OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainable Cities and Society is 95. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Hesitant fuzzy for conflicting criteria in multi-objective deployment of electric vehicle charging stations	396
Assessing the electric demand-side management potential of Helsinki's public service building stock in ancillary markets	377
Modeling dynamic competition among urban taxis and the impact on carbon emissions	372
Measuring heat transfer index (HTI): A new method to quantify the spatial influence of land surface temperature between adjacent urban spaces	338
An event-based model and a map visualization approach for spatiotemporal association relations discovery of diseases diffusion	259
Rethinking Japanese public libraries from the perspective of time	246
Estimating casualties from urban fires: A focus on building and urban environment information	214
Exploring the complex relationship between metro and shared bikes in the built environment: Competition, connection, and complementation	208
Nature's hand in megacity cluster progress: Integrating SDG11 with ecosystem service dynamics	203
Deep change feature analysis network for observing changes of land use or natural environment	199
Data-driven assessment framework of health cities for elderly individuals in China	198
The impact of dynamic traffic conditions on the sustainability of urban fire service	197
Finding unrevealed landslide hazard area induced by climate change and topography - Case study for Inje-gun, Gangwon-do, ROK -	190
How do time-bound practices initiate local sustainability pathways?	187
Coupled simulation of urban water networks and interconnected critical urban infrastructure systems: A systematic review and multi-sector research agenda	182
Analysing urban local cold air dynamics and climate functional zones using interpretable machine learning: A case study of Tianhe district, Guangzhou	179
Spatial development indicators as a tool to determine thermal conditions in an urban environment	176
Exploration of non-linear influence mechanisms of traditional courtyard forms on thermal comfort in winter and summer: A case study of Beijing, China	174
Traffic noise assessment in urban Bulgaria using explainable machine learning	166
Multi-agent-based optimal power scheduling of shipboard power systems	164
FPGA control system technology for integrating the PV/wave/FC hybrid system using ANN optimized by MFO techniques	160
Sequential action-based dynamic decision-support model for urban ecological planning	159
Leveraging artificial intelligence to analyze the COVID-19 distribution pattern based on socio-economic determinants	158
Wildfire-resilient mechanical ventilation systems for single-detached homes in cities of Western Canada	158
Identifying up-to-date urban land-use patterns with visual and semantic features based on multisource geospatial data	157

A mixed method evaluation of economic and environmental considerations in construction transport planning: The case of Ostlänken	152
Urban form centrality and thermal environment: An empirical study of Chinese megacities	152
An energy consumption model for the Algerian residential building's stock, based on a triangular approach: Geographic Information System (GIS), regression analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis	151
Accessibility and Public Transport Mobility for a Smart(er) Island: Evidence from Sardinia (Italy)	149
Assessment of European cities from a smartness perspective: An integrated grey MCDM approach	148
Effects of sea-land breeze on air pollutant dispersion in street networks with different distances from coast using WRF-CFD coupling method	146
Enhancing water management and urban flood resilience using Hazard Capacity Factor Design (HCFD) model: Case study of Eco-Delta city, Busan	146
Fuzzy Q-learning-based approach for real-time energy management of home microgrids using cooperative multi-agent system	144
Projects as game changers for navigating sustainability transitions in societies: Multi-level effects from micro-level decisions	143
Optimized protection coordination of microgrids considering power quality-based voltage indices incorporating optimal sizing and placement of fault current limiters	143
Modeling NO2 concentrations in real urban areas using computational fluid dynamics: A comparative analysis of methods to assess NO2 concentrations from NOx dispersion results	140
Fault detection and diagnosis for chiller based on feature-recognition model and Kernel Discriminant Analysis	140
Towards urban energy sustainability and resiliency through smart agriculture and effective renewable resource allocation	139
Enabling effective climate action plans at city level: Insights from India's metropolitan cities	136
Commercial urban agriculture: A review for sustainable development	134
Riding smooth: A cost-benefit assessment of surface quality on Copenhagen’s bicycle network	132
Unveiling fine-scale urban third places for remote work using mobile phone big data	132
Renewable energy technology innovation and urbanization: Insights from China	132
Individual responsibility towards providing water and wastewater public goods for displaced persons: How much and how long is the public willing to pay?	130
Energy efficient behavior modeling for demand side recommender system in solar microgrid applications using multi-agent reinforcement learning model	128
Dynamics of human speech as aerosol transmission sources: Implications for sustainable urban health based on impulsive jet theory	125
Sustainable design of running friendly streets: Environmental exposures predict runnability by Volunteered Geographic Information and multilevel model approaches	125
Dynamic impacts of vegetation growth and urban development on microclimate and building energy consumption	124
Evaluating the association between morphological characteristics of urban land and pluvial floods using machine learning methods	122
Activity space compactness index from the viewpoint of trip arrival point by lifestyle activity purpose in a mature conurbation	122
Exploring the nexus between social vulnerability, built environment, and the prevalence of COVID-19: A case study of Chicago	120
Evaluating the potential for conserving water and energy in the water supply system of Bangkok	120
Assessment of the food-water-energy nexus suitability of rooftops. A methodological remote sensing approach in an urban Mediterranean area	119
UBEM-SER: Role of sufficiency, efficiency and renewable in the decarbonization of commercial building stock at city scale	118
Strengthening individual preparedness for extreme cold weather through enhanced messaging, risk perception, and trust	117
Uncovering key components of semi-public spaces in multi-unit residences for enhancing social sustainability	117
Parametric analysis of planting strategies and environmental factors for the thermal and aerodynamic effects of indirect green façades	116
Integrating morphology and vitality to quantify seasonal contributions of urban functional zones to thermal environment	115
Assessing Nature-based solutions in the face of urban vulnerabilities: A multi-criteria decision approach	115
The impact of innovation-driven industrial clusters on urban carbon emission efficiency: Empirical evidence from China	115
Exploring opportunities of using the sharing economy in sustainable urban freight transport	114
Synergies or trade-offs between surface urban heat island and hot extreme: Distinct responses in urban environments	112
Urban mobility scenarios until the 2030s	112
A comprehensive and comparative study of an innovative constant-pressure compressed air energy storage (CP-CAES) system	112
Towards flood risk mapping based on multi-tiered decision making in a densely urbanized metropolitan city of Istanbul	111
Evaluation of resources and environmental carrying capacity and its spatial-temporal dynamic evolution: A case study in Shandong Province, China	111
A clustering method for measuring accessibility and equity in public transportation service: Case study of Melbourne	110
Urban-Rural Disparity in Community Resilience: A Multilevel Analysis of the Relief Progress after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake	108
A tactical transactive energy scheduling for the electric vehicle-integrated networked microgrids	107
Topological and functional vulnerability analysis and mitigation for single-source heating networks based on tree models	106
Assessing the impact of normative messages in encouraging the use of sustainable mobility. An experimental study	105
Model predictive control based optimal operation of smart city	104
A cost-effective and high-efficient EV shared fast charging scheme with hierarchical coordinated operation strategy for addressing difficult-to-charge issue in old residential communities	104
Spatial and social inequality of hierarchical healthcare accessibility in urban system: A case study in Shanghai, China	103
Data-driven prediction of energy consumption of district cooling systems (DCS) based on the weather forecast data	103

A multi-objective probabilistic approach for smart voltage control in wind-energy integrated networks considering correlated parameters	102
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban road dust from Tianjin, China: pollution characteristics, sources and health risk assessment	102
Dynamics of cool surface performance on urban microclimate: A full-scale experimental study in Singapore	102
Morphological and functional polycentric structure assessment of megacity: An integrated approach with spatial distribution and interaction	100
Socially sustainable mobility: Strategic analysis to identify accessibility barriers	100
Passive over active: How low-cost strategies influence urban energy equity	100
Spatially resolved air quality index prediction in megacities with a CNN-Bi-LSTM hybrid framework	100
Dynamic effects of frequent step changes in outdoor microclimate environments on thermal sensation and dissatisfaction of pedestrian during summer	100
Impacts of digital economy agglomeration on carbon emission: A two-tier stochastic frontier and spatial decomposition analysis of China	100
Influence of the built environment on social capital and physical activity in Singapore: A structural equation modelling analysis	99
Rethinking disaster resilience in high-density cities: Towards an urban resilience knowledge system	99
Developing indicators for sustainable urban regeneration in historic urban areas: Delphi method and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)	98
Toward a societal smart city: Clarifying the social justice dimension of smart cities	98
Experimental investigations of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of an energy pile with groundwater seepage	98
Challenges, drivers, and benefits to integrated infrastructure management of water, wastewater, stormwater and transportation systems	98
The joint health risks of PM2.5 pollution wave and cold spell in eastern China	97
Street vitality and built environment features: A data-informed approach from fourteen Chinese cities	96
CFD simulations of wind flow and pollutant dispersion in a street canyon with traffic flow: Comparison between RANS and LES	96
A new electro-biomembrane integrated renewable-based system to produce power, fresh water and hydrogen for sustainable communities	95
Investigating the spatial distribution of resident’s outdoor heat exposure across neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania using urban microclimate modeling	95
Understanding policy and technology responses in mitigating urban heat islands: A literature review and directions for future research	95
Decision support for improved construction traffic management and planning	95
How to optimize the 2D/3D urban thermal environment: Insights derived from UAV LiDAR/multispectral data and multi-source remote sensing data	95