OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nexus Network Journal is 1. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Estimating the Minimum Thickness of Earthquake-Resistant Vaults and Catenary Arches by Using a Hanging Chain	12
Gothic Design Procedures in Three Early Hawksmoor Churches	11
Varagavank Monastery’s Khachkar Motifs: Understanding Production Through Parametric Methods	9
Constructing Vision, Surface, and Form in Architecture	9
Hat Monotiles: Driving Innovation in Aperiodic Pattern Generation and Application	9
The Vaults of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Brixen Between Geometry, History and Missed Space	8
Relationships between Mathematics and Art in Their Intellectual History - Reflections According to Max Bense	7
Analytical Design in Architecture: New Developments	7
Creating Constellation Patterns II: Enumeration	6
Non-trivial Self-organised Floor Plans: An Optimisation Strategy	6
Breaking Complexity: Kaleidoscopic Tools for Islamic Geometric Pattern Design	6
The Modulor in Manuel Tainha’s Oliveira do Hospital Pousada	5
Stonecutting and Early Stereotomy in the Fatimid Walls of Cairo	5
A Bibliometric Analysis of the Nexus Network Journal	5
The Corner Tower of Anagni Cathedral: Geometry and Equilibrium	5
A Mathematical Course Model for Architectural Education: Geometry of Design	5
On the Math-inspired Sustainable Skyscraper Design	5
Digital Heritage Classification via Machine Learning and H-BIM	5
Visualizing Anne Tyng’s Transformations of the Octetruss	5
Correction to: Heron’s Legacy: An Example of Ancient Calculations Applied to Roman Imperial Architecture	5
Computing the Spatial Explorations of Roberto Matta	4
Gothic Vaulting in Spanish Military Architecture from the Eighteenth Century	4
Discovering Arches of Timurid Architecture: The Case of Ishrat-Khana Mausoleum	4
A Mathematical Formalization of Making Grammars	4
Integration of Fabric Formwork and Geodesic Grids for Hemispherical Dome Fabrication	4

A Parametric Model for Designing Swallow Roofs of Anatolia	4
A Recursive Algorithm for the Generative Study of Seljuk Muqarnas in Kayseri and Sivas	4
Fourier Spectral Analysis of Architectural Rhythms: Case Study of Historic Isfahan	4
Reconstructing Pérez Piñero’s Anoeta Velodrome	3
Heron’s Legacy: An Example of Ancient Calculations Applied to Roman Imperial Architecture	3
Correction: Monge Surfaces. Generation, Discretisation and Application in Architecture	3
Structural Plan Schema Generation Through Generative Adversarial Networks	3
Application of Fabric Formwork based on a Truchet Tiling Pattern for Planar Surfaces	3
On the Regularity of Opening Patterns in Building Facades	3
Formulations: A New Lens on a Colourful Cast Bringing Maths to Mid-Twentieth-Century Architecture	3
Space Syntax Analysis of Visual Privacy in Residential Buildings Developed Under the Influence of Modernism: A Case study in Isparta	3
A Commentary on Silvio Belli’s On Ratio and Proportion	3
Knitted Textile Canopies: A Rapid Generative Design Optimization Tool for Enhanced Shading Performance	3
Proportions and Deformations in the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	3
Nexus 20/21, Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics	3
Classical and Traditional: Palladio’s Design Process at the Redentore	3
Examining Visitor-Inhabitant Relations in Palladian Villas	3
The Imperfect Geometries of the Basilica S. Peter and Paul in Casalvecchio, Messina	3
Publisher Correction to: Creating Constellation Patterns I: Composition	2
Publisher Correction to: Proportion and Ratio in Palladio’s Redentore	2
Reflections on the Relationships between Mathematics and Arts	2
El Escorial, Derand and Guarini: About Formal Control of Ribbed Spherical and Elliptical Vaults	2
Complexity and Diversity in Palladian Facades	2
AI-Assisted Floor Plan Design Incorporating Structural Constraints	2
Form-Finding, Architecture and Mathematics	2
Computational Design and Parametric Analysis of a Fractal-Based Folded-Smooth (F-S) Hybrid Shell Structure	2
Polyhedra and Honeycombs in a Coffered Ceiling in the Picasso Museum in Malaga	2
Observations on the Geometry of the Monument at the Kasta Tumulus at Amphipolis	2
Mathematics and Geometry in the Nembro Reinforced Concrete Arch Bridge	2
A Novel System Combining Additive Patterns and Polygonal Structures	2
Geometric Characterization of Late-Baroque Domes in Sicily	2
Self-adaptive Modelling Method for Chinese Ancient Timber Architecture Based on Digital Structure Metamodel	2
An Exemplary Case Study of Post-WWII Reconstruction in Milan	2
Learning by Doing: Integrating Shape Grammar as a Visual Coding Tool in Architectural Curricula	2
Making Palladio Digitally Explicit: Geometrical Parameters in Door’s Ornaments	2
A Hexagonal Pattern in the Paraninfo at the Universidad de Alcalá	2
Masonry Sail Vaults in Maltese Architecture: Geometrical Analysis for the Study of Building Processes	2
A Geometrical Perspective on Otto von Simson’s Gothic Cathedral	2
Translation of Form: a Model for Teaching Design Coding to Undergraduate Students	1
About the Sources of the Vaults of San Lorenzo in Turin	1
Monge Surfaces. Generation, Discretisation and Application in Architecture	1
Research Arising: The Nexus Conference 2023	1
The Subsymmetry Analysis and Rule-Based Synthesis of John Portman’s Midnight Sun	1
Rediscovering Shixue: The Point-Notation as Social and Intellectual Signifiers Under the Institutional Censorship of Imperial China in the Eighteenth Century	1
The Habitat Perspective in Post-world War II Mediterranean Housing: A Space Syntax Analysis of Quinta da Malagueira (Portugal) and Carrières Centrales (Morocco)	1
Modelling: Conceiving, Testing, Defining, Convincing	1
Symmetry Group Effect on Perforated Image Perception	1
3D Printing Plastic Molds for Repeatable Casting of Mortarless Topological Interlocking Assemblies	1
Edge-Corrugation as Structural Enhancement of Shallow Shells	1
Understanding Palladio’s Use of Proportion from the Roman Baths to Il Redentore Via 3D Models	1

The Grammar of Anne Tyng’s Simpler Space Structures	1
Muqarnas, Interlacing-Arch Construction & Menelaus’ Spherics	1
A Simulation-Validated Shape Grammar for Architectural Acoustics	1
Armonia Mundi and San Francesco della Vigna in Venice	1
AI-Augmented Parametric Façade Design: Exploring MCTS for Early-Stage Decision-Making	1
Projecting Architecture	1
Quantifying Urban Network Transitions with Evolution Degree	1
The Regular Polyhedra: Drawing and Computing in Euclid’s day	1
Revisiting the Original Vision: Digital Reconstruction of the Kosmaj Monument’s Hyperbolic Contours	1
The Fractal and Geometric Problem of Coastal Measurement	1
A Methodological Approach and Geometry-Based Typology of Late-Gothic Net Vaults’ Rib Systems. Presented on Case Studies from Historic Hungary	1
Parameters, Modeling and Taxonomy for an HBIM Baroque Facade	1
Beyond Representation	1
A Procedural Approach for Configuration of Residential Activities Based on Users' Needs and Architectural Guidelines	1
The New Theory of the Metrological Framework of the Pantheon	1
Illuminating the Kastas Monument Enigma: A Computational Analysis of Solar-Architectural Interaction	1
Proportion and Ratio in Palladio’s Redentore	1
Prediction of Star Polygon Types in Islamic Geometric Patterns with Deep Learning	1
Geometry to Fabrication in Architecture	1
Geometry in Veli Pasha Mosque, Crete	1
Quantitative Analysis of Eave Curves in Imperial Chinese Architecture Through the Cross-cultural Application of the Japanese CAD Curve Formula	1
Author Correction to: Form-Finding to Fabrication: A Parametric Shell Structure Fabricated Using an Industrial Robotic Arm with a Hot-Wire End-Effector	1
Publisher Correction to: A Special Issue on Ratio and Proportion, Dedicated to Silvio Belli and Lionel March	1
Land- and Skyscapes of Hegra: An Archaeoastronomical Analysis of the Nabataean Necropoleis	1
Formal Experimentation in Zaha Hadid’s Pictorial Work	1
A Generative Framework for Designing Linear-Modular Housing Integrated with a Real-Time User Interface	1
Typological Evolution in the Early Ottoman Period: The Case of Cross-Axial Mosques	1
Cellular Automata for Infill Designs in Historic Urban Quarters	1
Shaping Formal Methods: Syntax, Typology and Computation	1
Optimizing Settlements for Seasonal Agricultural Workers with Genetic Algorithms: A Case Study in Turkey	1
From Archaeology To Gendered Space– Geometric Evidence in Architecture	1
An Algorithmic Approach to Palladio’s Design of Stairs	1
Building more mathematico in Renaissance Venice	1
The Intrinsic Dimension in Álvaro Siza’s Carlos Ramos Pavilion	1
The Critical Digital Model and Two Case Studies: the Churches of Santa Margherita and Santo Spirito in Bologna	1
On Vaulting: Heron’s Manuals and Their Role in Roman Dome Design	1
Deformations of the Fortress Towers Analyzed by the SfM Survey	1
Form follows function in a hyperboloidical cooling Tower	1
Parametric Interlocking Elastic Wooden Plate Joint for Complex Structures	1
Partitioning Sites for Invention in Serlio’s and Palladio’s Palazzi	1
Italian Architectural Ratios in the British Rotunda Typology	1
Correction to: Visual Proofs in Mathematics and Architecture	1
A Special Issue on Ratio and Proportion, Dedicated to Silvio Belli and Lionel March	1