OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Health Geographics is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
How do taxi drivers expose to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in a Chinese megacity: a rapid assessment incorporating with satellite-derived information and urban mobility data	45
Assessment of a gridded population sample frame for a household survey of refugee populations in Uganda, 2021	42
The built environment, purpose-specific walking behaviour and overweight: evidence from Wuhan metropolis in central China	36
Temporal-spatial distribution characteristics and associated socioeconomic factors of medical expenditures for rural patients with chronic kidney disease in Fujian Province, Southeast China	35
Exploring fine-scale urban landscapes using satellite data to predict the distribution of Aedes mosquito breeding sites	27
Mapping the prevalence of cancer risk factors at the small area level in Australia	25
Suicide mortality in Spain (2010-2022): temporal trends, spatial patterns, and risk factors	25
Understanding Ixodes ricinus occurrence in private yards: influence of yard and landscape features	23
Mapping malaria vulnerability hotspots using multi-criteria decision analysis, GIS, and remote sensing: a case study in Abaya Woreda, West Guji Zone, Ethiopia	23
The use of Virtual Reality (VR) to assess the impact of geographical environments on walking and cycling: a systematic literature review	22
Assessing the association between overcrowding and human physiological stress response in different urban contexts: a case study in Salzburg, Austria	21
Spatiotemporal analysis of the effect of global development indicators on child mortality	21
Geographic disparities in minimum dietary diversity among Indian children aged 6–23 months	18
Global mosquito observations dashboard (GMOD): creating a user-friendly web interface fueled by citizen science to monitor invasive and vector mosquitoes	17
A practical illustration of spatial smoothing methods for disconnected regions with INLA: spatial survey on overweight and obesity in Malaysia	16
The development and validation of Spatial Methodology Appraisal of Research Tool (SMART): a concept mapping study	16
Spatial accessibility to health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: comparing existing models with survey-based perceived accessibility	16
Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling and prediction of malaria cases in Tanzania mainland (2016-2023): unveiling associations with climate and intervention factors	16
Soil selenium and oesophageal cancer incidence in China: a large ecological study of population-based cancer registry data	15
Spatial and temporal trends of overweight/obesity and tobacco use in East Africa: subnational insights into cardiovascular disease risk factors	14
Deriving neighborhood-level diet and physical activity measurements from anonymized mobile phone location data for enhancing obesity estimation	14
Examining streetscape visuals and emotional responses through social media and street view image analysis	13
Cooperative spatial modelling of hospital compliance with minimum caseload requirements	13
MaskMyPy: python tools for performing and analyzing geographic masks	12
Ecological epidemiology insights into clonorchiosis endemicity in Guangxi, China and Vietnam: a comprehensive machine learning analysis	12

Spatial downscaling of multivariate disease risk	12
Application of machine learning to predict transport modes from GPS, accelerometer, and heart rate data	11
H3-MOSAIC: multimodal generative AI for semantic place detection from high-frequency GPS on H3 grids in mental health geomatics	11
A simulation study for geographic cluster detection analysis on population-based health survey data using spatial scan statistics	11
Spatiotemporal evolution pattern and convergence of healthy city development in China	11
Impacts of seasonal flooding on geographical access to maternal healthcare in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia	11
Characterization of prehospital time delay in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: analysis of geographical infrastructure-dependent and -independent components	11
Comparison of geographical and individual deprivation index to assess the risk of Sars-CoV-2 infection and disease severity: a retrospective cohort study	9
Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments	8
Is the neighbourhood environment associated with indicators of health in children and adolescents? Developing and testing a new proof-of-concept Healthy Environments Index for Children in Taranaki, Ne	8
The role of residential urban form and built environment in supporting social interaction, health, and well-being: a focus on forming and maintaining ties	8
The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review	8
Global positioning system-based food environment exposures, diet-related, and cardiometabolic health outcomes: a systematic review and research agenda	8
Spatial analysis and mapping of malaria risk areas using geospatial technology in the case of Nekemte City, western Ethiopia	8
Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in edge areas of hotspots: dengue epidemics in tropical metropolitan regions	8
Differential effects of neighborhood ambient PM2.5 exposure and social vulnerability on cancer-related systemic inflammation by race in a large health care system population from 2000 to 2020	7
Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of asthma prevalence: a cross-sectional study at the U.S. County level using geographically weighted random forests	7
Association of neighborhood physical activity facilities with incident cardiovascular disease	7
Small-area estimation and analysis of HIV/AIDS indicators for precise geographical targeting of health interventions in Nigeria. a spatial microsimulation approach	7
Epidemiology, risk areas and macro determinants of gastric cancer: a study based on geospatial analysis	7
Recreational walking and perceived environmental qualities: a national map-based survey in Denmark	7
Analysing the outbreaks of leptospirosis after floods in Kerala, India	7
What is rural? Examining the relationship between human populations and their inter-connectedness in the context of communicable disease transmission	7
Identifying obesogenic environment through spatial clustering of body mass index among adults	7
Deviations from typical paths: a novel approach to working with GPS data in the behavioral sciences	7
Participatory mapping to address neighborhood level data deficiencies for food security assessment in Southeastern Virginia, USA	7
Multiscale geographically weighted modeling of tuberculosis incidence in China: integrating geographic perspectives into epidemiological analysis	7
Pneumonia incidence and determinants in South Punjab, Pakistan (2016–2020): a spatial epidemiological study at Tehsil-level	6
Towards more realistic measures of accessibility to emergency departments in Sweden	6
Using image segmentation models to analyse high-resolution earth observation data: new tools to monitor disease risks in changing environments	6
Relationships of residential distance to greenhouse floriculture and organophosphate, pyrethroid, and neonicotinoid urinary metabolite concentration in Ecuadorian Adolescents	5
Using spatial video and deep learning for automated mapping of ground-level context in relief camps	5
Optimizing ambulance location based on road accident data in Rwanda using machine learning algorithms	5
Socioeconomic and geographic variations of disabilities in India: evidence from the National Family Health Survey, 2019–21	5
Out-of-home activities motivating older adults’ participation in the community	5
Spatial spillover effects of area-level socioeconomic factors on life expectancy in Japan: an ecological study	5
GPS tracking methods for spatiotemporal air pollution exposure assessment: comparison and challenges in study implementation	5
Use of individual Google Location History data to identify consumer encounters with food outlets	5
Integrating epidemiological modeling and time-series forecasting to optimize pandemic patient allocation	5
Analyzing the stability of gun violence patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syracuse, New York	5
Association of socio-economic and clinical factors with influenza vaccination uptake in high-risk individuals: an Italian retrospective cohort study, 2019–2023	4
Correction: Validation of desk‑based audits using Google Street View® to monitor the obesogenic potential of neighbourhoods in a pediatric sample: a pilot study in the QUALITY cohort	4
Merging geographic regions for the analysis of the cardiological rehabilitation care system in Hungary	4
Association of socio-economic deprivation with COVID-19 incidence and fatality during the first wave of the pandemic in Italy: lessons learned from a local register-based study	4
Physical environment features that predict outdoor active play can be measured using Google Street View images	4
Evidence of transgenerational effects on autism spectrum disorder using multigenerational space-time cluster detection	4
Spatial distribution and the imbalance between supply and demand: an analysis of the geographical characteristics and regional differences of elderly care institutions in China	4
Associations between the objective and perceived food environment and eating behavior in relation to socioeconomic status among adults in peri-urban settings: results from the CIVISANO study in Flande	4
Exploring spatial-temporal heterogeneity in new-type urbanization’s impact on health expenditure: a GTWR analysis	4
Spatial equity and factors that influence the distribution of elderly care institutions in China	4

Light at night exposure and risk of dementia conversion from mild cognitive impairment in a Northern Italy population	3
Accessibility, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and expenditures on electronic gambling machines: a spatial analysis based on player account data	3
Self-reported mental distress in the United States: a Bayesian analysis of the spatial structure over the COVID-19 pandemic across age groups	3
People’s political views, perceived social norms, and individualism shape their privacy concerns for and acceptance of pandemic control measures that use individual-level georeferenced data	3
The effect of sampling health facilities on estimates of effective coverage: a simulation study	3
Study on edge villages based on cross-region healthcare-seeking behavior	3
Development of a method for walking step observation based on large-scale GPS data	3
The effect of physician density on colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis: causal inference methods for spatial data applied on regional-level data	3
Assessing the association between food environment and dietary inflammation by community type: a cross-sectional REGARDS study	3