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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The built environment, purpose-specific walking behaviour and overweight: evidence from Wuhan metropolis in central China	33
Exploring fine-scale urban landscapes using satellite data to predict the distribution of Aedes mosquito breeding sites	33
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	31
The use of Virtual Reality (VR) to assess the impact of geographical environments on walking and cycling: a systematic literature review	28
Understanding Ixodes ricinus occurrence in private yards: influence of yard and landscape features	25
Mapping the prevalence of cancer risk factors at the small area level in Australia	22
Spatial accessibility to health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: comparing existing models with survey-based perceived accessibility	21
Assessing the association between overcrowding and human physiological stress response in different urban contexts: a case study in Salzburg, Austria	20
Spatiotemporal analysis of the effect of global development indicators on child mortality	18
Global mosquito observations dashboard (GMOD): creating a user-friendly web interface fueled by citizen science to monitor invasive and vector mosquitoes	18
Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling and prediction of malaria cases in Tanzania mainland (2016-2023): unveiling associations with climate and intervention factors	16
The development and validation of Spatial Methodology Appraisal of Research Tool (SMART): a concept mapping study	16
A practical illustration of spatial smoothing methods for disconnected regions with INLA: spatial survey on overweight and obesity in Malaysia	14
Spatial and temporal trends of overweight/obesity and tobacco use in East Africa: subnational insights into cardiovascular disease risk factors	14
Characterization of prehospital time delay in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: analysis of geographical infrastructure-dependent and -independent components	13
Deriving neighborhood-level diet and physical activity measurements from anonymized mobile phone location data for enhancing obesity estimation	13
Ecological epidemiology insights into clonorchiosis endemicity in Guangxi, China and Vietnam: a comprehensive machine learning analysis	13
MaskMyPy: python tools for performing and analyzing geographic masks	13
A simulation study for geographic cluster detection analysis on population-based health survey data using spatial scan statistics	10
Spatial analysis and mapping of malaria risk areas using geospatial technology in the case of Nekemte City, western Ethiopia	10
Comparison of geographical and individual deprivation index to assess the risk of Sars-CoV-2 infection and disease severity: a retrospective cohort study	10
Impacts of seasonal flooding on geographical access to maternal healthcare in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia	9
Application of machine learning to predict transport modes from GPS, accelerometer, and heart rate data	9
Global positioning system-based food environment exposures, diet-related, and cardiometabolic health outcomes: a systematic review and research agenda	8
Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments	8

Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in edge areas of hotspots: dengue epidemics in tropical metropolitan regions	8
The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review	8
Identifying obesogenic environment through spatial clustering of body mass index among adults	8
Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of asthma prevalence: a cross-sectional study at the U.S. County level using geographically weighted random forests	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	6
Small-area estimation and analysis of HIV/AIDS indicators for precise geographical targeting of health interventions in Nigeria. a spatial microsimulation approach	6
Participatory mapping to address neighborhood level data deficiencies for food security assessment in Southeastern Virginia, USA	6
Using image segmentation models to analyse high-resolution earth observation data: new tools to monitor disease risks in changing environments	6
Deviations from typical paths: a novel approach to working with GPS data in the behavioral sciences	6
Association of neighborhood physical activity facilities with incident cardiovascular disease	6
Analysing the outbreaks of leptospirosis after floods in Kerala, India	6
Pneumonia incidence and determinants in South Punjab, Pakistan (2016–2020): a spatial epidemiological study at Tehsil-level	5
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	5
GPS tracking methods for spatiotemporal air pollution exposure assessment: comparison and challenges in study implementation	5
Domestic and international mobility trends in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of facebook data	5
Use of individual Google Location History data to identify consumer encounters with food outlets	5
Optimizing ambulance location based on road accident data in Rwanda using machine learning algorithms	5
Analyzing the stability of gun violence patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syracuse, New York	5
Towards more realistic measures of accessibility to emergency departments in Sweden	5
Socioeconomic and geographic variations of disabilities in India: evidence from the National Family Health Survey, 2019–21	5
Using spatial video and deep learning for automated mapping of ground-level context in relief camps	5
Relationships of residential distance to greenhouse floriculture and organophosphate, pyrethroid, and neonicotinoid urinary metabolite concentration in Ecuadorian Adolescents	5
Reconciling public health common good and individual privacy: new methods and issues in geoprivacy	5
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	4
Evidence of transgenerational effects on autism spectrum disorder using multigenerational space-time cluster detection	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
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
Exploring spatial-temporal heterogeneity in new-type urbanization’s impact on health expenditure: a GTWR analysis	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
Accessibility, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and expenditures on electronic gambling machines: a spatial analysis based on player account data	3
Assessing the association between food environment and dietary inflammation by community type: a cross-sectional REGARDS study	3
A machine learning approach to small area estimation: predicting the health, housing and well-being of the population of Netherlands	3
Light at night exposure and risk of dementia conversion from mild cognitive impairment in a Northern Italy population	3
Development of a method for walking step observation based on large-scale GPS data	3
The geospatial and conceptual configuration of the natural environment impacts the association with health outcomes and behavior in children and adolescents	3
A Bayesian maximum entropy model for predicting tsetse ecological distributions	3
Spatial equity and factors that influence the distribution of elderly care institutions in China	3
The effect of physician density on colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis: causal inference methods for spatial data applied on regional-level 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
The effect of sampling health facilities on estimates of effective coverage: a simulation study	3