OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Studies in Conservation is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Leeb Hardness Approach in the Determination of Strength after Accelerated Weathering Tests	10
Finding a Temporary Adhesive for Securing Objects for Display in Earthquake-Prone Regions	10
A Digital Study of the Morphological and Stability Issues of a Delicate Wax-based Artwork	7
Before the Fire: Experiments on Fire-protecting Cover Materials	7
An Example of Integrated Geological Survey of Geomaterials and their Weathering Forms: the Reggia di Caserta Main Façade	5
A Critical Assessment of A-D Strips® Used in Degradation Studies of Artworks Made from Cellulose Acetate	5
Manufacturing Variations in ISO Blue Wool Fading Standards under Microfading Exposure Conditions	5
The Nucleus of Color: Analysis of Hélio Oiticica’s Studio Materials	5
Trialling an Accessible Non-Contact Photogrammetric Monitoring Technique to Detect 3D Change on Wall Paintings	5
A Cultural Threat: Gastrallus pubens Fairmaire (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) and Biodeterioration of Rare Books in Italy	5
Better Use of Showcases for Preservation and Sustainability	5
A Complete Methodology for Structural Finite Element Analysis of Terracotta Sculptures Based on a 3D Scanned Model: A Case Study on the Terracotta Warriors (China)	5
Looking Back to Move Forward: Continuing Community-centric Practices for Conservation and Collection Care of Pacific Collections in an Australian Museum	4
The Making of Mike Kelley’s The Wages of Sin’s Exhibition Copy: Replication as a Means of Preservation	4
Conservators Delivering Change	4
Collaborating with a Source Community to Conserve two Sámi Coffee Bags by Combining Established Conservation Treatments and Traditional Preservation Methods	4
Double Trouble: Replicas in Contemporary Art and Their Impact in Conservation Decision-making	4
Variants of Concern: Authenticity, Conservation, and the Type-Token Distinction	3
Pleasing the Wrathful Deities: Ethical Approaches to the Care of Tibetan Skull Drums	3
It’s Not Easy Being Green – The Challenge of Having Poisonous Arsenic Containing Books in a National Library Collection	3
Disruptive Conservation: Challenging Conservation Orthodoxy	3
Saving the Seat of Democracy: The Restoration of the Palace of Westminster	3
The Positive Role of Trees in Protecting Outdoor Painted and Engraved Rock Sites	3
The GREENART Project: Environmentally Friendly and Low Impact Materials for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage	3
Environmental Conditions for Danish Storage Buildings: A Summary of 20 Years of Air Quality Surveys	3

Color Under Siege: Material Analysis and Housing of Late Nineteenth-Century Posters from the Siege and Commune of Paris	3
Revolutionary Conservation and the Evolution of Conservatism: I. E. Grabar and the Design of Socialist Monument Protection Policy in the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic	3
Dissociation and Loss: a Challenge for Sustainable and Inclusive Conservation	3
Greenwashing Revelations through Revision: Re-evaluating Sustainability Claims for Bioplastics	3
Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy for Characterising Pigments in Seventeenth-century Persian Illuminated Manuscripts	3
Distribution of In-plane Physical Properties of Handmade Xuan Paper: Revealing the Effects of the Sheet Forming Process and the Folded State on Handmade Xuan Paper	2
Trade in Artists’ Materials in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Canton	2
Toxicity in 3D: XRF Analysis for the Presence of Heavy Metals in a Historical Stereograph Collection at Queen’s University Library, Canada	2
Research on the Corrosion Mechanism of Ancient Celadons from the Dalian Island No. 1 Shipwreck	2
The Quest for Improved Collection Care: Opportunities for Participatory Processes Involving Distant Source Communities	2
Interrogating Pollutants in Collecting Institutions During the Implementation of HVAC Energy-Saving Strategies: Lessons Learned and Practical Implications for Optimizing Sustainable Environmental Cont	2
Material Characterisation of William Burges’ Great Bookcase within the Disruption of a Global Pandemic	2
A Study of Protective Coatings for Archaeological Silver	2
Polymer Matrix and Stone Powder Based Composite Mortar for the Restoration of Sille Stone Structures	2
Mosaic Materials in an Art Deco Steel-framed Building	2
Conserving Context and Community: Reconnecting an Illegally Excavated, Precolonial Dugout Canoe to its Community	2
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Conservation of Salūt, Sultanate of Oman	2
Reducing Energy Use Through Behavioural Change: Carbon Literacy Training for Archives in the UK	2
Connecting Stories: Investigations of a Seventeenth-century Mercator Hand-painted Map	2
How Different Analytical and Stylistics Investigations Can Help in Describing Artefacts Made of Non-coeval Parts: The Imago Pietatis in Breno	2
A Note of Caution on the Use of Calcium Nanoparticle Dispersions as Deacidifying Agents	2
Biocides for the Control of Mosses on Stone Cultural Relics	2
In Search of Durability, Part 1: Understanding Historic Approaches to Quantify Lightfastness Using Ostwald’s Colour System	2
Mould Matters: Implementing a New Workflow for Managing Mould-affected Archival Documents and its Impact on Resources and Wellbeing	2
In the Heat of the Moment: Testing Fire-Protective Covers for Mitigating Damage to Large Historic Inventories	2
Conservation of Dong Minority Wooden Structures: In Situ Material Investigation of the Yashang Drum Tower in Hunan, China	2
Culture, Education and Conflict: The Relevance of Critical Conservation Pedagogies for Post-conflict Afghanistan	2
Collaborating for Sustainable Access to Digital Art: A Project Overview	2
The Technical Analysis and Conservation of John La Farge’s Newport Congregational Church Mural Decorations (1880) in Newport, Rhode Island	2
Sustainable Conservation Solutions in a Hostile Environment: The Historic Huts of Antarctica	2
Fire Risk Assessment in Museums on the HERIe Web-based Decision-supporting Platform	2
Exploring Benzyl Alcohol Derivatives and Related Compounds in the Cleaning of Oil Paintings	2
Causes of Silver Mirroring and Yellowing on a Nineteenth-century Photographic Gelatin Glass Plate Negative	2
Protecting Three-Dimensional Museum Collections During Transport: Engineering and Evaluation of Transport Crates Featuring Wire-Rope Isolators for Improved Vibration Mitigation	2
Selective Electrochemical Treatment of Naturally Aged Silver Alloy Artefacts	2
Collaborative Development of Polymer-Based Collection Survey Methodology and Relational Data Model	2
A Case of Identity: A Technical Study of Victorian Wallpapers	2
Giuseppe Torres’s ‘Byzantine House' in Venice: Building Materials and Deterioration Products of an Early 1900s Home in the Lagoon Environment	2
Knowledge-building in Open-air Rock Art Conservation: Sharing the History and Experiences with Levantine Rock Art	2
Construction Wisdom: Preserving Venice with Both Tradition and Innovation	2
Phosphorus, Tungsten, and Molybdenum – from Brilliant to Fanal®: Unusual Precipitation Methods of Triphenylmethane Dyes in the Early Twentieth Century	2
Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Termites in the Forbidden City under Global Warming	2
UK Museums and Heritage Sustainable Packing Group: Exploring Sustainable Strategies for Soft Wrapping Paintings	2
Investigating Stitched Support Techniques for Tapestry Using Digital Image Correlation	1
Making It Last: Training Conservators in Sustainable Solutions for Treating Outdoor Painted Sculpture	1
Collaboration as a Solution to the Challenge of Re-instating the Statue of Scott After the Canterbury Earthquake, New Zealand	1
Conservation of Watts Towers: A Case Study	1
Towards a National Heritage Climate Change Risk Assessment	1
A History of the Department of Conservation and Technology at the Courtauld Institute of Art	1
Restoration of Doleshwar Mosque: Reviving Craft and Engaging Craftsmen of Lime- surkhi	1

Guidelines for Conservation and Restoration of Historic Polychrome Plasterwork: the Church of St María la Blanca in Seville, Spain	1
International Cooperation between Korea and Cambodia to Conserve and Manage Angkor Stone Heritage using Non-destructive Technology	1
Preserving the Ancient Human Trackways Site in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area	1
Hazardous Hues: Identification of Arsenic Present in a Range of Colours Found on Historic Archival Material in the Collection of Parks Canada	1
Fotográfica en Red: A Working Group for Latin American Photographic Heritage	1
Toxic Tales: Arsenic’s Legacy in Nineteenth-century Green Book Bindings at Northwestern University Libraries	1
From Lima to Canton and Beyond: Mobile and Digital Research Infrastructure for Closing the Gap Between Resource-rich and Resource-poor Organisations	1
Learning from the Past: Rediscovering Traditional Medieval Wood Tar Adhesives for Sustainable Stone Conservation and Built Heritage	1
The Application of Remote Sensing in the Conservation of the Archaeological Site of Pachacamac (Second–Sixteenth Century, Peru)	1
Applied Conservation Practice Within a Living Heritage Site	1
Hygrothermal Performance of Enclosures in a Storage Room and Energy Efficiency in Environmental Control	1
Three is the Magic Number: Techniques and Materials of the Prestigious Anne de Montmorency Bronze Virtues	1
The Battle against Pests in a Victorian Home: A Case Study of the Effect of Diatomaceous Earth	1
Analysis of the Impact Factor and JCR Rankings in Conservation Science Journals: Why JCR Should Have a Heritage Category	1
Understanding the Manufacture of Hetian Administration Banknotes from Xinjiang Using Low- and High-resolution Analytical Methods	1
Looking After the Rock Art of Kakadu National Park, Australia	1
‘A Lost Chapter of Ancient Art’: Archaeometric Examinations of Panel Paintings from Roman Egypt	1
Sustainable Cultural Preservation in Central Asia – Involving Local Communities as Caretakers of Archaeological Sites	1
Lights, Camera, Conservation! Managing the Risks When Filming in Historic Locations: Adapting to Growth, a Pandemic and the Need for Sustainability	1
Multi-analytical Study on the Tara Thangka at Daxingshan Temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China	1
Editorial Introduction to the ‘Bibliotoxicology’ Special Issue of Studies in Conservation	1
What Escapes the Eye: Exploring the Toxicity of a Red Velvet Spanish Carta Ejecutoria (1792)	1
Calculating the Carbon Footprint of Interventive and Preventive Conservation at English Heritage, UK	1
Occupational Exposure Risk Assessment of Library Collections Work Tasks and Storage Areas	1
Amplifying Indigenous Australian Voices in the Conservation and Management of Rock Art	1
Some Considerations on Recent Approaches to Cleaning, Conservation, and Display of Ancient Marble Sculptures from Historical Collections	1
Improving Sustainability for the Conservation of the Eravimangalam Subramanyaswamy Temple: Virtual Reconstruction and Greener Formulations as a Means of Involving the Community	1
Green Alternatives for Archaeological Iron Stabilization	1
Materials Analysis of Two Nineteenth-century Brazilian Polychrome Sculptures to Reveal Their History and Significance	1
Nothing Lasts Forever? Considering Lifespans in a Contemporary Collection	1
Load Bearing Capacity and Failure Analysis of Fibrous Plaster Wads	1
Stories of the Life of Saint George : Materials and Techniques from a Barbelli Mural Painting	1
Polycotton Canvases, Characterisation, and Mechanical Behaviour Before and After Artificial Ageing	1
Are Nature-based Solutions for Built Heritage Conservation Resilient to Climate Change? The Response of Grass-based Soft Caps in Britain and Ireland to Future Climate Scenarios	1
Strengthening Training in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage Through Academic Collaboration	1
Defining Sustainable Priorities and Actions for Storage of a Public Archive: A UK Case Study	1
Revealing the Fugitive Palette of the Early American South: A SERS Study of Eighteenth-century Oil Paintings	1
Lichens and Fungi on Sandstone Tombs at the Historical Jewish Cemetery in Wrocław (Poland)	1
A Simple Method for Optimal DNA Extraction from Different Filamentous Fungi Species Growing on Earthen Walls of ‘Vale Histórico Paulista’, São Paulo, Brazil	1
The Balpis Expansion of the Technical Part of the Hermeneia Painting Manual by Dionysius of Fourna	1
The Continuing Development of Display Recommendations at the National Galleries of Scotland: Exploring a Value-based Decision Strategy for Light Risk Mitigation	1
A Technical Examination of the Great Bronzes of the Museo Nazionale Romano	1
Application of Digital Technology to Chinese Traditional Furniture: A Review	1
Climate Change, Climate Action and Cultural Heritage Collections in Australia	1