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

Article	Citations
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	164
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	105
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	99
Modeling the collapse of the Plasco Building. Part I: Reconstruction of fire	68
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	62
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	53
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	52
Exposure-based smart ventilation and occupancy control for optimizing ventilation energy consumption and long-range airborne transmission of COVID-19 in school environments	52
Dust control performance of innovative arc device for metro system construction based on orthogonal experiment	51
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	47
A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	45
Fine-scale estimation of building operation carbon emissions: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration	42
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	40
Neural ordinary differential equations-based approach for enhanced building energy modeling on small datasets	39
Occupant-oriented indoor environment: An approach to create high performance indoor environment for all scenarios	37
Experimental study on summer operation regulation of PV walls based on multi-channel ventilation and composite phase change energy storage	37
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	36
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	33
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	32
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	31
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	30
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	28
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	28
Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	27
Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	26