OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nexus Network Journal is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Varagavank Monastery’s Khachkar Motifs: Understanding Production Through Parametric Methods	13
Estimating the Minimum Thickness of Earthquake-Resistant Vaults and Catenary Arches by Using a Hanging Chain	13
Constructing Vision, Surface, and Form in Architecture	11
The Vaults of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Brixen Between Geometry, History and Missed Space	11
Analytical Design in Architecture: New Developments	8
Relationships between Mathematics and Art in Their Intellectual History - Reflections According to Max Bense	8
Hat Monotiles: Driving Innovation in Aperiodic Pattern Generation and Application	7
Gothic Design Procedures in Three Early Hawksmoor Churches	7
Creating Constellation Patterns II: Enumeration	7
Breaking Complexity: Kaleidoscopic Tools for Islamic Geometric Pattern Design	7
The Modulor in Manuel Tainha’s Oliveira do Hospital Pousada	6
Visualizing Anne Tyng’s Transformations of the Octetruss	6
The Corner Tower of Anagni Cathedral: Geometry and Equilibrium	6
Computing the Spatial Explorations of Roberto Matta	5
On the Math-inspired Sustainable Skyscraper Design	5
A Mathematical Course Model for Architectural Education: Geometry of Design	5
A Mathematical Formalization of Making Grammars	5
Stonecutting and Early Stereotomy in the Fatimid Walls of Cairo	5
Correction to: Heron’s Legacy: An Example of Ancient Calculations Applied to Roman Imperial Architecture	5
A Bibliometric Analysis of the Nexus Network Journal	5
A Parametric Model for Designing Swallow Roofs of Anatolia	4
Discovering Arches of Timurid Architecture: The Case of Ishrat-Khana Mausoleum	4
Digital Heritage Classification via Machine Learning and H-BIM	4
A Recursive Algorithm for the Generative Study of Seljuk Muqarnas in Kayseri and Sivas	4
Formulations: A New Lens on a Colourful Cast Bringing Maths to Mid-Twentieth-Century Architecture	4

Non-trivial Self-organised Floor Plans: An Optimisation Strategy	4
Proportions and Deformations in the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	4
Fourier Spectral Analysis of Architectural Rhythms: Case Study of Historic Isfahan	4
Gothic Vaulting in Spanish Military Architecture from the Eighteenth Century	4
Integration of Fabric Formwork and Geodesic Grids for Hemispherical Dome Fabrication	4
Structural Plan Schema Generation Through Generative Adversarial Networks	3
Reflections on the Relationships between Mathematics and Arts	3
Heron’s Legacy: An Example of Ancient Calculations Applied to Roman Imperial Architecture	3
Space Syntax Analysis of Visual Privacy in Residential Buildings Developed Under the Influence of Modernism: A Case study in Isparta	3
The Imperfect Geometries of the Basilica S. Peter and Paul in Casalvecchio, Messina	3
Examining Visitor-Inhabitant Relations in Palladian Villas	3
Correction: Monge Surfaces. Generation, Discretisation and Application in Architecture	3
Reconstructing Pérez Piñero’s Anoeta Velodrome	3
On the Regularity of Opening Patterns in Building Facades	3
Classical and Traditional: Palladio’s Design Process at the Redentore	3
Knitted Textile Canopies: A Rapid Generative Design Optimization Tool for Enhanced Shading Performance	3
A Geometrical Perspective on Otto von Simson’s Gothic Cathedral	3
Nexus 20/21, Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics	3
Application of Fabric Formwork based on a Truchet Tiling Pattern for Planar Surfaces	3
A Commentary on Silvio Belli’s On Ratio and Proportion	3
An Exemplary Case Study of Post-WWII Reconstruction in Milan	2
Form-Finding, Architecture and Mathematics	2
El Escorial, Derand and Guarini: About Formal Control of Ribbed Spherical and Elliptical Vaults	2
Parametric Interlocking Elastic Wooden Plate Joint for Complex Structures	2
Proportion and Ratio in Palladio’s Redentore	2
The Critical Digital Model and Two Case Studies: the Churches of Santa Margherita and Santo Spirito in Bologna	2
Quantitative Analysis of Eave Curves in Imperial Chinese Architecture Through the Cross-cultural Application of the Japanese CAD Curve Formula	2
Geometry to Fabrication in Architecture	2
Geometric Characterization of Late-Baroque Domes in Sicily	2
A Novel System Combining Additive Patterns and Polygonal Structures	2
Observations on the Geometry of the Monument at the Kasta Tumulus at Amphipolis	2
Computational Design and Parametric Analysis of a Fractal-Based Folded-Smooth (F-S) Hybrid Shell Structure	2
A Hexagonal Pattern in the Paraninfo at the Universidad de Alcalá	2
Polyhedra and Honeycombs in a Coffered Ceiling in the Picasso Museum in Malaga	2
Symmetry Group Effect on Perforated Image Perception	2
Edge-Corrugation as Structural Enhancement of Shallow Shells	2
Deformations of the Fortress Towers Analyzed by the SfM Survey	2
The Grammar of Anne Tyng’s Simpler Space Structures	2
Learning by Doing: Integrating Shape Grammar as a Visual Coding Tool in Architectural Curricula	2
Masonry Sail Vaults in Maltese Architecture: Geometrical Analysis for the Study of Building Processes	2
Self-adaptive Modelling Method for Chinese Ancient Timber Architecture Based on Digital Structure Metamodel	2
Publisher Correction to: Creating Constellation Patterns I: Composition	2
Publisher Correction to: Proportion and Ratio in Palladio’s Redentore	2
Making Palladio Digitally Explicit: Geometrical Parameters in Door’s Ornaments	2
AI-Augmented Parametric Façade Design: Exploring MCTS for Early-Stage Decision-Making	2
Building more mathematico in Renaissance Venice	2
Mathematics and Geometry in the Nembro Reinforced Concrete Arch Bridge	2
Italian Architectural Ratios in the British Rotunda Typology	2
AI-Assisted Floor Plan Design Incorporating Structural Constraints	2
Complexity and Diversity in Palladian Facades	2