OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainability is 109. 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
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective	835
Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during the Coronavirus Pandemic: Students’ Perspective	475
Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review	442
Teleworking in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis	432
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) as Green Bioinoculants: Recent Developments, Constraints, and Prospects	421
Effects of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Urban Mobility: Empirical Evidence from the City of Santander (Spain)	354
Waste Management through Composting: Challenges and Potentials	344
A Review of Deep-Learning-Based Medical Image Segmentation Methods	320
A Global Assessment: Can Renewable Energy Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050?	305
Influences of the Industry 4.0 Revolution on the Human Capital Development and Consumer Behavior: A Systematic Review	305
Anxiety and the Ecological Crisis: An Analysis of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Anxiety	276
Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions	274
The Role of Green and Blue Hydrogen in the Energy Transition—A Technological and Geopolitical Perspective	273
The Role of Agriculture in Ensuring Food Security in Developing Countries: Considerations in the Context of the Problem of Sustainable Food Production	269
Machine Learning in Predictive Maintenance towards Sustainable Smart Manufacturing in Industry 4.0	263
Wellbeing Costs of Technology Use during Covid-19 Remote Working: An Investigation Using the Italian Translation of the Technostress Creators Scale	260
Social Stigma during COVID-19 and its Impact on HCWs Outcomes	257
Grocery Shopping Preferences during the COVID-19 Pandemic	251
Impact of Industry 4.0 on Environmental Sustainability	227
Biodegradation of Wasted Bioplastics in Natural and Industrial Environments: A Review	223
Digital Transformation and Environmental Sustainability: A Review and Research Agenda	222
Review of Online Food Delivery Platforms and their Impacts on Sustainability	219
COVID-19 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Threat to Solidarity or an Opportunity?	213
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Behavior and Consumption in Qatar	212
Corporate Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability Performance Transformation through ESG Disclosure	207

Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture	203
A Survey of Road Traffic Congestion Measures towards a Sustainable and Resilient Transportation System	202
The Culture for Open Innovation Dynamics	196
Circular Economy Innovation and Environmental Sustainability Impact on Economic Growth: An Integrated Model for Sustainable Development	193
Trends in Educational Research about e-Learning: A Systematic Literature Review (2009–2018)	192
Work Flexibility, Job Satisfaction, and Job Performance among Romanian Employees—Implications for Sustainable Human Resource Management	192
A Critical Review of Sustainable Energy Policies for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources	183
Online Shopping Motives during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Lessons from the Crisis	180
City Digital Twin Potentials: A Review and Research Agenda	180
Social Isolation and Stress as Predictors of Productivity Perception and Remote Work Satisfaction during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Concern about the Virus in a Moderated Double Mediation	176
Digital Business Model, Digital Transformation, Digital Entrepreneurship: Is There A Sustainable “Digital”?	174
Sustaining Enterprise Operations and Productivity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: “Enterprise Effectiveness and Sustainability Model”	174
15-Minute City: Decomposing the New Urban Planning Eutopia	172
Working from Home—Who Is Happy? A Survey of Lithuania’s Employees during the COVID-19 Quarantine Period	169
The Effect of Blockchain Technology on Supply Chain Sustainability Performances	167
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Resilience of Sustainable Mobility in Sicily	167
Responses to COVID-19 in Higher Education: Social Media Usage for Sustaining Formal Academic Communication in Developing Countries	166
Microbes as Biofertilizers, a Potential Approach for Sustainable Crop Production	165
Mobility Behaviour in View of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic—Public Transport Users in Gdansk Case Study	164
Water Scarcity and Wastewater Reuse in Crop Irrigation	163
ESG: Research Progress and Future Prospects	162
Artificial Intelligence in the Agri-Food System: Rethinking Sustainable Business Models in the COVID-19 Scenario	162
Urban Parks as Green Buffers During the COVID-19 Pandemic	161
Current Response and Management Decisions of the European Union to the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Review	161
Digital Economy, Technological Innovation and High-Quality Economic Development: Based on Spatial Effect and Mediation Effect	157
A Charter for Sustainable Tourism after COVID-19	155
Towards Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector. A Systematic Literature Review	155
Blockchain-Based Securing of Data Exchange in a Power Transmission System Considering Congestion Management and Social Welfare	155
Between Level Up and Game Over: A Systematic Literature Review of Gamification in Education	154
Construction 4.0: A Literature Review	154
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on User Experience with Online Education Platforms in China	149
Issues, Impacts, and Mitigations of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Building Sector	148
Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators	147
How the Covid-19 Pandemic Is Changing Online Food Shopping Human Behaviour in Italy	144
Addressing the Social Aspects of a Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review	142
Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic Exposing the Shortcomings of Current Supply Chain Operations: A Long-Term Prescriptive Offering	142
Microplastics in Honey, Beer, Milk and Refreshments in Ecuador as Emerging Contaminants	141
Food First: COVID-19 Outbreak and Cities Lockdown a Booster for a Wider Vision on Urban Agriculture	140
How COVID-19 Redefines the Concept of Sustainability	135
Artificial Intelligence in the Industry 4.0, and Its Impact on Poverty, Innovation, Infrastructure Development, and the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from Emerging Economies?	134
Physical Activity Levels and Related Energy Expenditure during COVID-19 Quarantine among the Sicilian Active Population: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey Study	134
Insights from Circular Economy Literature: A Review of Extant Definitions and Unravelling Paths to Future Research	133
Eco-Anxiety and Environmental Education	132
Social Safety of Society for Developing Countries to Meet Sustainable Development Standards: Indicators, Level, Strategic Benchmarks (with Calculations Based on the Case Study of Ukraine)	132
Does the Digital Economy Promote Industrial Structural Upgrading?—A Test of Mediating Effects Based on Heterogeneous Technological Innovation	131
A Review on Potential Plant-Based Water Stress Indicators for Vegetable Crops	130
The Sustainability of Artificial Intelligence: An Urbanistic Viewpoint from the Lens of Smart and Sustainable Cities	130
Bacterial Plant Biostimulants: A Sustainable Way towards Improving Growth, Productivity, and Health of Crops	129
Objectively-Assessed Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Smartphone Use, and Sleep Patterns Pre- and during-COVID-19 Quarantine in Young Adults from Spain	129
Students’ Perception towards E-Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in India: An Empirical Study	128

Compressive Strength of Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete Composites: A State-of-the-Art Review	128
Impact of Industry 4.0 on Sustainability—Bibliometric Literature Review	127
A Comprehensive Review of the Benefits of and the Barriers to the Switch to a Plant-Based Diet	127
Modeling and Prediction of Land Use Land Cover Change Dynamics Based on Land Change Modeler (LCM) in Nashe Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia	127
Youth Mobilization to Stop Global Climate Change: Narratives and Impact	127
A Review of Energy Storage Technologies’ Application Potentials in Renewable Energy Sources Grid Integration	126
Entrepreneurship as the Unsung Hero during the Current COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Australian Perspectives	126
Components of Education 4.0 in 21st Century Skills Frameworks: Systematic Review	125
Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework	124
Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Battery Swapping Considering Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions	124
The Role of 5G Technologies in a Smart City: The Case for Intelligent Transportation System	122
A Review of 3D Printing in Construction and its Impact on the Labor Market	121
Can Green Finance Development Reduce Carbon Emissions? Empirical Evidence from 30 Chinese Provinces	121
Contributions of Smart City Solutions and Technologies to Resilience against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review	120
A Review of Applications and Communication Technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Based Sustainable Smart Farming	120
The Impact of Financial Development and FDI on Renewable Energy in the UAE: A Path towards Sustainable Development	119
Bill Hillier’s Legacy: Space Syntax—A Synopsis of Basic Concepts, Measures, and Empirical Application	118
A Review of Further Directions for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in Smart Logistics	117
COVID-19 and Higher Education: First-Year Students’ Expectations toward Distance Learning	117
Teacher Digital Literacy: The Indisputable Challenge after COVID-19	116
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Bike-Sharing Usage: The Case of Thessaloniki, Greece	116
Exopolysaccharides Producing Bacteria for the Amelioration of Drought Stress in Wheat	113
Open Innovation 4.0 as an Enhancer of Sustainable Innovation Ecosystems	113
Sample Preparation Techniques for the Analysis of Microplastics in Soil—A Review	112
Graduate Employability and Competence Development in Higher Education—A Systematic Literature Review Using PRISMA	111
E-Learning vs. Face-To-Face Learning: Analyzing Students’ Preferences and Behaviors	111
A Review on Global E-Waste Management: Urban Mining towards a Sustainable Future and Circular Economy	111
Sustainability of the Moderating Role of Financial Development in the Determinants of Environmental Degradation: Evidence from Turkey	111
Design of Multi-Information Fusion Based Intelligent Electrical Fire Detection System for Green Buildings	110
Biomass Waste as Sustainable Raw Material for Energy and Fuels	110
Sustainable Curriculum Planning for Artificial Intelligence Education: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective	110
Performance Analysis of a New Electricity and Freshwater Production System Based on an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle and Multi-Effect Desalination	109
State-of-the-Art Review of Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation and Its Sustainability in Engineering Applications	109
Scoping the Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Research in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Era	109