OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of the American Institute for Conservation is 0. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Save Venice Inc.: American Philanthropy and Art Conservation in Italy, 1966–2021	23
Renaissance Secrets: A Lifetime Working with Wall Paintings By Michelangelo, Raphael, and Others at the Vatican	7
Editorial	6
The Artist’s Materials: Franz Kline	5
Conserving Artline Permanent Marker and Fineliner Pens on Paper: Assessing Vulnerability of Drawings by Walmajarri Artist Jimmy Pike	5
Future Occurrence of Climate-Induced Extreme Heat Events in Museum Galleries: A Modeling Study under Two 21st Century Climate Scenarios at V&A South Kensington	4
Neodymium Magnets as a Minimal Intervention Alternative to Traditional Treatments for Fixing Paint on Contemporary Paintings	3
Ethical and Technical Aspects of Conserving a Plaster Cast Using 3D Printing	3
Horse on Parade: Conservation of a Momoyama Period Bamen Mask	3
Preventive Conservation Dilemmas for Artworks Exhibiting Soft and Dripping Paint – The Impact of Changes in Relative Humidity on Soft oil Paint in Paintings by Karel Appel and Asger Jorn	3
A Comparison of Materials for Dry Surface Cleaning Soot-Coated Papers of Varying Roughness: Assessing Efficacy, Physical Surface Changes, and Residue	2
Growing Pains: Characterization of Efflorescence on a Large-Scale Magnesium Relief by Frank Stella	2
Editorial	2
Beauty Revealed: Technical Analysis and Treatment of Zand and Qajar Oil Paintings	2
A Spot Test for Mg²⁺ to Characterize Magnesium Corrosion	2
Adaptation of a Standard Industrial Peel Test for Testing Consolidants in the Conservation Studio	2
At the Core of the Problem: A Bespoke Method Used to Clean the Bores of USS Monitor’s XI-Inch Dahlgren Shell Guns	2
Touch Decisions: For Heritage Objects	1
Powerful Patina: The Value of Odors in a Tibetan Buddhist Temple	1
Pink: The History of a Color	1
A Light at the End of the Tunnel: Using an Improvised Laser Measuring System to Verify the Bore Dimensions of an XI-Inch Dahlgren Shell Gun	1
A Comparative Surface Cleaning Study of Op Structure, an Op Art PMMA Sculpture by Michael Dillon	1
Writing Science in Plain English	1
A History of over 50 Years of SUNY Buffalo State’s Paintings Conservation Education	1
Calculating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Central Depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna – First Results of the Pilot Study	1

Introduction to the Special issue on Sustainability within Conservation and Collections Care	1
Untangling Indian Hemp: Identifying Woodlands Bast Fibers in Collections	1
An Investigation into the Pigments Present on the Late Paintings and Ephemera of Barnett Newman: Context and Correlations	1
Considerations in Acquisition of 3D-Printed Art	1
Color Charts: A History	1
Preventive Conservation: Continuously Defining Itself at the Crossroads of Theory and Practice	1
Two Sculptures, One Master? A Technical Study of Two Rare Examples of Polychrome Sculptures Associated with “the Master of Saint Catherine of Gualino”, Italy, Fourteenth Century	0
Greener Solvents in Conservation – An Introductory Guide	0
Advances in Storing and Monitoring Mercury-tin Amalgam Mirrors	0
Mooring a Field: Paul N. Banks and the Education of Library and Archives Conservators	0
Objects, Memory, and Restorative Justice (A Personal Reflection on Conservation’s Meaning)	0
Scientific Studies of Pigments in Chinese Paintings	0
Editorial	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Approaches to Technical Research – Part 2	0
Editorial	0
The Art of Conservation	0
The Albumen & Salted Paper Book: the History and Practice of Photographic Printing	0
Editorial	0
An Investigation into the Suitability and Stability of a New Pigmented Wax-Resin Formulation for Infilling and Reintegration of Losses in Paintings	0
Rediscovering Princess Carolina : Preventive Conservation as a Catalyst for Reengaging With an Archaeological Collection	0
Non-destructive Dendrochronology: The Effect of Conservation Agents on Tree-ring Measurements in Archaeological Oak with Micro-computed Tomography	0
Social Dimensions of Sustainable Collections Care	0
Layers and Layers: Analysis and Treatment of Egyptian Cartonnage at the Penn Museum	0
Textile Conservation Advances in Practice, 2nd Edition	0
Pedal to the Metals: Preserving Automotive Racing History	0
Defining the Intangible: Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage in Modern Oman	0
The Oddy Test and the Photographic Activity Test (PAT): A Direct Comparison of Accelerated Aging Test Methods for Assessing Storage, Display, and Transport Materials	0
Dwell Time	0
Wavelength Selection Using a Modified Camera to Improve Image-Based 3D Reconstruction of Heritage Objects	0
Leveraging Systems Thinking to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Conservation	0
Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter	0
Small Museum Research Strategies at the Alaska State Museum	0
Shedding Light on Daylight Fluorescent Artists’ Pigments, Part 2: Spectral Properties and Light Stability	0
Response to Thea Burns Review of The Art of Paper: From the Holy Land to the Americas	0
Bullseye! The Importance of Using Imaging Reference Targets to Accurately Capture and Interpret Reflectance Images Captured with the VSC8000	0
Testing Ammonium Citrates for Enhanced Washing of Paper	0
Caring for Plastics in Collections	0
Tricks of the Shade: Preservation of Chemically Developed Shading Papers Based on DuoShade Samples	0
No Ship Sets Out to Be a Shipwreck	0
The Artist’s Materials: René Magritte	0
Observations from the Analysis of the Gelatin Silver Emulsion Layer of Glass Photographic Inter-Positive Plates from Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion Series at the National Museum of American Hi	0
Sustainable Education for Sustainable Heritage: Managing the Tension Between Professional Practice and Critical Inquiry	0
Temporary and Permanent Display Case Guidelines Developed Through Interdepartmental Collaborations at The Metropolitan Museum of Art	0
A Passionate Path: FAIC National Heritage Responders	0
Exploring Conservation Challenges and Innovations	0
Characterization of a Qing Dynasty Folding Fan for Exportation	0
A Technical Survey of Florine Stettheimer’s Post-1916 Paintings	0
Lead Transfer Risk from Handling Ceramics with Deteriorated Lead Glazes	0
The Artist’s Materials: Lucio Fontana	0
An Exploration of Consolidants for Ancient Egyptian Limestone	0

The Artist’s Materials: Sam Francis	0
Tailoring Cleaning Systems for the Removal of Bronze Paint and Soiling From a J.M.W. Turner Gilded Frame	0
Arsenic and Old Bookcloth: Identification and Safer Use of Emerald Green Victorian-Era Cloth Case Bindings	0
Radiography and Painting	0
Encountering and Countering Constraints in the Exploration of Ethiopia’s Unique Wall Painting Technology	0
Technical Imaging for Private Practice Conservators	0
The artist’s materials: Clyfford Still	0
Analytical Investigation of Two Syrian-Style Bronze Sphinx Plaques from the Iron Age of West Asia (First Millennium BCE)	0
The Artist’s Materials: Sidney Nolan	0
The Next Generation of MS2A Resin: MS3	0
Sustainability Tools in Cultural Heritage: Life Cycle Assessment Examining Crates for Heritage Objects	0
The Artist’s Materials: Roy Lichtenstein Outdoor Painted Sculptures	0
Potential Pesticide Contamination in Repatriated Artifacts in African Museums: The Need for the Adoption of Safety Protocols for Access and Use of Hazardous Artifacts	0
Introduction to the Artist’s Material Series	0
Teaching Preventive Conservation: Interdisciplinary Origins and Evolution	0
Prioritizing People in Ethical Decision-Making and Caring for Cultural Heritage Collections	0
Bright Colours from the Past: The History, Chemistry, Characterisation and Application of Synthetic Dyes between 1856 and 1914	0
The Renaissance Restored: Paintings Conservation and the Birth of Modern Art History in Nineteenth-Century Europe	0
Benzotriazole (BTA): A Review of the Current Research into Toxicity	0
Materials Characterization with Multiband Reflectance Imaging at the Brooklyn Museum: A New Tool for the Multiband Imaging Kit	0
The Art & Science of Illuminated Manuscripts: A Handbook; The Pigments of British Medieval Illuminators: A Scientific and Cultural Study	0
A Note on Macroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Enabled 3D Scanning for Museum and Cultural Heritage Applications	0
Editorial	0
Cultural Heritage Conservation for Early Learners: Outreach and Engagement with the Next Generation	0
Lascaux Adhesives in Objects Conservation: Three Practical Case Studies on Leather, Skin, and Entomological Specimens	0
Image, Knife and Gluepot: Early Assemblage in Manuscript and Print	0
Using a PH-adjusted Semi-rigid Agarose Gel with Ion Exchange Resin for Poultice Desalination: Preliminary Experimentation and Case Studies	0
Integration of Laboratory and Field Measurements on Soil and Bronze Artifacts: Facilitating Conservation Treatment and Management of Archaeological Collections	0
Sustainable Practices Applied to the Environmental Management of Archival Collection Storage Spaces at the Southwest Wing in the National Maritime Museum in London, UK	0
Ordering Colors in 18th and 19th Century Europe (International Archives of the History of Ideas 244 Archives internationales d’histoire des idées)	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Approaches to Technical Research	0
The Toxic Museum: Berlin and Beyond	0
Treatment of E. J. Bellocq's Delaminated Gelatin Glass Plate Negatives	0
Editorial	0
The Mechanics of Art Materials and Its Future in Heritage Science	0
Caliche From Archaeological Zone of Guanajuato Mexico and Nearby Deposits: Geochemical and Mechanical Characterizations	0
Rediscovering Gaspar de Figueroa: A Technical Examination of the Portrait of Friar Cristóbal de Torres, Archbishop of the New Kingdom of Granada	0
Editorial	0
The Treatment of a Large Painted Outdoor Sculpture: Kiosque l’évidé (1970) 1984, by Jean Dubuffet	0
Theorising the Artist Interview	0
Deconstructing the Creation of Daguerre’s dessins-fumées : A Photographic Process or Just Smoke and Mirrors?	0
The Artist’s Materials: Hans Hofmann	0
Working with Windows: A Case Study in Assessing Risk and Developing Solutions in Exhibition Spaces with Windows	0