OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainable Cities and Society is 93. 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
Revisiting the role of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on Turkey’s ecological footprint: Evidence from Quantile ARDL approach	572
The efficacy of social distance and ventilation effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 transmission	439
Antivirus-built environment: Lessons learned from Covid-19 pandemic	393
Does urbanization redefine the environmental Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis of 134 Countries	347
Does financial inclusion, renewable and non-renewable energy utilization accelerate ecological footprints and economic growth? Fresh evidence from 15 highest emitting countries	305
Convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence in IoT network for the sustainable smart city	299
Modelling the dynamic linkages between eco-innovation, urbanization, economic growth and ecological footprints for G7 countries: Does financial globalization matter?	298
Fighting against COVID-19: A novel deep learning model based on YOLO-v2 with ResNet-50 for medical face mask detection	293
Deep learning and medical image processing for coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: A survey	287
Enabling technologies and sustainable smart cities	285
SSDMNV2: A real time DNN-based face mask detection system using single shot multibox detector and MobileNetV2	266
COVID-19 cases prediction by using hybrid machine learning and beetle antennae search approach	232
The impact of energy efficiency on carbon emissions: Evidence from the transportation sector in Chinese 30 provinces	231
Blockchain for smart cities: A review of architectures, integration trends and future research directions	212
Examining the association between socio-demographic composition and COVID-19 fatalities in the European region using spatial regression approach	209
The impact of environmental regulations on urban Green innovation efficiency: The case of Xi'an	203
Urbanization, land use change, and carbon emissions: Quantitative assessments for city-level carbon emissions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region	201
Inundation risk assessment of metro system using AHP and TFN-AHP in Shenzhen	200
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior in Istanbul: A panel data analysis	197
A new distributed architecture for evaluating AI-based security systems at the edge: Network TON_IoT datasets	192
Temporary reduction in fine particulate matter due to ‘anthropogenic emissions switch-off’ during COVID-19 lockdown in Indian cities	189
Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges	189
The policy outcomes of low-carbon city construction on urban green development: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment conducted in China	180
Exploring the impact of urbanization on urban building carbon emissions in China: Evidence from a provincial panel data model	179
A deep learning-based social distance monitoring framework for COVID-19	176

Smart buildings features and key performance indicators: A review	175
Understanding land surface temperature impact factors based on local climate zones	163
Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review	162
COVID-19, internet, and mobility: The rise of telework, telehealth, e-learning, and e-shopping	160
Prediction of energy consumption in hotel buildings via support vector machines	154
Data mining and machine learning methods for sustainable smart cities traffic classification: A survey	154
Coupling coordination evaluation and sustainable development pattern of geo-ecological environment and urbanization in Chongqing municipality, China	148
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools: A state-of-the-art review of bottom-up physics-based approaches	146
Influence of urban morphological characteristics on thermal environment	144
A geographically weighted regression model augmented by Geodetector analysis and principal component analysis for the spatial distribution of PM2.5	143
Relationships among local-scale urban morphology, urban ventilation, urban heat island and outdoor thermal comfort under sea breeze influence	139
Sociodemographic determinants of COVID-19 incidence rates in Oman: Geospatial modelling using multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR)	139
Prediction and optimization of energy consumption in an office building using artificial neural network and a genetic algorithm	139
Can smart city construction facilitate green total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s pilot smart city	137
Multi-scenario simulation and ecological risk analysis of land use based on the PLUS model: A case study of Nanjing	136
A deep learning-based IoT-oriented infrastructure for secure smart City	135
Cyber security in smart cities: A review of deep learning-based applications and case studies	134
Low-carbon development quality of cities in China: Evaluation and obstacle analysis	131
Energy management in microgrids including smart homes: A multi-objective approach	130
Multi-objective optimization of grid-connected PV-wind hybrid system considering reliability, cost, and environmental aspects	128
Optimum unit sizing of hybrid renewable energy system utilizing harmony search, Jaya and particle swarm optimization algorithms	127
An integrated fire detection system using IoT and image processing technique for smart cities	127
Energy management using non-intrusive load monitoring techniques – State-of-the-art and future research directions	124
Monitoring the effect of urban development on urban heat island based on remote sensing and geo-spatial approach in Kolkata and adjacent areas, India	122
Fog computing for sustainable smart cities in the IoT era: Caching techniques and enabling technologies - an overview	119
Optimisation of solar/wind/bio-generator/diesel/battery based microgrids for rural areas: A PSO-GWO approach	118
Human mobility behavior in COVID-19: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	117
Understanding the impact of environmental regulations on green technology innovation efficiency in the construction industry	116
Surface urban heat island intensity in five major cities of Bangladesh: Patterns, drivers and trends	115
Implementation of solar energy in smart cities using an integration of artificial neural network, photovoltaic system and classical Delphi methods	115
An overview of machine learning applications for smart buildings	115
Adaptive-predictive control strategy for HVAC systems in smart buildings – A review	115
Scalable machine learning-based intrusion detection system for IoT-enabled smart cities	115
Urban ecological security assessment and forecasting using integrated DEMATEL-ANP and CA-Markov models: A case study on Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India	115
A framework for addressing urban heat challenges and associated adaptive behavior by the public and the issue of willingness to pay for heat resilient infrastructure in Chongqing, China	114
Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas	113
Automated cognitive health assessment in smart homes using machine learning	113
Data-driven dynamic clustering framework for mitigating the adverse economic impact of Covid-19 lockdown practices	112
Impact of urban morphology and landscape characteristics on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land surface temperature	112
Spatial spillover effect of green innovation on economic development quality in China: Evidence from a panel data of 270 prefecture-level and above cities	111
Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland	110
Landfill location selection for healthcare waste of urban areas using hybrid BWM-grey MARCOS model based on GIS	110
Secure and resilient demand side management engine using machine learning for IoT-enabled smart grid	109
Spatial structure and carbon emission of urban agglomerations: Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving forces	108
Towards the sustainable development of smart cities through mass video surveillance: A response to the COVID-19 pandemic	107
Evaluating the performances of several artificial intelligence methods in forecasting daily streamflow time series for sustainable water resources management	106
Assessment of coordinated development between social economy and ecological environment: Case study of resource-based cities in Northeastern China	106
Study on city digital twin technologies for sustainable smart city design: A review and bibliometric analysis of geographic information system and building information modeling integration	104
The influence of urban form on surface urban heat island and its planning implications: Evidence from 1288 urban clusters in China	103
Prediction of seasonal urban thermal field variance index using machine learning algorithms in Cumilla, Bangladesh	103

The role of built and social environmental factors in Covid-19 transmission: A look at America’s capital city	101
Study on importance, procedure, and scope of outdoor thermal comfort –A review	101
Are high-density districts more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic?	101
Public participation and city sustainability: Evidence from Urban Garbage Classification in China	100
Federated learning enabled digital twins for smart cities: Concepts, recent advances, and future directions	99
Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities	99
Exploring spatiotemporal effects of the driving factors on COVID-19 incidences in the contiguous United States	99
Coupling coordination degree for urbanization city-industry integration level: Sichuan case	98
Digitalization and carbon emissions: How does digital city construction affect china's carbon emission reduction?	98
A deep learning approach for prediction of air quality index in a metropolitan city	97
Self-scheduling model for home energy management systems considering the end-users discomfort index within price-based demand response programs	97
A home energy management system with an integrated smart thermostat for demand response in smart grids	97
Presence and mobility of the population during the first wave of Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in Italy	96
Impact of urban heat island mitigation measures on microclimate and pedestrian comfort in a dense urban district of Lebanon	96
Energy demands of buildings in the framework of climate change: An investigation across Europe	96
RETRACTED: Robust optimization of renewable-based multi-energy micro-grid integrated with flexible energy conversion and storage devices	95
Using the internet of things in smart energy systems and networks	94
Globalization, electricity consumption and ecological footprint: An autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) approach	94
Exploring the causal relationship between urbanization and air pollution: Evidence from China	93
Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs	93
Different charging infrastructures along with smart charging strategies for electric vehicles	93