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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Supporting Decision-Making when Conserving Contemporary Art: A Model for Identification and Categorization of Stakeholders	19
Save Venice Inc.: American Philanthropy and Art Conservation in Italy, 1966–2021	5
Conserving Artline Permanent Marker and Fineliner Pens on Paper: Assessing Vulnerability of Drawings by Walmajarri Artist Jimmy Pike	5
Renaissance Secrets: A Lifetime Working with Wall Paintings By Michelangelo, Raphael, and Others at the Vatican	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
A Review of 50 Years of Teaching Conservation Science at SUNY Buffalo State	4
Ethical and Technical Aspects of Conserving a Plaster Cast Using 3D Printing	4
Horse on Parade: Conservation of a Momoyama Period Bamen Mask	4
Reengineering Broken Books (RBB): A Minimally-Interventive Tissue Repair Technique for Hollowback Books	3
Editorial	3
Neodymium Magnets as a Minimal Intervention Alternative to Traditional Treatments for Fixing Paint on Contemporary Paintings	3
A Comparison of Materials for Dry Surface Cleaning Soot-Coated Papers of Varying Roughness: Assessing Efficacy, Physical Surface Changes, and Residue	3
A Spot Test for Mg²⁺ to Characterize Magnesium Corrosion	2
Growing Pains: Characterization of Efflorescence on a Large-Scale Magnesium Relief by Frank Stella	2
Beauty Revealed: Technical Analysis and Treatment of Zand and Qajar Oil Paintings	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
Adaptation of a Standard Industrial Peel Test for Testing Consolidants in the Conservation Studio	2
Introduction to the Special issue on Sustainability within Conservation and Collections Care	1
Touch Decisions: For Heritage Objects	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
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
Preventive Conservation: Continuously Defining Itself at the Crossroads of Theory and Practice	1
Legal and Ethical Considerations in the Conservation of Artwork Produced During Art Therapy	1
Powerful Patina: The Value of Odors in a Tibetan Buddhist Temple	1

Determination of Nitrile Gloves Appropriate for Use When Dry Handling Art	1
A Comparative Surface Cleaning Study of Op Structure, an Op Art PMMA Sculpture by Michael Dillon	1
Untangling Indian Hemp: Identifying Woodlands Bast Fibers in Collections	1
Calculating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Central Depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna – First Results of the Pilot Study	1
A History of over 50 Years of SUNY Buffalo State’s Paintings Conservation Education	1
Advances in Storing and Monitoring Mercury-tin Amalgam Mirrors	1
An Investigation into the Suitability and Stability of a New Pigmented Wax-Resin Formulation for Infilling and Reintegration of Losses in Paintings	0
Response to Thea Burns Review of The Art of Paper: From the Holy Land to the Americas	0
Version Control: Mark Rothko’s Harvard Murals through the Lens of the Documentation Model for Time-Based Media Art	0
Editorial	0
Non-destructive Dendrochronology: The Effect of Conservation Agents on Tree-ring Measurements in Archaeological Oak with Micro-computed Tomography	0
Encountering and Countering Constraints in the Exploration of Ethiopia’s Unique Wall Painting Technology	0
Deconstructing the Creation of Daguerre’s dessins-fumées : A Photographic Process or Just Smoke and Mirrors?	0
Integration of Laboratory and Field Measurements on Soil and Bronze Artifacts: Facilitating Conservation Treatment and Management of Archaeological Collections	0
Rediscovering Gaspar de Figueroa: A Technical Examination of the Portrait of Friar Cristóbal de Torres, Archbishop of the New Kingdom of Granada	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
Radiography and Painting	0
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
Teaching Preventive Conservation: Interdisciplinary Origins and Evolution	0
Caliche From Archaeological Zone of Guanajuato Mexico and Nearby Deposits: Geochemical and Mechanical Characterizations	0
Cultural Heritage Conservation for Early Learners: Outreach and Engagement with the Next Generation	0
Wavelength Selection Using a Modified Camera to Improve Image-Based 3D Reconstruction of Heritage Objects	0
No Ship Sets Out to Be a Shipwreck	0
Shedding Light on Daylight Fluorescent Artists’ Pigments, Part 2: Spectral Properties and Light Stability	0
The Artist’s Materials: Hans Hofmann	0
Conserving (with) David Lynch. A Treatment Conditioned by Communication	0
Editorial	0
Scientific Studies of Pigments in Chinese Paintings	0
A Technical Survey of Florine Stettheimer’s Post-1916 Paintings	0
The Art of Conservation	0
Instantiation, Actualization, and Absence: The Continuation and Safeguarding of Katie Paterson’sFuture Library(2014–2114)	0
Arsenic and Old Bookcloth: Identification and Safer Use of Emerald Green Victorian-Era Cloth Case Bindings	0
The Art & Science of Illuminated Manuscripts: A Handbook; The Pigments of British Medieval Illuminators: A Scientific and Cultural Study	0
Using a PH-adjusted Semi-rigid Agarose Gel with Ion Exchange Resin for Poultice Desalination: Preliminary Experimentation and Case Studies	0
Pedal to the Metals: Preserving Automotive Racing History	0
Sustainability Tools in Cultural Heritage: Life Cycle Assessment Examining Crates for Heritage Objects	0
Editorial	0
Dwell Time	0
Layers and Layers: Analysis and Treatment of Egyptian Cartonnage at the Penn Museum	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Approaches to Technical Research	0
Leveraging Systems Thinking to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Conservation	0
Shedding Light on Daylight Fluorescent Artists’ Pigments, Part 1: Composition	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
A Note on Macroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Enabled 3D Scanning for Museum and Cultural Heritage Applications	0
Introduction to the Artist’s Material Series	0
Prioritizing People in Ethical Decision-Making and Caring for Cultural Heritage Collections	0
Lascaux Adhesives in Objects Conservation: Three Practical Case Studies on Leather, Skin, and Entomological Specimens	0
Small Museum Research Strategies at the Alaska State Museum	0
Materials Characterization with Multiband Reflectance Imaging at the Brooklyn Museum: A New Tool for the Multiband Imaging Kit	0
Temporary and Permanent Display Case Guidelines Developed Through Interdepartmental Collaborations at The Metropolitan Museum of Art	0

Technical Imaging for Private Practice Conservators	0
Editorial	0
From Prism to Kaleidoscope: Effect Versus Intention in the Conservation of Contemporary Art	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
Practitioner (In)visibility in the Conservation of Contemporary Art	0
Conservation of Severely Deteriorated, Dry Painted Wood: A Case Study From Abydos, Egypt	0
The Artist’s Materials: Lucio Fontana	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Contemporary Art Conservation	0
Tailoring Cleaning Systems for the Removal of Bronze Paint and Soiling From a J.M.W. Turner Gilded Frame	0
Ordering Colors in 18th and 19th Century Europe (International Archives of the History of Ideas 244 Archives internationales d’histoire des idées)	0
Benzotriazole (BTA): A Review of the Current Research into Toxicity	0
A Documentation Framework for Sound in Time-based Media Installation Art	0
Analytical Investigation of Two Syrian-Style Bronze Sphinx Plaques from the Iron Age of West Asia (First Millennium BCE)	0
Lead Transfer Risk from Handling Ceramics with Deteriorated Lead Glazes	0
The Next Generation of MS2A Resin: MS3	0
Testing Ammonium Citrates for Enhanced Washing of Paper	0
The Toxic Museum: Berlin and Beyond	0
Working with Windows: A Case Study in Assessing Risk and Developing Solutions in Exhibition Spaces with Windows	0
Editorial	0
Tricks of the Shade: Preservation of Chemically Developed Shading Papers Based on DuoShade Samples	0
The Treatment of a Large Painted Outdoor Sculpture: Kiosque l’évidé (1970) 1984, by Jean Dubuffet	0
The Renaissance Restored: Paintings Conservation and the Birth of Modern Art History in Nineteenth-Century Europe	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
Bullseye! The Importance of Using Imaging Reference Targets to Accurately Capture and Interpret Reflectance Images Captured with the VSC8000	0
Introduction to the Special Issue on Practical Approaches to Technical Research – Part 2	0
Objects, Memory, and Restorative Justice (A Personal Reflection on Conservation’s Meaning)	0
Social Dimensions of Sustainable Collections Care	0
Exploring Conservation Challenges and Innovations	0
Sustainable Education for Sustainable Heritage: Managing the Tension Between Professional Practice and Critical Inquiry	0
Characterization of a Qing Dynasty Folding Fan for Exportation	0
An Exploration of Consolidants for Ancient Egyptian Limestone	0