OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of HERD-Health Environments Research & Design Journal is 4. 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
Outcome Measures: A Fresh Value Proposition for Design	34
Balancing Universal Constants With Regional and Cultural Expectations	27
Pioneering the Use of Tracker Data to Evaluate Lean-Led Hospital Design	21
Understanding Post-occupancy Evaluation Processes for Public Healthcare Facilities in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand	19
Could Spatial Awareness Affect Situation Awareness: A Conceptual Examination	18
Daylight Access and Waiting Experiences in Cancer Hospitals	17
Coping and Caregiving: Leveraging Environmental Design to Moderate Stress Among Healthcare Workers in the Emergency Department Setting	17
Lean Design of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient Room for Efficient and Safe Care Delivery	17
Executive Summary of Key Concepts	16
Predicting Leisure Walking Intentions Among Older Adults in Urban Residential Areas: Extended Theory of Planned Behavior and Health Belief Model	15
Assessing Preparedness of Labor and Delivery Personnel in Transferring to a New Unit	15
Sources of Innovation in Healthcare Design: How Can it Happen?	14
Evidence-Based Design in the Hospital Environment: A Staff’s Burnout Study in the COVID-19 Era	13
Rural and Urban Home Modification Program Users: A Comparative Study	12
A Systematic Literature Review on Healthcare Facility Evaluation Methods	12
The Impact of Design Factors on User Behavior in a Virtual Hospital Room to Explore Fall Prevention Strategies	11
The Built Environment Influence on Resilient Healthcare: A Systematic Literature Review of Design Knowledge	11
Staff, Patient, and Designer Perspectives on Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Environments: A Pilot Study	10
Investigating Accessibility of Hospitals in Cold Regions: A Case Study of Harbin in China	10
Exploring Environmental Considerations for Terminally Ill Pediatric Patients in Palliative Care Inpatient Units: A Narrative Review	10
Placing Users at the Center: Evaluating Exam Room Design for Improved User Experience	9
Wayfinding in Complex Medical Facilities: The Indexicality of Directional Arrows	9
Executive Summary of Key Concepts	9
Designing Worthy Waiting Spaces: A Cross-Cultural Study of Waiting Room Features and Their Impact on Women’s Affective States	9
Postoccupancy Evaluation of a New Hospital: The Relationship With Work Engagement	9

Identifying Built Environment Risk Factors to Provider Workflow and Patient Safety Using Simulation-Based Evaluation of a Pediatric ICU Room	9
Toward Building Surge Capacity: Potentially Effective Spatial Configurations in Emergency Departments	9
Teaching and Fostering Design Empathy	8
Is There an Environment in Virtual Care?	8
Costs and Effects of Ineffective Wayfinding in US Hospitals: A Survey of Hospital Staff	8
Are We Speaking the Same Language? Terminology Consistency in EBD	8
Exploring Older Adults’ Nighttime Trips to the Bathroom Under Different Lighting Conditions: An Exploratory Field Study	8
An Important Resolution for Design and Health	8
Modeling the Dynamic Outcomes of Infection Prevention Behaviors in an ICU Environment	8
Building a Culture of Inquiry in Healthcare Design: Research, Appraisal, and Empowerment Through the RAISE Heuristic Model	8
The Effects of the Ward Environment and Language in Palliative Care: A Qualitative Exploratory Study of Victorian Nurses’ Perspectives	7
Adults’ Visual Cue Preferences and Wayfinding Abilities in Healthcare Centers	7
How Milieu Design Impacts Patient Autonomy in Behavioral Health	7
Innovate and Validate: Design-Led Simulation Optimization to Test Centralized Registration Feasibility in a Multispecialty Clinic	7
A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Biophilic Design Parameters in Clinical Environments	7
A Study of Children's Color Preferences for Consultation Room Furniture	7
The Impact of Restrictive Family Presence Policies in Response to COVID-19 on Family Integrated Care in the NICU: A Qualitative Study	7
Book Review: Creating urban and workplace environments for recovery and well-being: New perspectives on urban design and mental health by Stephan, P., Michael, K., and J	7
Biophilic Design: Healthy Buildings, Healthy Brain	7
Executive Summary of Key Concepts	7
Impact of the Soundscape on the Physical Health and the Perception of Senior Adults in Senior Care Facilities	7
Assessing Preferences and Perceived Restorative Qualities of Break Spaces for Nurses in China	7
Supportive or Hindering Physical Environments in Hospital Units Dealing With COVID-19 Patients	7
Designing Autonomy and Community: Architects’ Perspectives on Extra Care Housing in the UK	7
A Collaborative Communities-of-Practice Methodology for Environmental Design Research: A Case Study Application in Palliative Care	6
Patient Room Design: Engaging Clinical Teams Through Iterative Simulation-Based Evaluation	6
Streets and Stress: A Pilot Study on How Quality and Design of Streets Impacts on Urban Stress	6
Housing With Care for Older People: A Scoping Review Using the CASP Assessment Tool to Inform Optimal Design	6
Adapting the Australian Environmental Assessment Tool—High Care (EAT-HC): Experiences and Practical Implications From Germany, Japan, and Singapore	6
A Systematic Approach to Evidence-Based Design for Measurable Health and Wellness Outcomes: Curating and Translating Evidence to Practice	6
A Choice-Based Design Approach to Influence Beneficial Use of a Green Space by Family Caregivers at a Tertiary Care Hospital in India	6
Evaluating an Inpatient Created Art Installation on Perceptions of the Physical Environment, Health Status, and Rehabilitation Motivation	6
Exploring Campus Configuration and Patient Arrival Behaviors at Large Hospitals: An Integrated Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Protocol	6
Elevating Nursing Research for Healthcare Environments	6
The Perceived Support From Light and Color Before and After an Evidence-Based Design Intervention in an Emergency Department Environment: A Quasi-Experimental Study	6
Book Review: Ship Sanitation, Health and Hygiene: An Approach to Better Welfare for Modern Seafares	6
A Systems Approach to Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Healthcare in Emergency Departments: Recommendations From a National Workshop	5
An Exploratory Study Testing Environmental Wayfinding Aids as an Intervention for Children With Autism	5
Identifying Optimal Locations for Potential Temporary Community Clinics During Public Health Emergencies	5
The Potential Role of the Physical Environment in Telehealth: A Patient-Centered Care Perspective	5
Evaluation of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Ability of Medical Buildings in Harbin, China	5
Adapting to Change: A Systematic Literature Review of Environmental Flexibility in Emergency Departments	5
Rethinking the Healthcare Facilities: The Role of the Buffer Space	5
Salutogenic Architecture, Non-Therapeutic Environments and the Health of the Elderly: A Systematic Review	5
Daylighting and Patients’ Access to View Assessment in the Palestinian Hospitals’ ICUs	5
Falls Incidence Compared Between a Multibedded Ward Hospital and a 100% Single-Occupancy Room Hospital: An Uncontrolled Before-After Study	5
Designing for Health in Healthcare Deserts: A Medical City Master Planning Project in Nigeria	5
Analyzing the Layout of Long-Term Care Facilities: A Psycho-Spatial Approach	5
Design for an Evolving Patient Experience	4
From Stressful to Mindful: Reactions to a Proposed Emergency Department Design for Enhancing Mindfulness and Stress Reduction Among Healthcare Clinical Staff	4

Utilizing Agent-Based Modeling for Optimization of Wayfinding in Hospital: A Case Study	4
Book Review: Environment-behavior studies for healthcare design Suining Ding. (2023). Environment- behavior studies for healthcare design . Routledge, Taylor and Francis	4
Color and NICU Design	4
Measuring Potential Visual Exposure of Physicians During Shift-End Handoffs and Its Impact on Interruptions, Privacy, and Collaboration	4
Design Strategies to Foster Improved Experiences for Patients in Rehabilitation	4
A Scoping Review of Pediatric Healthcare Built Environment Experiences and Preferences Among Children With Disabilities and Their Families	4
COVID-19 in Long-Term Care: The Built Environment Impact on Infection Control	4
A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Evidence-Based Design for Aligning Therapeutic and Sustainability Outcomes in Healthcare Facilities: A Systematic Literature Review	4
Seating in Doctors’ Waiting Rooms: Has COVID-19 Changed Our Choices?	4
Spatial Adaptive Measures of the Emergency Departments in Response to the COVID-19 Surge—A Case Study of the Central City Area of Shanghai, China	4
Biophilic Design and Its Effectiveness in Creating Emotional Well-Being, Green Satisfaction, and Workplace Attachment Among Healthcare Professionals: The Hospice Context	4
Incorporating Patient and Family Perspectives into ICU Environmental Design: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Existing Literature	4
Method to Understand Value Generation in Healthcare Built Environments Based on the Means-End Chain Approach	4
From Challenges to Innovations: Expert Insights in Pediatric Healthcare Design	4
The Impact of a Dementia-Friendly Garden Design on People With Dementia in a Residential Aged Care Facility: A Case Study	4
Anesthesia Workspaces for Safe Medication Practices: Design Guidelines	4
A Computational Approach to Estimating Healthcare Contact Surface Material Resilience	4
Constructing Research: A Theoretical Perspective on Research and Creativity in Architecture	4
Differences in Nurses’ Satisfaction and Demand for Spatial Design Among Different Departments of Nursing Units: A Case Study in China	4
The Reorganization of a Psychiatric Unit During COVID-19: A Reflection for Psychiatric Hospital Design	4
Designing for Well-Being in Pediatric Patients Scheduled for Surgery	4
Understanding the Influence of Window Views, Plantscapes, and Green Décor in Virtual Reality Hospital Rooms on Simulated Acute-Care Patients’ Stress Recovery and Relaxation Responses	4
Perspectives on Assessing the Flexibility of Hospitals for Crisis Mode Operations: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands	4