OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Building Simulation is 25. 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
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	150
Modeling the collapse of the Plasco Building. Part I: Reconstruction of fire	97
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	96
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	93
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	68
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	60
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	49
Experimental study on summer operation regulation of PV walls based on multi-channel ventilation and composite phase change energy storage	49
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	49
Dust control performance of innovative arc device for metro system construction based on orthogonal experiment	47
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	45
Exposure-based smart ventilation and occupancy control for optimizing ventilation energy consumption and long-range airborne transmission of COVID-19 in school environments	44
Neural ordinary differential equations-based approach for enhanced building energy modeling on small datasets	43
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	41
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	39
Fine-scale estimation of building operation carbon emissions: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration	37
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	36
A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	35
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	34
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	32
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	32
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	31
Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	26
Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	26
An exploratory study on road tunnel with semi-transparent photovoltaic canopy—From energy saving and fire safety perspectives	26

Development of a bioheat model for older people under hot and cold exposures	25
Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment	25
Review on occupancy detection and prediction in building simulation	25