and managing ‘trust’ to enable knowledge exchange at the interface of environmental science and policy	74
Implementation of advanced micropollutants removal technologies in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) - Examples and challenges based on selected EU countries	72
Identifying principles for the design of robust impact evaluation frameworks for nature-based solutions in cities	71
Environmental justice and outdoor recreation opportunities: A spatially explicit assessment in Oslo metropolitan area, Norway	64
Enhancing the capacity of water governance to deal with complex management challenges: A framework of analysis	64

Management opportunities for soil carbon sequestration following agricultural land abandonment	62
Urban flood risks and emerging challenges in a Chinese delta: The case of the Pearl River Delta	61
Climate adaptation pathways for agriculture: Insights from a participatory process	61
The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review	60
Plastic packaging goes sustainable: An analysis of consumer preferences for plastic water bottles	59
Mapping trade-offs and synergies among peri-urban ecosystem services to address spatial policy	58
The environmental impacts of globalisation and corruption: Evidence from a set of African countries	57
Imagining the corridor of climate mitigation – What is at stake in IPCC’s politics of anticipation?	57
Enabling new mindsets and transformative skills for negotiating and activating climate action: Lessons from UNFCCC conferences of the parties	57
Planning for environmental justice - reducing well-being inequalities through urban greening	57
How the Sustainable Development Goals risk undermining efforts to address environmental and social issues in the small-scale mining sector	55
Adapting transformation and transforming adaptation to climate change using a pathways approach	52
Prioritising Sustainable Development Goals, characterising interactions, and identifying solutions for local sustainability	52
Practical applications of ecosystem services in spatial planning: Lessons learned from a systematic literature review	50
Air quality status and trends over large cities in South America	50
Beyond CO2 equivalence: The impacts of methane on climate, ecosystems, and health	50
Resource management and sustainable development: A review of the European water policies in accordance with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals	49
Socio-environmental conflicts: An underestimated threat to biodiversity conservation in Chile	49
Measuring economic water scarcity in agriculture: a cross-country empirical investigation	48
Interplay between urbanization and ecological footprints: Differential roles of indigenous and foreign innovations in ASEAN-4	48
Stakeholders’ views on natural flood management: Implications for the nature-based solutions paradigm shift?	47
Advancing the implementation of nature-based solutions in cities: A review of frameworks	47