OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Automation in Construction is 81. 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
Editorial Board	476
Bundling elastic gridshells with alignable nets. Part II: Form-finding	315
Combined grid and heat conduction optimization for staircase cleaning robot path planning	298
Editorial Board	288
Editorial Board	279
Detection of crane track geometric parameters using UAS	241
Editorial Board	229
Fully integrated construction planning	180
Editorial Board	172
Customized particle swarm optimization for harmonizing multi-section construction projects	171
Editorial Board	170
Editorial Board	165
Self-supervised sub-category exploration for Pseudo label generation	159
Realtime conversion of cracks from pixel to engineering scale using Augmented Reality	154
Editorial Board	152
Editorial Board	151
Coupled anti-swing control strategy for underactuated tower cranes with obstacle avoidance	149
Robotic motion planning for autonomous in-situ construction of building structures	138
Indoor visual positioning using stationary semantic distribution registration and building information modeling	135
Machine learning method for As-Is tunnel information model reconstruction	133
Automated large-scale additive manufacturing of structural formwork with rapid fibre-reinforced polymer tape lamination	128
Digital twin-based fatigue life assessment of orthotropic steel bridge decks using inspection robot and deep learning	127
Simulating excavation processes for large-scale underground geological models using dynamic Boolean operations with spatial hash indexing and multiscale point clouds	126
Design Healing framework for automated code compliance	125
Objective-directed deep graph generative model for automatic and intelligent highway interchange design	124

Real-time rebar spacing measurement system for quality control in construction	123
Semantic enrichment of BIM with IndoorGML for quadruped robot navigation and automated 3D scanning	119
Automated Rust Removal: Rust Detection and Visual Servo Control	119
3D model-based terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) observation network planning for large-scale building facades	117
Numerical simulation of operations of hydraulic excavators for polydisperse bulk materials and different configurated buckets	117
Vision-based high-precision intelligent monitoring for shield tail clearance	117
Semi-supervised crack detection using segment anything model and deep transfer learning	116
Large field monitoring system of vehicle load on long-span bridge based on the fusion of multiple vision and WIM data	114
Image inpainting using diffusion models to restore eaves tile patterns in Chinese heritage buildings	113
Omni-Scan2BIM: A ready-to-use Scan2BIM approach based on vision foundation models for MEP scenes	112
Tag and IoT based safety hook monitoring for prevention of falls from height	112
Attention-based image captioning for structural health assessment of apartment buildings	111
Automatic recognition of tunnel lining elements from GPR images using deep convolutional networks with data augmentation	111
Excavator joint node-based pose estimation using lightweight fully convolutional network	110
Data-driven AI algorithms for construction machinery	110
Robotic sheet metal folding: Tool vs. material programming	109
Large-scale 3D wall printing: From concept to reality	109
Full field-of-view pavement stereo reconstruction under dynamic traffic conditions: Incorporating height-adaptive vehicle detection and multi-view occlusion optimization	107
Numerical simulation of elastic buckling in 3D concrete printing using the lattice model with geometric nonlinearity	106
Barbed-wire reinforcement for 3D concrete printing	105
Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service	105
Data-driven project buffer sizing in critical chains	104
Editorial Board	103
AI-driven computer vision-based automated repair activity identification for seismically damaged RC columns	103
Automation in manufacturing and assembly of industrialised construction	103
Consortium blockchain-based tunnel data bank for traceable sharing and treatment of structural health monitoring data	101
Deployment strategies for lightweight pavement defect detection using deep learning and inverse perspective mapping	101
Parametric design methodology for developing BIM object libraries in construction site modeling	101
Visual–tactile learning of robotic cable-in-duct installation skills	101
Enhanced real-time detection transformer (RT-DETR) for robotic inspection of underwater bridge pier cracks	101
Asphalt pavement macrotexture monitoring in cracked surfaces by using an acoustical low-cost continuous method	100
Integrated BIM-based simulation for automated time-space conflict management in construction projects	100
Incremental constraint-based reasoning for estimating as-built electric line routing in buildings	100
Defocused calibration for large field-of-view binocular cameras	100
Developing systems-centric as-built BIMs to support facility emergency management: A case study approach	98
Visual flow-based programming plugin for brain–computer Interface in computer-aided design	97
Using convex hulls with octree/voxel representations of point clouds to assess road and roadside geometric design for automated vehicles	96
Detection and localization of manhole and joint covers in radar images by support vector machine and Hough transform	96
Augmented reality based - decision making (AR-DM) to support multi-criteria analysis in constructions	95
AIoT-informed digital twin communication for bridge maintenance	94
Comprehensive analysis of BIM adoption: From narrow focus to holistic understanding	93
Enhancing digital twin efficiency in indoor environments: Virtual sensor-driven optimization of physical sensor combinations	93
Automated performance assessment of prevention through design and planning (PtD/P) strategies in construction	91
3D printing system for earth-based construction: Case study of cob	91
Underpass clearance checking in highway widening projects using digital twins	90
Adaptive fuzzy tracking control for vibration suppression of tower crane with distributed payload mass	89
High-resolution concrete damage image synthesis using conditional generative adversarial network	87
Automatic work package sizing for cost-effective modular construction	86
BIM-based repair and maintenance for hospital work order management	86
Two-stage Text-to-BIMQL semantic parsing for building information model extraction using graph neural networks	86

Operative generative design using non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II)	86
Vision-based modal analysis of built environment structures with multiple drones	86
Dual-path network combining CNN and transformer for pavement crack segmentation	85
Feature-constrained real-time simultaneous monitoring of monocular vision odometry for bridge bearing displacement and rotation	84
Non-invasive vision-based personal comfort model using thermographic images and deep learning	84
Decoding a decade: The evolution of artificial intelligence in security, communication, and maintenance within the construction industry	83
A blockchain-based edge collaborative detection scheme for construction internet of things	81
Classification of surface settlement levels induced by TBM driving in urban areas using random forest with data-driven feature selection	81
Automated decision making in highway pavement preventive maintenance based on deep learning	81