OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Construction Engineering and Management is 33. 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
A Decision Support Tool for Dust Prevention and Control in Construction	148
An Improved YOLOv8-Dyhead-WiseIoU Model for Positioning and Counting Detection of Grouting Sleeves in a Prefabricated Wall	113
Chinese Named Entity Recognition for Bridge Damage and Defects Based on Text Mining and Natural Language Pretraining Models	84
Electronic Procurement Systems Adoption in Construction Procurement: A Global Survey on the Barriers and Strategies from the Developed and Developing Economies	69
Adaptive Cross-Scenario Few-Shot Learning Framework for Structural Damage Detection in Civil Infrastructure	66
Postpandemic Era: Investigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Construction Workers’ Situational Awareness	65
Investigating the Fiducial Marker Network Characteristics for Autonomous Mobile Indoor Robot Navigation Using ROS and Gazebo	64
Implementing Effective Knowledge Management in International Construction Projects by Eliminating Knowledge Hiding	64
A Framework for Social Network Interventions in AEC Teams: Strategies and Implications	63
Three-Step Mathematical Model for Optimizing Rebar Cutting-Stock with Practical Application	63
Pareto Principle in Scoping-Phase Cost Estimating: A Multiobjective Optimization Approach for Selecting and Applying Optimal Major Work Items	60
Development and Implementation of Indicators to Assess Bridge Inspection Practices	59
Stakeholder Dynamics: Rethinking Roles and Responsibilities in User-Pay Transport PPP Projects	58
Optimizing the Planning of Airport Airside Expansion Projects to Minimize Air Traffic Disruptions and Construction Cost	54
Construction Duration Estimation for Airport Terminals in China: Case-Based Reasoning Model Considering Case Retrieval Methods and Case Retention Strategies	49
Root Cause of Cost Overrun Risks in Public Sector Social Housing Programs in SIDS: Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation	48
Exploring Environmental Collaboration and Greenwashing in Construction Projects: Integrative Governance Framework	46
Cost Comparison of Highway Rest Area Operations: In-House Workforce versus Outsourcing Methods	43
Choice of Probability Distributions for Activity Durations in Project Networks with Limited Sample Size	43
Adoption Inequalities and Causal Relationship between Residential Electric Vehicle Chargers and Heat Pumps	42
Automatically Categorizing Construction Accident Narratives Using the Deep-Learning Model with a Class-Imbalance Treatment Technique	41
Lightweight Active Soft Back Exosuit for Construction Workers in Lifting Tasks	40
Risk-Based Approach to Predict the Cost Performance of Modularization in Construction Projects	39
Impact of Institutional Distance on Environmental and Social Practices in Host Countries: Evidence from International Construction Companies	38
Leadership under Construction: A Qualitative Exploration of Leadership Processes in Construction Companies in Sweden	38

The Things That Hurt People Are Not the Same as the Things That Kill People: Key Differences in the Proximal Causes of Low- and High-Severity Construction Injuries	37
Evaluating the Impact of Hazard Information on Fieldworkers’ Safety Risk Perception	37
Developing a Framework for Dynamic Organizational Resilience Analysis in Prefabricated Construction Projects: A Project Life Cycle Perspective	36
Deciphering the Key Characteristics of On-Site Industrialized Construction: Inspiration from China	36
Cost-Optimized Transport Planning for Prefabricated Modules with the Implementation of the Just-in-Time Strategy	36
Human–Machine System Modeling and Safety Risk Assessment in Construction Operations Incorporating Workers’ Performance Variability	36
Specialty Area: Industrialized Construction	34
Performance of CFRP-Bolted Timber Joints with Slotted-In Corrugated Steel Plates	34
Prioritizing the Operation and Maintenance Complexity of Mega Transportation Projects Based on Systems Thinking	33
Enhancing Tunnel Boring Machine Penetration Rate Predictions through Particle Swarm Optimization and Elman Neural Networks	33