OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Building Research and Information is 8. 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
From product to service – strategies for upscaling smart home performance monitoring	65
Defining demand - The suitability of sensor-based demand-controlled ventilation within deep energy retrofit dwellings	57
Outpatient oncology settings: the distinctive contribution of supportive design to patient experience and wellbeing	52
NDT spatial data integration for monumental buildings: technical information management for the Royal Alcazar of Seville	47
Impact of setbacks on thermal comfort and visual privacy in detached houses in Jordan	34
Concepts of performance in post-occupancy evaluation post-probe: a literature review	34
Damage assessment automation for single storey detached masonry houses: a probabilistic approach	32
Investigating adoption of high prefabrication level technologies for enterprises: an integrated model	30
Climate declarations for buildings as a new policy instrument in Sweden: a multiple streams perspective	29
Making sense of smart features in the smart office: a stated choice experiment of office user preferences	25
Organizing construction work: a digital and cooperative way forwards for micro-projects	23
The state of earthen housing worldwide: how development affects attitudes and adoption	23
Design for Structural Adaptation: economic feasibility of an implementation for Swedish timber buildings	22
Reviewing the progress of reconstruction five years after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal	21
Airborne infection risk in classrooms based on environment and occupant behavior measurement under COVID-19 epidemic	21
Assessment of students’ productivity in context of indoor environmental quality and personal factors	21
Towards circular renovation: a comparative review of circular economy integration in sustainable building rating systems	20
Digital workflow for climate resilient building façade generation	20
Factors affecting the use of earth material in mainstream construction: a critical review	19
Platforming for industrialized building: a comparative case study of digitally-enabled product platforms	18
AI-powered virtual assistants nudging occupants for energy saving: proactive smart speakers for HVAC control	17
Constructing a theory-informed workplace design framework: co-design case study for knowledge work environment satisfaction improvement	16
Thermal sensitivity and adaptive comfort in mixed-mode office buildings in humid subtropical climate	15
Correction	15
Nature connectedness and biophilic design	14

Study of phase change material on alleviating building overheating risk in cold regions of China	14
Reasonable kitchen space for urban residences: based on an investigation in Beijing	14
BEKG: A built environment knowledge graph	14
Reassessing thermal comfort in modern architecture: E.1027 as a case study	14
A qualitative and life cycle-based study of the energy performance gap in building construction: Perspectives of Finnish project professionals and property maintenance experts	13
Changing identities of architects in China and the UK from the 1950s to the 1990s	13
Two decades of the evolution of China’s green building policy: insights from text mining	13
Digitalization and automation in the built environment	13
Trust in circular design: active stakeholder participation in Chinese and Dutch housing retrofit projects	13
Affinity towards flexible housing – a study among homeowners in Germany	12
The kindergarten of Crosara by Sergio Los: reassessing a pioneering thermally efficient building	12
What makes a healthy home? A study in Auckland, New Zealand	12
Adopting cross-laminated timber in architectural design to reduce embodied carbon emission in China based on the diffusion of innovation theory	11
Drivers of circular economy adoption in the construction industry: a systematic review and conceptual model	11
Developing a taxonomy for sensory-informed architectural design qualities in autism	11
The drivers of social procurement policy adoption in the construction industry: an Australian perspective	11
Exploring time and cost optimization in energy retrofit programmes of traditionally constructed, owner-occupied UK dwellings	10
A summertime thermal analysis of New Zealand Homestar certified apartments for older people	10
Cross-linking of biopolymers for stabilizing earthen construction materials	10
Pedestrian thermal perception: studies around two high-rise buildings in the Mediterranean climate	10
The actual performance of retrofitted residential apartments: post-occupancy evaluation study in Italy	10
Strategies and way forward of low carbon construction in Malaysia	10
A dynamic model for estimating the long-term need for repairs and renovations in residential buildings	10
Space standards in affordable housing in England	9
The design coordination role at the pre-construction stage of construction projects	9
Overheating assessment for apartments during average and hot summers in the Nordic climate	9
Seasonal and spatial variability of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde concentrations at the fire station	9
Smart faces: using communication strategies to optimize technical information flow in middle-out facilities management	8
Coping strategies and resilience of New Zealand tradeswomen in construction: navigating challenges	8
Large-scale statistical analysis and modelling of real and regulatory total energy use in existing single-family houses in Flanders	8
The influence of group decision-making on residents’ preferences for sustainable energy measures of dwellings	8
Natural ventilation in Brazilian homes: depicting perceptions, usage patterns and motivations in a questionnaire survey	8
Bridging the information gap using targeted digital transformation: process mapping large-scale concrete activity	8
Exploring the impact of windows on musicians’ experience: a neuroarchitecture perspective	8
Perceptions of volume home builders and the transition to net zero emissions housing in Australia	8
Towards a circular transition of the built environment: systemic and transdisciplinary models, methods and perspectives	8
Design for healthy ageing – the relationship between design, well-being, and quality of life: a review	8
Machine learning-based prediction of thermal comfort: exploring building types, climate, ventilation strategies, and seasonal variations	8