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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
From product to service – strategies for upscaling smart home performance monitoring	70
Defining demand - The suitability of sensor-based demand-controlled ventilation within deep energy retrofit dwellings	62
NDT spatial data integration for monumental buildings: technical information management for the Royal Alcazar of Seville	58
Outpatient oncology settings: the distinctive contribution of supportive design to patient experience and wellbeing	49
CO ₂ concentration in six schools located in Palma – a comparative evaluation	40
Concepts of performance in post-occupancy evaluation post-probe: a literature review	38
Impact of setbacks on thermal comfort and visual privacy in detached houses in Jordan	35
Investigating adoption of high prefabrication level technologies for enterprises: an integrated model	34
Damage assessment automation for single storey detached masonry houses: a probabilistic approach	34
Climate declarations for buildings as a new policy instrument in Sweden: a multiple streams perspective	28
Making sense of smart features in the smart office: a stated choice experiment of office user preferences	27
The state of earthen housing worldwide: how development affects attitudes and adoption	24
Assessment of students’ productivity in context of indoor environmental quality and personal factors	23
Towards circular renovation: a comparative review of circular economy integration in sustainable building rating systems	22
Digital workflow for climate resilient building façade generation	21
AI-powered virtual assistants nudging occupants for energy saving: proactive smart speakers for HVAC control	21
Organizing construction work: a digital and cooperative way forwards for micro-projects	21
Design for Structural Adaptation: economic feasibility of an implementation for Swedish timber buildings	21
Reviewing the progress of reconstruction five years after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal	21
Constructing a theory-informed workplace design framework: co-design case study for knowledge work environment satisfaction improvement	16
Factors affecting the use of earth material in mainstream construction: a critical review	16
BEKG: A built environment knowledge graph	16
Effects of IEQ on inpatients’ psychological restoration in hospital wards: the role of environmental perceptions	16
Airborne infection risk in classrooms based on environment and occupant behavior measurement under COVID-19 epidemic	16
Thermal sensitivity and adaptive comfort in mixed-mode office buildings in humid subtropical climate	16

Platforming for industrialized building: a comparative case study of digitally-enabled product platforms	16
Study of phase change material on alleviating building overheating risk in cold regions of China	15
Nature connectedness and biophilic design	15
Reasonable kitchen space for urban residences: based on an investigation in Beijing	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	14
Reassessing thermal comfort in modern architecture: E.1027 as a case study	14
Changing identities of architects in China and the UK from the 1950s to the 1990s	13
The drivers of social procurement policy adoption in the construction industry: an Australian perspective	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
Developing a taxonomy for sensory-informed architectural design qualities in autism	13
Trust in circular design: active stakeholder participation in Chinese and Dutch housing retrofit projects	13
The kindergarten of Crosara by Sergio Los: reassessing a pioneering thermally efficient building	13
Drivers of circular economy adoption in the construction industry: a systematic review and conceptual model	12
Adopting cross-laminated timber in architectural design to reduce embodied carbon emission in China based on the diffusion of innovation theory	12
What makes a healthy home? A study in Auckland, New Zealand	12
Affinity towards flexible housing – a study among homeowners in Germany	12
The actual performance of retrofitted residential apartments: post-occupancy evaluation study in Italy	11
A dynamic model for estimating the long-term need for repairs and renovations in residential buildings	11
Strategies and way forward of low carbon construction in Malaysia	11
Exploring time and cost optimization in energy retrofit programmes of traditionally constructed, owner-occupied UK dwellings	11
Seasonal and spatial variability of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde concentrations at the fire station	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
A summertime thermal analysis of New Zealand Homestar certified apartments for older people	10
Towards a circular transition of the built environment: systemic and transdisciplinary models, methods and perspectives	9
Natural ventilation in Brazilian homes: depicting perceptions, usage patterns and motivations in a questionnaire survey	9
Large-scale statistical analysis and modelling of real and regulatory total energy use in existing single-family houses in Flanders	9
Smart faces: using communication strategies to optimize technical information flow in middle-out facilities management	9
The design coordination role at the pre-construction stage of construction projects	9
Design for healthy ageing – the relationship between design, well-being, and quality of life: a review	9
Bridging the information gap using targeted digital transformation: process mapping large-scale concrete activity	8
Machine learning-based prediction of thermal comfort: exploring building types, climate, ventilation strategies, and seasonal variations	8
Coping strategies and resilience of New Zealand tradeswomen in construction: navigating challenges	8
Overheating assessment for apartments during average and hot summers in the Nordic climate	8
Actor perceptions and network characteristics around climate-wise housing and construction in Finland	8
Space standards in affordable housing in England	8
Perceptions of volume home builders and the transition to net zero emissions housing in Australia	8
The influence of group decision-making on residents’ preferences for sustainable energy measures of dwellings	8